self-interest
21self-interest — noun one s personal interest or advantage, especially when pursued without regard for others. Derivatives self interested adjective …
22self-interest — n. one s personal interest or advantage. Derivatives: self interested adj …
23self-interest — noun Ones personal interest or advantage, especially when pursued without regard for others …
24self-interest — personal interest, for benefiting oneself; egotism, selfishness …
25ˌself-ˈinterest — noun [U] the fact of caring only about what will bring advantages for yourself, rather than what will help other people ˌself ˈinterested adj …
26Enlightened self-interest — is a philosophy in ethics which states that persons who act to further the interests of others (or the interests of the group or groups to which they belong), ultimately serve their own self interest. [ [http://www.adti.net/toc book/ch2 08.htm… …
27Indirect self-interest — refers to self interest which is broader than the self interest limited to one’s personal situation. For instance, a soldier may fight on behalf of his country; he may be wounded or get killed, but the interest of his own country is at stake, so… …
28enlightened self-interest — noun : behavior based on awareness that what is in the public interest is eventually in the interest of all individuals and groups polls that are kept honest only by the enlightened self interest of the pollsters …
29freedom from self-interest — index disinterest (lack of prejudice) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
30self-interested — self interest UK US /ˌselfˈɪntrəst/ noun [U] ► a situation in which you consider the advantage to yourself when making decisions, and decide to do what is best for you: »be driven/motivated by self interest out of self interest »Some financial… …
