Sentences with phrase «naked self interest»
The naked self interest is glaring.
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It seems to me, as an American observer of your election, that the cry for PR as electoral reform on behalf of the Lib Dems is nothing but naked self interest from these self described idealists.
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Away from the mob, a man of «Honour» is flogged at a whipping post by «Vilany,» assisted by an ape in devilishly flamboyant garb, while the figure of «Honesty,» stripped naked, is bludgeoned by «Self Interest» atop a wheel of fortune as a minister intones a prayer over him.
But he saw religion as the great restraining element that could turn naked self - interest into what he called «self - interest rightly understood,» that is, a self - interest that was public spirited and capable of self - sacrifice.
Tocqueville saw that naked self - interest was certain to destroy the republic, and that religion could be the great restraining element to turn self - interest into public - spirited sacrifice for the general welfare.9.
Classical and current formulations of how to appeal to an audience's sometimes - conflicting senses of justice, fair play, and naked self - interest correspond generally to my observations and personal and professional experience about how people make decisions in legal and non-legal situations.
Why would anyone want to harm that, other than through misguided idealism, a misreading of history, or naked (as in the candid UK ABS types) or hidden (as in some of the Ontario pushers who harbor delusions of Croesus) self - interest?
Are we supposed to compromise our independence, a compromise that is irreversible and will surely weaken us over time, because some survey respondents answer the questions in (a) their naked self - interest (and I would argue that penny wise and pound foolish is contrary to their self - interest if they but knew it), or (b) out of ignorance or lack of knowledge?