Sentences with phrase «narrow self interest»

What we see instead is that too many Parties are ignoring climate justice, and even the ethical principles embedded in the treaty and acting instead out of narrow self interest.

As Weitzman says, a global price «embodies a countervailing force against narrow self interest.»

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Nearly 150 years ago, they looked beyond narrow self - interest.

When founders believe their investors will do right by them, even when it may be against their narrow, short - term self interest, and investors believe the same about founders, it's magic.

Instead, he presents his proposal in the terms of a labor - union manifesto: «It is long past time for faculty members to rise above narrow self - interest, give up the doctrine of academic exceptionalism, and agree to the same terms of employment as everyone else in the workforce.»

Voxovreeson The art, then, is to either find enough voters that share your narrow self - interests, or fake enough interest in the narrow self - interests of a large enough group to ensure being elected.

By prizing open spaces for all cultures - not patronizingly, but because they represent humanity's endowment - we can reverse the retreat into enclaves of narrow self - interest and the seclusion of identity politics.

For them the critical rhetoric may simply reinforce the narrow individualism and concern with self - interest that is the underside of the old American tradition, but now with few ethical restraints, because the older social justifications have lost their legitimacy.

Of course, one might argue that the home schoolers» activism is too narrow and self - interested to count as social capital.

Not drunkenness, adultery, or theft, but self - love, self - righteousness, self - seeking, the will to power and prestige, unkindness, anger and vindictiveness, irresponsibility, complacency before the suffering of the world, willful narrowing of vision to the interests of one's own family, community, race, or nation are among the major sins of most people.

Unless they are actively working to change things from within, which most are not, it is out of laziness and narrow self - interest (nice place for a wedding, pretty communion dresses for the kids) over caring about vital international aid issues and healthcare or gender equality.

However, the spontaneity we need must be distinguished from acting according to habit or in terms of a narrow self - interest.

But self - interest that is not held in tension with wider commitments tends to become narrower and narrower.

But when we see good things happen, we ought to be open to asking the question: «Must there not be something at work other than narrow and brutal self - interest and absolutization of one's own group?

If I am correct that there has been a narrowing of the horizons of concern in the American public, and a franker affirmation of individual egoism and of national self - interest as determinants of action, we need to ask why.

Willingness to sacrifice some of our narrow self - interest for the common good is essential for the realization of self - interest as well.

The way and gate to the True God is narrow and difficult (because man rejects the Will of God and desires, instead, to live according to his own will, his own self - interests, his own self - righteousness.

In Charles Dickens» perennial classic, A Christmas Carol, the central character, Ebenezer Scrooge — «a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner» — is redeemed only when he is drawn away from his narrow self - interest and obsession with money.

Narrow self - interest, though a powerful incentive for the production of material wealth, does not cement communities.

Christianity urges us to attend both to the inertia and to the narrow self - interest, which it calls sin, and to the transcending concern for truth and for others, in which it discerns the Spirit that is Holy.

Perhaps it is our European genetic / cultural heritage that makes it so difficult for Western Christians to hear the voice of the Spirit of God within over the voice of our own narrow, individualist self - interest and disordered desires.

The obstacles that the new proposals face are depicted as the expression of narrow vision and corrupt self - interest on the part of small groups who are willing to risk the wellbeing of the whole for the sake of retaining the unjust advantages they now enjoy.

When he / she tires of your narrow - focus and offensive self - interest, you will simply be deselected and replaced by a less troublesome species.

Not a change in the public interest but a change, to some extent at least, based on narrow self - interest.»

Fourthly, Lib Dem and swing voters especially will not forgive Lib Dems for precipitating the demise of the Coalition government, probably two years before it is due to end, not on a point of principle, such as on tuition fees, tax policy, social policy like gay marriage, Trident, the European treaty veto or the health or welfare bills but on... an issue of narrow partisan electoral self interest, i.e. unhappiness at boundary changes (which they had already voted for in February 2011).

«We can not allow bureaucracy and narrow self - interest continue standing in the way of a project broadly supported by the local community, as evidenced by the diversity and number of signatures affixed to this letter.

The goals will narrow and victory hymns arranged as everyone remembers Gyory's Law: «There's a mutual self - interest in eventually finding agreement.»

However, we worry that displays of hubris or overt attempts to politicise the debate for narrow self - interest could cause a backlash among the very people the organisers claim to be speaking to: members of the public who do not trust science.»

Pearce doesn't believe we need more and bigger dams but feels that we need to manage the water cycle better, to return to the ancient ways of «harvesting the water where it falls» but also utilizing high - tech irrigation methods to provide «more crop per drop», and above all, we need to «manage the water cycle for maximum social benefit rather than narrow self - interest».

He is extremely self absorbed and only interested in a narrow - minded agenda.

Those who seem to think that business as usual is the answer to all the world's problems might want to left their heads up for a moment and take a look at the world beyond their narrow self - interest.

... a breathtaking dash through personal hypocrisy, factual inaccuracy and political rhetoric... it's very hard to interpret this as a statement made in good faith... a clearer example of disinformation could not be wished for... excellent means to give a misleading impression of uncertainty... shortsighted vision and moral bankruptcy... a shameless call to narrow self - interest... Professor Curry advocates unwise policy based on false claims and bankrupt morals.

Those making economic arguments based upon short - term narrow self - interest will not be forced to admit that those causing climate change have duties, responsibilities, and obligations to others who can do little to reduce climate change's threat but who are most vulnerable to climate change's harshest consequences.

The villains offer empty pledges on top of broken promises — they forgo true cooperation in favour of narrow self - interest.»

And, Mangelsdorf said, «there are serious, and more narrow, self - interests at play here.»

The alternative that I hope does not transpire is one whereby narrow minded self - interest prevails, whereby we see law firm partners» act in the very short term and to the detriment of others, thus furthering a dis - United Kingdom of «haves» and «have nots» at a time when the UK needs to pull together for the benefit of all.

Mitch Kowalski has, for example, thoughtfully explored the ways in which the legal profession's narrow self - interested stance has impeded the introduction of innovative models of legal service delivery.