Sentences with phrase «pro quo premise»

In other words, there is a danger that the self - interested nature of the quid pro quo premise will, in turn, foster a self - interested approach to ethical conduct that focuses on minimal compliance with ethical obligations (i.e. what one can «get away with») in the name of maximizing personal or institutional self - interests (in profits or reputation, for example).

Nevertheless, our public discourse about the public interest obligation often draws heavily on arguments or statements rooted in the quid pro quo premise.

Here I want to home in on a different manifestation of this problem: what I call the «quid pro quo premise.»

Simply as an empirical matter, the quid pro quo premise seems to rest on some relatively shaky foundations.

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Its basic premise was that the problem in distressed marriages was a failure of the implicit quid pro quo contract between partners when it comes to transactions around the exchange of rewards and positive feelings.