Sentences with phrase «pure self interest»

Definition: Climate ambition is taking a stronger mitigation action than would make sense for reasons of pure self interest * when here is no commitment by others that they will reciprocate.

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Most seriously, he asserts in his November 19 column, «the core reason for the attack on the Fed is self - interest, pure and simple.

But neither position accounts for Washington's moderation in seeking a secure America that followed neither pure self - interest nor abstract justice but instead combined the two.

There can be no such thing as pure «selfishness since no self originates or exists in isolation from others and even the most subjective interest is still of a social nature.

The idea that true rationality is pure selfishness, and that one's self - interest is always to get the most one can for oneself, is becoming more pervasive in our society.

Unless a gift is in this fashion sacrificial — the giving up of something — it is argued, a gift reduces to a hidden contractual agreement, governed by a principle of self - interest; and actions out of self - interest, as Kant pointed out, are not pure gifts.

The deputy prime minister will go further to link the commitment to development goals to Britain's self - interest and security, arguing that «we do not see the Millennium Development Goals just as optimistic targets for far - away lands; they are not simply charity, nor are they pure altruism.

It will be replaced by fear, self - interest and pure political calculation.

This is about their pure self - interest: the concern that someone who lives near the construction will vote against Hannon or Phillips because there is too much noise or inconvenience in eliminating deadly crossings or erecting state - of - the - art sound barriers — ones that will actually stop the noise.

James Hansen of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies argues that China and India will make this decision out of pure self - interest, since rising sea levels could place large portions of their coastal populations at risk.

Self - Interest No. 1: Pure Profit — First and foremost, there's a ton of money to be made in the education «reforms» that Big Money interests are advocating.

From a pure self - interest standpoint, I think it's great — depending on how many books Amazon will have available for borrowing.

Both sides use economic theory to try and predict the various benefits, and frankly, I tend to look at all economic predictions with a very skeptical eye because it is almost always blinded by political or self interest, or tries to argue «pure» economics that looks real good on paper, but doesn't take into account that humans rarely act completely in their actual best interest since emotions, ignorance, etc all get in the way.

And just from a pure self - interest perspective, politicians like getting re-elected, and they don't want to go down in a glorious ball of flames by trying to kill Roth accounts.

These investigations reflect an interest in pure color and form, as well as self - expression including notions of identity, desire, internal struggle, and liberty.

From pure human self - interest we should value maintaining a rich diversity of species just so we can use what we learn from them to help ourselves.

China's pledge is pure self - interest, it was planned without any thought for the climate or for the Paris negotiations.

It's self interest, of course, pure and simple.

«One has to be very patient and willing to look beyond the four walls of your pure economic self - interest,» Cordish insists.