Word: self-interest
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...wartime, normally egocentric individuals can be induced to suspend their self-interest and submit to privation, shortages and rationing. Wouldn't it be nice, James mused, if we could create the same sense of public selflessness without the horror and bloodshed of war? Wouldn't it be nice if we could somehow find a "moral equivalent...
Nevertheless, demands are growing to enact sanctions, especially in the U.S. Congress. President Bush is considering postponing the Feb. 11-13 Moscow summit. But the consensus among Gorbachev watchers is that the most sensible course for Western nations is to wait, watch, and pursue their self-interest. Washington has an agenda with Moscow -- topped by arms control -- that it wants to save, however disillusioned it might be by Gorbachev's retreat from reform. The gulf coalition has a strong interest in keeping Gorbachev aboard. -- a conviction that was only enhanced by last week's unconfirmed reports that the Soviet military...
...some of that protest lost sight of its real concerns and spurred a counter-culture which seemed rooted more in self-interest than in moralistic opposition to U.S. policy. But today's protesters have no rationale for their anti-war rhetoric--they respond to any movement of troops simply by reflex. Their protests are short-sighted and illinformed. Just how much so can be seen in their rhetoric...
This process is important not only because we may be drafted, but also because it indicates whether the democratic ideals of our nation are alive or only for show. We should be ashamed of ourselves if we embody the same self-interest and lack of concern with the public life of our nation of which Fallows and his peers were guilty. Janar Wasito...
...most difficult environmental dilemmas arise when preserving the environment conflicts with economic self-interest--when it's cheaper to waste than to save. Fortunately, this is not one of those cases. Satisfactory free-market solutions to environmental problems are rare enough already; Harvard should not overlook the opportunity when it arises...