Word: self-interest
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...have enough nutritious food, clean water or electricity. The amazing innovations that have made many lives so much better - like vaccines and microchips - have largely passed them by. This is where governments and nonprofits come in. As I see it, there are two great forces of human nature: self-interest and caring for others. Capitalism harnesses self-interest in a helpful and sustainable way but only on behalf of those who can pay. Government aid and philanthropy channel our caring for those who can't pay. And the world will make lasting progress on the big inequities that remain - problems...
...Zimbabwe's Suffering The gentle people of Zimbabwe are putting up with the impossible [July 14]. Mugabe may well want to go into luxurious retirement but is prevented from doing so by his henchmen. The self-interest of this handful of people has to be addressed to achieve a change of leadership. If the culture of corruption is not addressed, no future government will bring the change that this lovely country deserves. Tjarda Barratt, ELNORA, ALTA...
...Zimbabwe's Suffering The gentle people of Zimbabwe are putting up with the impossible [July 14]. President Mugabe may well want to go into luxurious retirement but is prevented from doing so by his henchmen. The self-interest of this handful of people has to be addressed to achieve a change of leadership. If the culture of corruption is not addressed, no future government will bring the change this lovely country deserves. Tjarda Barratt, Elnora, Canada...
...exclusionary enough. If liberals love America purely because it embodies ideals like liberty, justice and equality, why shouldn't they love Canada--which from a liberal perspective often goes further toward realizing those principles--even more? And what do liberals do when those universal ideals collide with America's self-interest? Giving away the federal budget to Africa would probably increase the net sum of justice and equality on the planet, after all. But it would harm Americans and thus be unpatriotic...
...Love of country is another way of saying love of your fellow countrymen - a truth I learned a long time ago in a country very different from ours. Patriotism is another way of saying service to a cause greater than self-interest...