Word: self-interest
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High-minded pursuit of ideals, now and then a feature of American foreign policy, is a fading factor in international relations. Economic self-interest and cultural identity—nationalism, ethnicity, and religion—seem to be trumping higher-order concerns (e.g. ending genocide, disposing of dictators, protecting human rights) everywhere. As America’s high-mindedness is discredited in Iraq, the world is witnessing the last gasp of “big ideas,” and elsewhere, their replacement by a new brand of international politics colored by Russia and China...
...Ethics" [Jan. 22] that the parents of Ashley, a severely brain-damaged 9-year-old girl, mutilated her so that she would be less trouble to care for. Removing her uterus and stunting her growth without knowing what potential she might have had through future medical breakthroughs was merely self-interest disguised as love and devotion. Ashley should be placed under protective services to prevent any more atrocious mistreatment. Don Moss, Executive Director United Cerebral Palsy of Illinois Springfield, Illinois...
...ethics" [Jan. 22] that the parents of Ashley, a severely brain-damaged 9-year-old girl, mutilated her so that she would be less trouble to care for. Removing her uterus and stunting her growth, without knowing what potential she might have had through future medical breakthroughs, was merely self-interest disguised as love and devotion. Ashley should be placed under protective services to prevent any more atrocious mistreatment. Don Moss, Executive Director United Cerebral Palsy of Illinois Springfield, Illinois...
...that the parents of Ashley, a severely brain-damaged 9-year-old girl, mutilated her so that she would be less trouble to care for. Removing Ashley's uterus and stunting her growth without knowing what potential she might have had through future medical breakthroughs was merely self-interest disguised as love and devotion. Ashley should be placed under protective services to prevent any more atrocious mistreatment...
...group's support for President George W. Bush's Medicare drug plan gave the program a major boost in Congress, for instance. But the real shocker for critics--who claimed that AARP was acting out of self-interest--was that AARP's co-sponsored plan with United Healthcare lost $12 million when the money spent on educating consumers about the new program was accounted...