Word: self-interest
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...revenge against the institution that forsook him. His motivations are skewed, actions devious and intent unknown. In one moment he condemns Dean's ignorance and uselessness; in another he courageously saves Dean's life. The chemistry between Hackman and Smith is powerful, as the two reluctant heroes transform initial self-interest into teamwork. The ending is a contrived and coincidental as a novel by Charles Dickens, but does not subtract from the film's overall appeal...
...consulting skills to make a service group more efficient. Responsibility does not come from your choice of career, but rather from the actions you take once you are in your profession. I am not suggesting you turn down the job at Goldman & Sachs or throw away all of your self-interest. All I ask is that you take a few specific steps to help make the world a better community for us all. MICHAEL H.TANG...
There might arise, however, an interesting question of motive. The guilt-mongers would have us believe that no matter how beneficial the ends, a self-interested profit motive is morally compromised and somehow socially irresponsible. Quite the opposite. Self-interest is the easiest and most efficient means of coordinating, through Adam Smith's invisible hand, this vast, well-oiled machine that provides for all of us. As a philosophy, this free, consensual give-and-take for mutual benefit should be the only one acceptable to us. Any alternative, either morally or autocratically coercive which dictates who should give...
Certainly, self-interest needs to be regulated. Improvements in laws and guidelines are necessary to ensure that business interests do not exploit the weak or impinge on the environment, both of whom are unable to negotiate their own terms. A few people with toothpicks, often from privileged institutions like Harvard, have been afforded the luxury of fine-tuning these margins of the system, to keep the stray negative elements in line. I would beg them not to take the vast positive mass of that system, which enables this luxury in the first place, for granted...
...Self-interest may push the U.S. to give early and give often: "When people have been left with nothing but the clothes on their backs, there's very little keeping them here," says Padgett. "If you think the U.S. has a problem with immigration from Central America right now, just wait until the refugees from Mitch start heading north." As Haiti and Cuba showed, nothing sways U.S. foreign policy faster than a sudden influx of tired, poor and huddled masses...