Word: self-interest
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...Gulf, such as Rosa A. Ehrenreich '91, lament the lack of student interest in the current Middle East situation. The apathy that she notes bears a striking and disturbing resemblance to the Harvard students during the Vietnam war; for all their vocal protests, they were driven primarily by self-interest...
...calls it "pragmatism") is a luxury voters may only be willing to countenance when times are good. When the economy heads south, as it now has, the kind of government that spends lavishly to protect the environment and help the less fortunate may be seen as threatening the self-interest of the middle class. If, in fact, that is where the majority is at in 1992, Cuomo will be left without a winning national message and the country will be left with George Bush's inane points of light...
...heard to cite either its usefulness to man or the dangers to man attendant upon its loss. Thus the tropical rain forests are said to hold medicinal, agricultural and scientific wealth. This kind of argument, credible as it may be, reflects scientists' perceptions that only appeals to man's self-interest will generate public support for conservation. But anthropocentric arguments legitimatize the notion that species must justify their right to exist by proving their utility to man. That leaves the vast majority of species defenseless and debases the fundamental reason for preserving them -- their intrinsic worth...
...their followers in support of the accord, it was a humiliating reminder of their powerlessness. For the frustrated voters who have watched for months as their elected representatives dithered and delayed real action on the nation's most harrowing domestic problem, it was further proof that shortsighted political self-interest is the strongest and most destructive force in Washington today...
Minorities must and will recognize such trends as self-destructive. By and large, the melting pot still works. In the 21st century America will have a new ethnic profile. The prospect of a Hispanic or Asian -- and surely a black -- President is quite plausible. And it is a cheering prospect, provided only that he or she speaks to the nation in English and governs in the tradition of the founders. That tradition has evolved but remains the binding force and genius of America -- an ability to combine self-interest with compromise...