| 词汇 | example_english_self-interest |
| 释义 | Examples of self-interestThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. But that, if possible, is possible only because self-interest is thought to be a ground of reasons independently of morality. But a third pattern might be to attempt to find somewhat more complex rules about whether altruism is in your long-run self-interest. One acts from self-interest when one aims at maximizing one's welfare, where welfare is understood as depending exclusively on the goods enjoyed by oneself. An alternative and safer proposition might be the co-existence of sociality and self-interest, and the importance of this in all social and economic planning. Far from being mired in self-interest, merchants, these writers affirmed, dedicated themselves to the public good. Acts that appear altruistic may turn out to serve self-interest indirectly when account is taken of side-effects (rewards and punishments), or delayed effects (reputation). In what sense and to what extent do currently proposed mechanisms and agent behaviors consider self-interest? The new government policies were now challenging dentists' small business self-interest as well as the professional ideology that defined their notions of patient interest. It guards against legislative self-interest by pitting one set of legislators against the other, neutralizing one ambition with another. However, the relevant considerations will not necessarily be limited to (or even relate at all to) how well these packages serve the individual's self-interest. Neither is corruption a by-product of ruthless capitalism, which promotes self-interest and maximum economic growth as opposed to the interests of the community. In so doing, they were motivated as much by self-interest as patriotic duty. The effect of the unremitting self-interest of this sphere is to drive more and more of the characters into varieties of non-existence. According to the rational actor model in economics, people are solely motivated by self-interest. Conversely, highly competitive individuals may trust each other to act in ways that further their collective self-interest. Yet even though there may have been a strong element of self-interest in their actions, they certainly did not present it as such. What is required ethically is honesty: self-interest should not, so far as possible, be hidden under a veneer of concern for others. Without sanitary legislation and local nuisance inspectors to enforce it, butchers and the other offensive trades17 had no incentive to pursue anything other than self-interest. What prompts all this effort is that an account of behavior as transparently governed by self-interest leads to transparent difficulties. However, the self-interest of legislators who were country gentlemen employing servants and farm laborers was also a significant factor. Perhaps it is possible to think of reasons of self-interest as a distinct point of view contrasting with that of morality. A system of laws and punishments that promotes the general interest could be devised with some precision if the foundation were self-interest. At no point does the bureau-shaping model acknowledge that a common culture may lead individuals to express preferences which do not reflect simple self-interest. Moreover, these aspects of modernity were inextricably intertwined with the growth of self-interest, individualism, and ambition. As mutual cooperation offers the higher payoff, they may choose cooperation out of self-interest alone. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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