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  • He was no milk producer and in that sense did not have a ‘selfinterest 'in the success of the organization.

    Gujarat Milk Mess M.S. Sriram 2010

  • He was no milk producer and in that sense did not have a ‘selfinterest 'in the success of the organization.

    Gujarat Milk Mess 2010

  • I believe this is a very difficult race for Lieberman; he has shown a great capacity for meanness and selfinterest; his politics are getting more closely aligned to the Republicans up and down the line; the war news from his Iraq disaster is almost all bad.

    CT-SEN: BREAKING: Lieberman Starting Blog! 2009

  • In the world he saw, moments of happiness were possible only for those who renounced selfinterest, who "die [d] to self."

    A Man On a Gray Horse 2002

  • In the world he saw, moments of happiness were possible only for those who renounced selfinterest, who "die [d] to self."

    A Man On a Gray Horse 2002

  • We have streamlined the government, so this is what we've been asked to do by the world economy in Japan in particular for many years, and we think we've fulfilled that part of the bargain and that's why we think it's incumbent upon Japan -- in its own selfinterest

    Background Briefing On Japanese P M Murayama Visit ITY National Archives 1995

  • Well, the answer is, yes, based on Japan's selfinterest and based on what the Prime Minister said today.

    Backgrounder On G 7 Summit Themes ITY National Archives 1994

  • It led us beyond the utilitarian foundations of the neoclassical paradigm, to draw on deontology and point to the significance of moral valuations, above and beyond pleasure and selfinterest.

    THE MORAL DIMENSION Amitai Etzioni 1988

  • What is odd … is the desire to derive everything from selfinterest as if that were a natural or necessary starting point.

    THE MORAL DIMENSION Amitai Etzioni 1988

  • It led us beyond the utilitarian foundations of the neoclassical paradigm, to draw on deontology and point to the significance of moral valuations, above and beyond pleasure and selfinterest.

    THE MORAL DIMENSION Amitai Etzioni 1988

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