Self-interest prevails in Martha Stewarts defense
The case should have been settled in a way that preserved the company's future. Now shareholders and employees will pay the price for Stewart putting her interests above theirs. Let me stress that I'm not one of the many people who seem to be ... [... more] Money Central
Idioms of Self-Interest Idioms of Self-Interest uncovers an emerging social integration of economic self-interest in early modern England by examining literary representations of credit relationships in which individuals are both held to standards of communal trust and rewarded [... more]
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How to Know the Theory of Political Realism
Put simply, the idea of political realism is based on the assumption that states are only motivated by self-interest rather than benevolent feelings toward other states. Although this theory is often viewed as grim because it paints human nature ... [... more] eHow
Baltasar Gracian
The remarkable best-seller -- a long-lost, 300-year-old book of wisdom on how to live successfully yet responsibly in a society governed by self-interest -- as acute as Machiavelli yet as humanistic and scrupulously moral as Marcus Aurelius. This ... [... more] Random House
How Are We to Live?: Ethics in an Age of Self-Interest Singer suggests that people who take an ethical approach to life often avoid the trap of meaninglessness, finding a deeper satisfaction in what they are doing than those people whose goals are narrower and more self-centered. He spells out what he means [... more]
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New Terra Tarot Deck Card - The Five of Swords - Tarot
The Five of Swords card speaks of acting on your own behalf, in your own self-interest. It signifies a time when you need to set aside concern for others and think of your own needs. This energy is positive when you have been sacrificing your own ... [... more] Bella Online
Stewardship: Choosing Service over Self-Interest Deming All Over Again - We Never Learn: Although he captured me with his initial quote from Shakespeare's Richard III as rationale for a practical means to insure corporate survival, I found Peter Block to be the most refreshing thinker I've yet had the [... more]
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Self-Interest before Adam Smith: A Genealogy of Economic ... Book Description: Pierre Force studies the history of the concept of self-interest before Adam Smith, in order to understand what it meant when Adam Smith used it as an axiom in The Wealth of Nations. He shows that Smith, unlike many of his predecessors [... more]
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Transcending Self-Interest: Psychological Explorations ... A welcome addition to modern sociology and psychology shelves: In the past decades, social scientists have observed rising selfishness and callousness among Americans. Transcending Self-Interest: Psychological Explorations of the Quiet Ego is an [... more]
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