individual self-interest
collocation in Englishmeaningsofindividualandself-interest
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individual
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/us/ˌɪn.dəˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/
existing and considered separately from the other things or people in ...
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self-interest
noun[U]
uk/ˌselfˈɪn.tər.est/us/ˌselfˈɪn.t̬ɚ.est/
the act of considering the advantage to yourself when making decisions, and deciding to do what is best ...
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(Definition ofindividualandself-interestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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They believe inindividualself-interest.
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The universal interest is not opposed toindividualself-interest, but rather to the particular interests of individuals.
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The pursuit ofindividualself-interesthere will not add up to the best of all worlds.
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This, of course, just rephrases the point made in section 1 about the absence of any story of laissez-faire based onindividualself-interest.
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The model predicts an all-too-familiar world in which the pursuit ofindividualself-interestleads to a socially suboptimal outcome.
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Individualself-interestis not a basic building block for a healthy economy.
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A good example is the assumption thatindividualself-interest, which can explain the evolution of cooperation, must also underlie the behavior of cooperating in the real world.
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Political liberty came to be defined in terms ofindividualself-interest: the defence of property and private pursuit of happiness, rather than public service or social purpose.
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To him, the meaning ofindividualself-interestis a combination of economic and psychological needs.
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They are more concerned with group self-interest than with society as a whole, more concerned withindividualself-interestthan with pensioners and those on low pay.
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Civic conservatism, like free market economics, proceeds from deep-seatedindividualself-interesttowards a stable cooperation.
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I think that is due only to their taking the short-term view ofindividualself-interest, motivated by irritation at the current shortage of workers in this country.
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