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motives and self-interest  

Definition

  • Voluntary human actions—those actions with which ethics is primarily concerned—typically arise as an agent seeks to satisfy a desire. Satisfying desires, moreover, is typically in an agent's interest. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Motives and Self-Interest]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-JTVLL18Q-4

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