egoism
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“I think that in the dynamic of multilateral diplomacy, we need to avoid egoism, egoism of the north towards the south.”
From Washington Times • Dec. 9, 2023
Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday the "egoism" of some nations was hampering efforts to seal a long-awaited treaty to protect the world's oceans.
From Reuters • Jun. 27, 2022
It’s a mistake to think that giving special weight to your own interests and concerns is egoism; egoism is giving them more weight than they merit.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2021
He was deeply skeptical about both the industrial working class, who he noted all wished could be middle class, and of western Europe, which was shot-through with individualism, egoism, and the obsession with wealth.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
Naturally, absolute altruism could not develop immediately from absolute egoism, that is, the one could not change immediately into the other.
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.
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Some Political and Philosophical -isms
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