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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/self-interest : self-interest generally refers to a focus on the needs or desires (interests) of oneself. by extension, it can mean: individualism, a philosophy stressing the worth of individual selves psychological egoism, the view that humans are always motivated by self-interest ethical egoism, the ethical position that moral agents ought to do what is in their own self-interest rational egoism hedonism, the school of ethics which argues that pleasure is the only intrinsic good. epicureanism, a philosophical system related to hedonism enlightened self-interest, a philosophy which states that acting to further the interests of others also serves one's own self-interest see also altruism egoism (disambiguation) interest (disambiguation) self (disambiguation) selfish (disambiguation)