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Asked on March 27, 2021 in Meaning.
Can I find the word “perfect” really?
What was most of this “selfish, self orientated vote”? Example sentence: “65 per cent of voters reported voting in their own self-interest in the recent election.”
My dislike of self-interested is that it has slightly less of a value judgement than “selfish” – though if you want the positive value judgement, “selfish” may be the best word on account of past experiences or my personal experience (including doing a job interview, for example)
I understand this is all about the politics, but I also understand the argument that everyone takes his vote in his own interest. If everyone votes in his, then is it the general welfare? If no one has any interest in vote, it’s not clear that the result of the election will be
in anyone else’s interest.
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Asked on March 26, 2021 in Meaning.
Can I find the word “perfect” really?
What was most of this “selfish, self orientated vote”? Example sentence: “65 per cent of voters reported voting in their own self-interest in the recent election.”
My dislike of self-interested is that it has slightly less of a value judgement than “selfish” – though if you want the positive value judgement, “selfish” may be the best word on account of past experiences or my personal experience (including doing a job interview, for example)
I understand this is all about the politics, but I also understand the argument that everyone takes his vote in his own interest. If everyone votes in his, then is it the general welfare? If no one has any interest in vote, it’s not clear that the result of the election will be
in anyone else’s interest.
- 636497 views
- 11 answers
- 235713 votes