Words similar to self-interest

Example sentences for: self-interest

How can you use “self-interest” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The flaw in the reasoning is that it is not in an individual's self-interest to invest in an index fund if everyone else is doing so.
Although they knew each other from school; although their groups were defined by flimsy, irrelevant criteria; and although self-interest was not served; they discriminated faithfully.
People discriminate even when it's against their own self-interest.
Akst reasons as follows: 1) When markets are efficient it is in everyone's self-interest to passively invest in index funds; 2) When everyone passively invests in index funds, markets will no longer be efficient; 3) Therefore, index investing leads to inefficient markets.
Beneath a flimsy undergarment of professed remorse, she exposes a psyche built on blame-shifting, self-interest, and moral indifference.