Rational Self-Interest vs. Self-Serving

Posted by khalling 12 years, 1 month ago to Philosophy
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I am having a little debate with an Objectivist, about this sentence in our book.

"He was being protected by the immoral, self-serving culture of Washington DC. Hank’s face flushed with anger.”

Do you see a problem with using "self-serving" next to "immoral" ? If so, what other word(s) might you use in place of "self-serving."

We were attempting to get across the 'we'll save our own tribe' culture of government. it's not crony-because we want to just focus on from within the government. We saw it last week, with many republicans like Sen. Rubio, backing McConnell's actions. Or I wonder how many park rangers relished the high handed tactics of keeping citizens from using their own property, etc.
I would appreciate your thoughts on this.



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