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Self view

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Self sacrificing

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Self neglecting

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Private

Belonging to or concerning an individual person company or interest peculiar to ones self unconnected with others personal ones own not public not general separate as a mans private opinion private property

Expedient

forward hence tending to further or promote a proposed object fit or proper under the circumstances conducive to self interest desirable advisable advantageous sometimes contradistinguished from right or principled

Expedience

The quality of being expedient or advantageous fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended adaptedness to self interest desirableness advantage advisability sometimes contradistinguished from moral rectitude or principle

By view

A private or selfish view self interested aim or purpose … A private or selfish view self interested aim or purpose

fair

fair 1 : characterized by honesty and justice : free from self-interest, deception, injustice, or favoritism [a and impartial tribunal] 2 : reasonable as a basis for exchange [a wage]

confession

acknowledging the party's guilt (as by admitting commission of a crime) compare admission declaration against interest at declaration, self-incrimination NOTE: Courts differ on how a confession establishes the accused's guilt; for example, in some jurisdictions the confession

Self seeker

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