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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/self-interest.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/self-interest.html index ca24bfa..cdf669b 100644 --- a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/self-interest.html +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/self-interest.html @@ -1,16 +1,20 @@ <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> -<!-- Parent-Version: 1.92 --> +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 --> +<!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html --> +<!--#set var="TAGS" value="thirdparty" --> +<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" --> <title>Self-Interest - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/self-interest.translist" --> <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> -<div class="reduced-width"> +<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/ph-breadcrumb.html" --> +<!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--> +<!--#include virtual="/server/top-addendum.html" --> +<div class="article reduced-width"> <h2>Self-Interest</h2> <address class="byline">by Loyd Fueston</address> -<hr class="thin" /> -<div class="article"> <p> Is Self-Interest Sufficient to Organize a Free Economy?</p> @@ -57,7 +61,7 @@ citizens of Russia and other eastern European countries, are those of a society organized to allow a high percentage of Americans to act in such a way as to serve both their self-interest and some substantial stock of moral principles. Not only our habits and customs, but also -our positive laws — such as those of copyright — enter +our positive laws—such as those of copyright—enter into that organization of our society, for good or bad, but not in a morally neutral manner.</p> <p> @@ -101,9 +105,9 @@ words of Thomas Sowell, a free-market theorist of our time:</p> There are, of course, noneconomic values. Indeed, there are <em>only</em> noneconomic values. Economics is not a value itself but merely a method of trading off one value against another. If -statements about ‘noneconomic values’ (or, more -specifically, ‘social values’ or ‘human -values’) are meant to deny the inherent reality of trade-offs, +statements about “noneconomic values” (or, more +specifically, “social values” or “human +values”) are meant to deny the inherent reality of trade-offs, or to exempt some particular value from the trade-off process, then such selfless ideals can be no more effectively demonstrated than by trading off financial gains in the interest of such ideals. This is an @@ -115,7 +119,7 @@ In context, Professor Sowell was not arguing against those imputing some sort of moral power to self-interest; he was instead arguing against those who think there should be an easy path to the reform of a society which may have a particular moral defect. Those are two -sides to the same coin — serving self-interest may put a person +sides to the same coin—serving self-interest may put a person in conflict with moral values and the attempt to serve moral values may lead to some sacrifice of one's self-interest.</p> <p> @@ -130,23 +134,21 @@ rather by the acts of people who are aiming at a higher purpose, whether the preservation of liberty in the society as a whole or the preservation of a cooperative spirit within communities of programmers, or maybe both of those at the same time.</p> -</div> +<div class="column-limit"></div> -<div class="infobox"> -<h3>Footnotes</h3> +<h3 class="footnote">Footnotes</h3> <ol> - <li id="fn1">Both quotes are from page 2 of “Adam Smith: In His Time and -Ours”, Jerry Z. Muller, Princeton: Princeton University Press, + <li id="fn1">Both quotes are from page 2 of <cite>Adam Smith: In His Time and +Ours</cite>, Jerry Z. Muller, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993.</li> - <li id="fn2">From page 79 of “Knowledge & Decisions”, + <li id="fn2">From page 79 of <cite>Knowledge & Decisions</cite>, Thomas Sowell, New York: Basic Books, 1980.</li> </ol> </div> -</div> </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above --> <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" --> -<div id="footer"> +<div id="footer" role="contentinfo"> <div class="unprintable"> <p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to @@ -164,33 +166,16 @@ to <a href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org"><webmasters@gnu.org></a>.</p> to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org"> <web-translators@gnu.org></a>.</p> - <p>For information on coordinating and submitting translations of + <p>For information on coordinating and contributing translations of our web pages, see <a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations README</a>. --> Please see the <a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations -README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations +README</a> for information on coordinating and contributing translations of this article.</p> </div> -<!-- Regarding copyright, in general, standalone pages (as opposed to - files generated as part of manuals) on the GNU web server should - be under CC BY-ND 4.0. Please do NOT change or remove this - without talking with the webmasters or licensing team first. - Please make sure the copyright date is consistent with the - document. For web pages, it is ok to list just the latest year the - document was modified, or published. - - If you wish to list earlier years, that is ok too. - Either "2001, 2002, 2003" or "2001-2003" are ok for specifying - years, as long as each year in the range is in fact a copyrightable - year, i.e., a year in which the document was published (including - being publicly visible on the web or in a revision control system). - - There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers - Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. --> - <p>Copyright © 1998 Loyd Fueston <a href="mailto:fueston@banet.net"><fueston@banet.net></a></p> @@ -201,10 +186,10 @@ permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.</p> <p class="unprintable">Updated: <!-- timestamp start --> -$Date: 2020/11/10 17:00:48 $ +$Date: 2021/10/01 10:44:35 $ <!-- timestamp end --> </p> </div> -</div> +</div><!-- for class="inner", starts in the banner include --> </body> </html> |