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Originally Posted by Mark Lapierre  Maybe I'd better understand your point of view if you explained how you saw enlightened self-interest. |
According to Wikipedia.com:
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Enlightened self-interest is a philosophy in ethics which states that persons who act to further the interests of others (or the interests of the group or groups to which they belong), ultimately serve their own self-interest. It has often been simply expressed by the belief that an individual, group, or even a commercial entity will "do well by doing good".
This is in contrast to greed or the concept of "unenlightened self-interest".
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So, from my point of view, true Enlightened Self-Interest involves people who do not "intend" to be greedy, but result in being greedy nonetheless.