Self-interest  

Eigeninteresse   (german)

used for: Utility maximization

Broader Terms

• Ethics    
• Social behaviour    

Related Terms

• Altruism    
• Economic principle    
• Homo economicus    
• Individualism    
• Methodological individualism    
• Utilitarianism    
• Utility Theory    

Subject Categories

• N.07.01 Social Psychology  
• V.02 Microeconomics  
• W.23.02 Interest Groups  

Links to other Thesauri and Vocabularies

=	Nutzenmaximierung   (from GND)
=	Egoismus   (from GND)
>	Eigensinn   (from GND)
~	Eigennutz   (from GND)
~	Egozentrismus   (from GND)
≅	Self-interest   (from DBpedia)
=	egoism   (from Thesoz)

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