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en-wikipedia-org-2410		Self-interest - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	1440	158	63	A number of philosophical, psychological, and economic theories examine the role of self-interest in motivating human action. In Legalism, a regular pattern of the natural world is that the basic nature of human beings comprises a set of interests that are primarily self-regarding and not amenable to cultivation, morally or otherwise, which must be understood to effectively govern a state.[4] Therefore, Legalists argue that political systems are only viable if it allows individuals to pursue their selfish interests exclusively in a manner that benefits rather than contradicts the needs of a state.[2] Conversely, their concerns lie with political systems based on trust and respect for ministers and other officials—rather than on impersonal norms and standards, such as laws, regulations, and rules—as these systems will result in an irresolvable power struggle.[2] Their sober realization herein is that administrative systems are fundamentally unable to monitor themselves in the long term despite the impersonal mode of rule, because they must rely for their implementation on individuals who themselves are driven by self-interest.[2] Articles needing additional references from November 2019	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2410.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2410.txt