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Self interest as motivation
I think that a "personal gain" can be found in/attributed to almost any action taken (especially when defined broadly.) However, we do not always think/rationalize before we act. The current trend in neurobiology suggests that emotion is realized before it is processed by the cerebrum or a physiological response can be formed (the cannon-bard theory i believe). Perhaps this doesn't exactly disprove the idea that personal gain is the only true motivator, but it does lead one to believe that we don't always act with any particular result in mind (let alone a desired one.)...whoa I blacked out for a minute there. Did we win?
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