merely self-preservation

language: de

definitions

  1. The concept that an action or motivation is driven exclusively by the instinct to survive or avoid harm, lacking any higher moral, ethical, or altruistic purpose.
    de: bloße Selbsterhaltung

examples

  1. His decision to flee the country was driven by merely self-preservation, not by political conviction.

    Seine Entscheidung, das Land zu verlassen, war lediglich von Selbsterhaltung getrieben, nicht von politischer Überzeugung.