Selflessness

Selflessness is the first principle of political life, as described here. The admirable idea is that a politician should always act solely in the public interest. But what does that mean? If a politician is ambitious, he or she will need to raise funds beyond what is necessary to attend events in the district and to run a reelection campaign. Such activity, while neither illegal nor inappropriate, cannot be considered to be directly in the public interest. It is not a bad thing for a politici...