If one assumes that the dominant motive is accumulation out of profits, then, and the shifting of the profits tax reduces the effective redistribution.

But so soon as this strangeness had been realised it passed, and my dominant motive became the hunger of my long and dismal fast.

The privilege is not absolute, however, and can be defeated of the dominant motive for publishing the statement is actual or express malice.

If capital accumulation becomes the dominant motive for production, then producers will do everything they can to cut costs, increase sales and increase profits.

Criticism of the authorities was one of his dominant motives.

They reflect the fact that production has become totally integrated into the circuits of commodity trade, in which capital accumulation becomes the dominant motive.

But if he did so, he knew now, the dominant motive would be pure egotism.

An improper and dominant motive would have to be shown for revealing matters which would normally be in the public interest.

But last week, as the House narrowly passed its version of an economic stimulus package, the dominant motive at work appeared once again to be greed.

The choice of the dominant motive depends on the anticipated probability of satisfying the associated urge and the strength of the urge signal.