If self-interest reliably motivates just acts when agents reason correctly about long-term advantage, P2's claim that self-interest is 'not always satisfied' by just acts conflates myopic and enlightened self-interest.
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The principle that proposition (7) is true if and only if George Bush does not exist — a modalized instance of the Tarski truth-schema 's is true iff s'.
agents(referring to people in this philosophical discussion)
People, or more broadly, any thinking being capable of having beliefs and making decisions.
self-interest(A motivation that Machiavelli suggests can align with the public good)
A person's own personal advantage or benefit, what they want for themselves.