noun (n)

• the quality of being suited to the end in view(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  expediency
  Antonym:
  inexpedience, inexpediency
  

  source: wordnet30
• taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  opportunism, self-interest, self-seeking
  

  source: wordnet30
• The quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self-interest; desirableness; advantage; advisability; -- sometimes contradistinguished from moral rectitude.(noun)

  source: webster1913