The 1% argument is unethical.
Ethics to me are pretty simple in regards to the issues that defined this election - look to a government that has the society in mind, has an understanding of the bigger picture and longer term. Doesn’t lie.
To vote for continued wealth transfer to the wealthy, and further embedding of short term self centred populist culture is to my mind unethical.
I can see the “conservative” side feeling ethical if so many of their data inputs for this one were based in fact... But too many didn’t bother to question things and went along with it and that’s also unethical - as a participant in a democracy you are obligated to make an informed decision. Being misinformed only lets you off so much...
Voting on local issues in a national election is also unethical.
Clearly you are trying to portray the ideal that ethics mean something to you.
Lets examine your track record on ethical standards shall we?
A short time ago you were servicing your own vehicle. You realised that doing the work yourself may cause issues with warranty matters. Your response was to seek advice on this website, to find a mechanic who would stamp your service book for you, knowing they had not done the work. Lets clarify that:
- You worked on the car
- You expected a mechanic to certify, on the car record book, that THEY had done the work.
- You expected the mechanic to relax his ethics, so that you could DEFRAUD the car company that the service record of the vehicle comply with their standards for the service record.
- The issue is not that the work was done by you - but that you expected someone else to certify that they did it.
There are professions that stake their reputation and livelihood on ethical standards and take the issue extremely seriously, including myself as a qualified CPA Accountant. For many people even the hint of impropriety has ended their career altogether.
You may consider this response to be quite serious, but if you wish to seek ethical behaviour from others, you must have higher standards yourself. I suggest you take many steps back, to consider your words and actions more carefully. Your proposed actions above show that your personal ethical standards leave much to be desired.
Or, it could also be that you do not understand what ethics are at all and have used the term out of context completely. Which is it?