On one hand, we have become less ethical as the divide between the top and bottom gets wider, jobs get casualized and young people can't buy a home. On the other hand, we have taken a huge step forward in our commitment to meet our "responsibility to care for all life on the planet". Our innate sense of justice has led to the establishment of the NDIS and with it, a pledge to look after our disabled population. Such a shift in the consciousness of Australians should have rated a mention in this article.

Ethics? But there's always the sex, money and power that I crave and root for.

Monty Python reveals philosophers and ethicists of the philosophy faculty stark naked:

- http://youtu.be/eyVX3uJpqxc?t=1m25s

Trump Rules OK?

It would seem that Hasbeen is yearning for the days of Australia when racism was not just accepted but part of official government policies (both state and federal). Sexism was rife and many women had to leave their jobs if they married or got pregnant. Homosexuality was illegal and people were bashed for being the wrong sexuality.

The nation was an international backwater of insular people where heterosexual white male privilege was the dominant social feature.

If you call that some sort of 'ethical society' then you have real issues. Or perhaps just an old homophobic, sexist, racist white male yearning for the old days of power and privilege.