Ethics

What do you all think of the principle of ethics?
In terms of the law, specifically.

What is right, based on rules, or based on emotions, essentially.

That is one of the most controversial topics IMO, the sad truth is becoming more and more apparent, there hasz been a steady decline by casting aside established traditions and canons of professional ethics that evolved over centuries ...When we speak of the decline in "ethical" standards, we should not use the term 'ethics' to mean only compliance with the Ten Commandments or other standards of common, basic morality. A lawyer can [adhere to all these requirements] and still fail to meet the standards of a true profession, standards calling for fearless advocacy within established canons of service. We have to access if it will cause harm? Is there profitability? Laws also permit many actions that will not bear ethical scrutiny. In other words, what the law permits or requires is not necessarily what is ethically right. For instance, laws allow disloyalty toward friends, the breaking of promises that do not have the stature of legal contracts, and a variety of deceptions. Laws sometimes require gross immoralities, as did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which required citizens to return runaway slaves to their masters, and the U.S. Supreme Court's dred scott decision, which in 1857 declared that slaves were not citizens but property. So IMO there is no moral or ethical compass when it comes to law. It is the classic do as i say not as i do scenario.