Smartass

Long gone are the times where ethics meant shit.
Nowadays, ethics could well be the name of a one-hit wonder from an electro-pop from the late 80's, or even a forgotten brand of sneakers that bankrupted when his owner left 30- something badly paid workers on the doe and left for India searching for spiritual enlightenment.
The only way I imagine ethics to work is exactly in your smartass scheme to get somewhere or something that you wouldn't normally deserve based only on your grace-state and merit.
One needs to maintain a rigid still adaptable level of cynical judgment, at all times, in all circumstances... and that my dear one-brain lobe-using-friends, needs hard-edged ethical behaviour.

Think about it!!!