Do You Have A Price?

You've heard the saying, "Everyone has their price." This refers to the tendency of people to compromise or abandon their ethics for the right price. The person who is willing to travel this route doesn't really have ethics.

True ethics are not for sale. An individual who is willing to alter his or her beliefs for great enough remuneration never had principles at all. Someone who has firm convictions will not be influenced by any price.

Yet people from all cross sections of society do have a price as well as numerous justifications to absolve them of guilt. It doesn't matter whether a person h...