the ethics of political expediencyexpediencyex‧pe‧di‧en‧cy /ɪkˈspiːdiənsi/ (also ex‧pe‧di‧ence /-diəns/) noun (plural expediencies) [countable, uncountable] 
the ethics of political expediency
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The governor vetoed this bill out of political expediency rather than principle.
- And a system whose first and last resort was all too often expediency.
- And this production, played on a red-carpeted traverse stage, brings out excellently the mixture of bombast and expediency.
- But his actions were perhaps not entirely a matter of cynical expediency.
- But localised flood prevention solutions often have implications for other areas and political expediency should not determine the solution.
- Dooley made popcorn, and Barnabas did his business at the hedge with great expediency.
- He would continue to make most of his decisions on the basis of military expediency.
- It was for Congress to determine the question of expediency.
- The potential for expediency in planning is vast.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY the ethics of political expediencyCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
action that is quickest or most effective in a particular situation, even if it is morally wrong: the ethics of political expediency· What are needed are more Mario Cuomos, politicians who are prepared to put moral and practical argument above political expediency.· Now, once again, the thin reed of refugee protection has fallen prey to the winds of political expediency.· They are politics of political expediency.· But localised flood prevention solutions often have implications for other areas and political expediency should not determine the solution.· These rates are clearly a trade-off between economic logic and political expediency.· This is often a legacy of historic inception, piecemeal development, and political expediency.· Perhaps it had been a matter of legal or political expediency.
the ethics of political expediency