You said it yourself. You will compromise your principles. Thats situational ethics. It’s the proper term to use.
I’m not going to ‘not’ use the proper term because someone thinks its trendy. The solution is simple. Stand up and support what you SAY you believe in and it won’t be a problem at all.
It's the day after Election Day. You live in Kentucky (just for argument's sake) and along with hundreds of thousands of like-minded conservatives you did not vote for Mitch McConnell (believe me, I understand why you wouldn't!). The old-boy "King of the RINOs" has lost his seat to a Democrat-Socialist. You feel good -- content that you have not compromised your conservative principles. But along with similar action by like-minded conservatives in other toss-up states the Democrat-Socialists have maintained control of the Senate ... Harry Red still runs the show during obama's last two years.
Other than replacing -- in this example -- Ol' McConnell as minority leader (which would be a good thing but maybe no difference depending on who his replacement is), the Senate remains in control by those who want to "fundamentally change America" ... those who hate traditional American values and who despise conservatives .. even more than the GOPEs do.
I think that, as poor and as compromised a leader McConnell is, this would be a far, far worse outcome than re-electing McConnell and gaining control of the Senate,, even if it's by RINOs. I really do ... and I'm a staunch conservative.
All I am suggesting is that you consider ... just consider ... the potentially devastating outcome of leaving control of the Senate in the hands of the Democrat-Socialist Party.