What is truly ironic about this question is that morally/ethically indefensible decisions are often made public anyway. One of the most prominent ones is of course, war. No offense to any of our good service men, but essentially they are trained to see their enemy as less of a person so its easier to kill them--two immoral acts in one. Not only is it corruption of peoples minds, governments often try to justify war with some frivolous reason.
Moreover, most of the body counts we see on the news are civilians, which is often disheartening when seeking to justify an actual cause to the war.