Expedience

"A king may move a man. A father may claim a son. But even if the men who move you be kings or men of great power, your soul is in your keeping alone. When you stand before God you cannot say, 'But I was told to do thus,' or that 'Virtue was not convenient at the time.' That will not suffice. Remember that."
--King Baldwin IV (Kingdom of Heaven)

Expedience involves doing something convenient to advance one's interests even if it violates natural law. Expedience often appears in the political sphere, where people seek to marshal the strong arm of government to get what they want.

Expedience is action of opportunism, of getting more benefit for less effort.

Although we rationalize expedience in our earthly actions ("It was practical," "Compromise was necessary"), it seems likely that when we stand before the Creator to account for our actions, arguments of expedience will garner no sympathy.