Are you sure you&#x27;re not equating:<p>A) &quot;It would be [more] ethical to offer a better deal.&quot;<p>with<p>B) &quot;The person offering this deal is ethically worse than those who never interacted at all.&quot;<p>You can endorse A) without endorsing B), and it&#x27;s B that the author is criticizing (as the CIE).