I never really thought about ethics and it seems the rules are arbitrarily set by the corporation spawning the LLM's, which are largely based on laws, legality, general morality and investor wishes. Not like people can't tune their corporate subscriptions anyway and there are uncensored models in the wild. It's a complicated topic.
I would at the least lead on the same trajectory, adjusting to evolving societal norms, for obvious reasons.
What would you do if you woke up and discover that you have no windows? Where there were windows, you now just have the same, contiguous walls.