simcha613,
So if “Orthodoxy” roughly translates to “Shomer Torah Umitzvos” than “ethical orthodoxy” roughly translates to “ethical Shomer Torah Umitzvos”? As if one can be Shomer Torah Umitzvos without being ethical according to the Torah? Or do you get your ethics from philosophers such as Kant, Nietzsche, Hegel and Schopenhauer who made Germany into such a paragon of ethical behavior?
Does your “ethical orthodoxy” also exclude those who see observance as including a limited set of Chesed and Ma’asim Tovim but not ritual practices? If your “ethical orthodoxy” automatically excludes those who willfully break the law or knowingly participate in or support fraudulent practices, how do you allow for inclusion of “poshei Yisrael” which is a Torah mandate? Or do you satisfy that itch by slavishly pursuing the “tikkun olam” crowd for inclusion?
It sounds like your little invention is just the same rehash of gripes against Torah Judaism that some are trying to “fix” by redefining kosher as the immigration status and hourly wage of the workers. If that’s the case, then you’re really just “open orthodox”.