There's a certain type of spiritual person, especially ones who embrace westernised forms of Buddhist or Taoist thought, who think that because they've discovered the illusion of the self and achieved "stream entry" or whatever, that they're now above ethical concerns. It's not wrong after all if you're the enlightened one, and you can't cause suffering if there's no you to cause it.

(this is, incidentally, why most deep meditation traditions, eastern and western and in other cultures, force strict moral codes and even permanent isolation from society before you're allowed to touch the cool mind bindy shit.)