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Beyond Bumper Sticker Ethics: An Introduction to Theories of Right and Wrong is unavailable, but you can change that!

Ideas have consequences. And sometimes those ideas can be squeezed in to slogans, slapped on bumper stickers and tweeted into cyberspace. These compact messages coming at us from all directions often compress in a few words entire ethical systems. It turns out that there's a lot more to the ideas behind these slogans--ideas that need to be sorted out before we make important moral decisions as...

“Look out for Number One.” The message of this ethical bumper sticker puts us in an awkward position. On the one hand, we have all given advice like this, even if we have not used these exact words. It is often a good recommendation for people not taking care of themselves or for people who are often taken advantage of by others. On the other hand, few will admit to holding this as a general ethical ideal. It is not hard to figure out why. As far back as most
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