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Beyond Bumper Sticker Ethics: An Introduction to Theories of Right and Wrong Paperback – August 4, 2011

by Steve Wilkens (Author)
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Ideas have consequences. And sometimes those ideas can be squeezed into 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 individuals or as societies. In this revised and expanded edition of Steve Wilkens's widely-used text, the author has updated his introductions to basic ethical systems:

  • cultural relativism
  • ethical egoism
  • utilitarianism
  • behaviorism
  • situation ethics
  • Kantian ethics
  • virtue ethics
  • natural law ethics
  • divine command theory

He has also added two new chapters:

  • evolutionary ethics
  • narrative ethics

With clarity and wit Wilkens unpacks the complicated ideas behind the slogans and offers Christian evaluations of each.

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    9780830839360
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Steve Wilkens (Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary) is professor of theology and ethics at Azusa Pacific University. He is the author of Good Ideas from Questionable Christians and Outright Pagans, Christianity Western Thought, Volumes 2 and 3 (coauthored with Alan Padgett), and Beyond Bumper Sticker Ethics.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0830839364
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ IVP Academic; 2nd edition (August 4, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 230 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780830839360
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0830839360
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
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Helen Lowe
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent insight
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2023
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This was a text I used for a college ethics class and provided an easy to read overview of several ethical systems. The “bumper sticker” analogy is very clever but also extremely thought provoking. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Wilkins’s perspective and gained insight into my own thoughts and actions.
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Pastor Anthony
5.0 out of 5 stars Deep ideas, easily grasped
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2018
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Last year I read Dr. Steve Wilkens book “Beyond Bumper Sticker Ethics.” Having been away from academic reading for a decade or two, this was a great introduction to the most important theories of ethics. In the book, Dr. Wilkens has placed the deep and vital (but some-times voluminous) ideas of the world’s greatest ethical systems and thinkers at a level where many, many more people can ascertain and process them.
The reading is engaging and covers a significant expanse of ethical systems (Cultural relativism; the Ethical egoism of Ayn Rand; B.F. Skinner’s Behaviorism; Evolutionary Ethics; Utilitarianism; Kantian Ethics; the virtue ethics of classical Greek philosophy; narrative ethics, situation ethics, natural law ethics and Divine command theory).
Condensing these great systems without diluting their ethos is no small feat, but it has been done here. By “Putting the cookies on the lower shelf” Dr. Wilkens has performed a great service to the English speaking world. I am currently reading through this book for a second time.
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Norman Contreras
4.0 out of 5 stars Great book when it comes to explaining the different ethics ...
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2017
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Great book when it comes to explaining the different ethics that do exist now-a-days. I do recommend this book for anyone whom is interested in the different ethics that do exist and want to learn more about them.
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5.0 out of 5 stars which isn't easy to grasp at times
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2017
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This book was required for my seminary ethics class.. It was very informative and helped me to grasp the subject of ethics, which isn't easy to grasp at times. I would recommend it to anyone as a starting point to study on the subject.
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Joe the Actuary
5.0 out of 5 stars Find Out What You Believe
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2014
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This is a very good introductory text in ethical systems. Eleven systems are briefly presented with a summary of the view the positives and potential problems. Everyone us a system, but most of us have never thought about why we make our moral decisions. You will end up with many questions, but that is what life is all about.
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Janice Morris
3.0 out of 5 stars VERY Christian, but well-written
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2023
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This was my textbook for my “introduction to ethics” class, and I was disappointed that the book is incredibly biased about how it presents different ethical systems. The book doesn’t say it’s Christian on the cover, but apparently it’s by a Christian author and published under a Christian publisher. Despite the strong bias that the book was written with, it is a well-written and easy to understand book.
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Kibret
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2012
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Used it for ethics class. It provides some ideas about some ethical theories and what I loved most about it is that it has a Christian point of view - which I believe to be the only perfect ethical theory.
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Eduardo Garcia Gaspar
4.0 out of 5 stars Buena lectura de introducción al tema
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2014
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Se trata de un examen de escuelas éticas, partiendo de las pequeñas frases populares que se encuentran en los "bumper stickers" (calcomanías con leyendas breves que siempre parecen ser reazonables). Para quien se interesa en profundizar un poco más en el campo ético. lo que posiblemente lo convierta en un experto frente a la superficialidad común.
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Jose Manuel Obmerga
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good!
Reviewed in Australia on August 22, 2018
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This is a very good introduction to ethical theories!
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JaredJBraun
3.0 out of 5 stars Head spinning but informative
Reviewed in Canada on January 9, 2016
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I liked the introduction to the differing ethical views but struggled to know how to relate the positions to myself.
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