What Schur does well with this book is offer accessible explanations to different ethical theories, as well as a view into other philosophical schools of thought through the lens of ethics. For the most part the examples he uses in order to show the strengths and complexities each present are useful and generally on point, but in the end are also what make this not a maximally effective starting point for the topic in general.

Schur has heavily self-inserted himself into this book, and consequentially gives the book a heavy bias. The general conclusions and condemnations he comes to I do agree in the majority of cases presented, but that definitely is not something that would be true for a lot of people. Using cultural and political examples to convey what ethical and unethical behavior looks like quickly marginalizes large swaths of people from benefiting from this book.

It is a good book for those who already have a decent baseline for what ethical behavior looks like, but for those that don't they would just end up pissed of and possibly reject what is being presented to them wholesale. And those people are going to typically be the people who ironically would benefit the most from a book explaining the philosophy of ethics. Maybe we ought not care what those people think (which would be at odds with a large part of Schur's message and intention), but it still does limit the reach of this book's impact.