Pizza profiteer?

• Author: Cohen, Randy
• Position: The Ethicist - Brief article

My school has a monthly pizza sale where slices are sold for $1 each. I bought a pie and offered slices for $2 to kids at the end of the long line. But a school counselor stopped me, saying I was "taking advantage of people." Is she right?

--Ben Gammage, San Diego

WERE PIZZA A NECESSITY of life (as many teens believe) and in short supply, you might have been guilty of what some call profiteering. But there was plenty of pizza, so nobody was forced to buy your pricier slices Your actions weren't unethical, but they were poor social policy. And your...