Lawrence C. Becker introduces an unconventional set of background ideas for future philosophical work on normative theories of basic justice. The organizing concept is habilitation -- the process of equipping a person or thing with functional abilities or capacities. The specific proposals drawn from the concept of habilitation are independent of any particular set of distributive principles. The result is a framework for theory that includes a metric for the pursuit of basic justice, but not a normative theory of it. The basic idea is that receiving and providing habilitation is a...
Lawrence C. Becker introduces an unconventional set of background ideas for future philosophical work on normative theories of basic justice. The orga...
The tendency to reciprocate to return good for good and evil for evil is a potent force in human life, and the concept of reciprocity is closely connected to fundamental notions of justice, obligation or duty, gratitude and equality .
In "Reciprocity," first published in 1986, " "Lawrence Becker presents a sustained argument about reciprocity, beginning with the strategy for developing a moral theory of the virtues. He considers the concept of reciprocity in detail, contending that it is a basic virtue that provides the basis for parental authority, obligations to future generations,...
The tendency to reciprocate to return good for good and evil for evil is a potent force in human life, and the concept of reciprocity is closely co...
Property Rights: Philosophic Foundations, first published in 1977, comprehensively examines the general justifications for systems of private property rights, and discusses with great clarity the major arguments as to the rights and responsibilities of property ownership. In particular, the arguments that hold that there are natural rights derived from first occupancy, labour, utility, liberty and virtue are considered, as are the standard anti-property arguments based on disutility, virtue and inequality, and the belief that justice in distribution must take precedence over private...
Property Rights: Philosophic Foundations, first published in 1977, comprehensively examines the general justifications for systems of private prope...
Much discussion of morality presupposes that moral judgments are always, at bottom, arbitrary. Moral scepticism, or at least moral relativism, has become common currency among the liberally educated. This remains the case even while political crises become intractable, and it is increasingly apparent that the scope of public policy formulated with no reference to moral justification is extremely limited.
The thesis of "On Justifying Moral Judgments" insists, on the contrary, that rigorous justifications are possible for moral judgments. Crucially, Becker argues for the coordination of...
Much discussion of morality presupposes that moral judgments are always, at bottom, arbitrary. Moral scepticism, or at least moral relativism, has ...
The tendency to reciprocate to return good for good and evil for evil is a potent force in human life, and the concept of reciprocity is closely connected to fundamental notions of justice, obligation or duty, gratitude and equality .
In "Reciprocity," first published in 1986, " "Lawrence Becker presents a sustained argument about reciprocity, beginning with the strategy for developing a moral theory of the virtues. He considers the concept of reciprocity in detail, contending that it is a basic virtue that provides the basis for parental authority, obligations to future generations,...
The tendency to reciprocate to return good for good and evil for evil is a potent force in human life, and the concept of reciprocity is closely co...
Property Rights: Philosophic Foundations, first published in 1977, comprehensively examines the general justifications for systems of private property rights, and discusses with great clarity the major arguments as to the rights and responsibilities of property ownership. In particular, the arguments that hold that there are natural rights derived from first occupancy, labour, utility, liberty and virtue are considered, as are the standard anti-property arguments based on disutility, virtue and inequality, and the belief that justice in distribution must take precedence over private...
Property Rights: Philosophic Foundations, first published in 1977, comprehensively examines the general justifications for systems of private prope...
