1st Edition

Reciprocity (Routledge Revivals)

By Lawrence C. Becker Copyright 1986
450 Pages
by Routledge

450 Pages
by Routledge

450 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

Acknowledgements;  A Note about Form;  Part 1: Theory Introduction to Part 1  1. The General Concept of Morality  2. Moral Theory  3. Reciprocity  4. Virtues and Priorities  5. Virtue, Social Structure, and Obligation;  Part 2: Practice Introduction to Part 2  6. Families; Friends  7. Future Generations  8: Law;  Part 3: Scholium Introduction to Part 3; Notes on Form; Notes to Chapter 1; Notes to Chapter 2; Notes to Chapter 3; Notes to Chapter 4; Notes to Chapter 5; Notes to Chapter 6; Notes to ‘Friends’; Notes to Chapter 7; Notes to Chapter 8;  Index of Names;  Index of Subjects

Biography

Lawrence C. Becker