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{{short description|American philosopher (1939–2018)}}

'''Lawrence C. Becker''' (April 26, 1939 – November 22, 2018)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-24 |title=Lawrence Becker – In Memoriam by Piotr Stankiewicz |url=https://modernstoicism.com/lawrence-becker-in-memoriam-by-piotr-stankiewicz/ |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=Modern stoicism |language=en-US}}</ref> was an American philosopher working mainly in the areas of [[Philosophy:Ethics|ethics]] and [[Philosophy:Social philosophy|social]], [[Philosophy:Political philosophy|political]], and [[Philosophy:Philosophy of law|legal philosophy]].

==Work==
Becker is the author of books and journal articles on [[Philosophy:Justice|justice]], [[Philosophy:Stoicism|Stoicism]] and [[Philosophy:Modern Stoicism|Modern Stoicism]], [[Social:Reciprocity (social and political philosophy)|reciprocity]], property rights, and [[Philosophy:Metaethics|metaethics]]. He was an associate editor of the journal ''Ethics'' from 1985–2000, and the editor, with the librarian Charlotte B. Becker, of two editions of the ''Encyclopedia of Ethics''.

Becker is a Fellow of [[Organization:Hollins University|Hollins University]], where he taught philosophy from 1965–1989, and is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus from the College of William & Mary, where he was the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor in the Humanities and Philosophy from 1989–2001.

From 2000–2011 he was on the volunteer Board of Directors of Post-Polio Health International, and served as its President and Chair from 2006–2009.

==Books authored==
*''Habilitation, Health, and Agency: a Framework for Basic Justice''. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. E-book, 2013.
*''A New Stoicism''.  Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998. 
** Paperback issued by Princeton University Press, 1999. 
** E-book, 2010.
** Revised Edition, 2017.
*''Reciprocity''. London and New York: Routledge, 1986. Pbk issued by the University of Chicago Press, 1990. Reissued by Routledge in hbk and e-book, 2014.
*''Property Rights: Philosophic Foundations''.  London and New York, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977. Pbk, 1980. Reissued by Routledge in hbk and e-book, 2014.
*''On Justifying Moral Judgments''. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973. Reissued by Routledge in hbk and e-book, 2014.

==Books edited with Charlotte B. Becker==
*''Encyclopedia of Ethics''. Second edition in three volumes.  New York: Routledge, 2001. (First Edition in 2 volumes: New York: Garland Publishing, 1992.)
*''A History of Western Ethics''. Second Edition, revised with expanded index and glossary. New York: Routledge, 2003. (First Edition, New York:  Garland Publishing, 1992).

==Book edited with Kenneth Kipnis==
*''Property: Cases, Concepts, and Critiques''. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1984.

==General editor for book series==
*''Ethical Investigations: A Routledge Series of Article Collections''. New York: Routledge, 2003. Two collections (6 vols. each) of classic journal articles. Carl Wellman, ed., ''Rights and Duties''; Peter Vallentyne, ed., ''Equality and Justice''.

==See also==
*List of American philosophers
*Encyclopedia of Ethics
*[[Organization:International Ventilator Users Network|International Ventilator Users Network]]
*[[Social:Reciprocity (social and political philosophy)|Reciprocity (social and political philosophy)]]
*[[Philosophy:Stoicism|Stoicism]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.bookwork.net Bio blurb and CV]
* [https://www.wm.edu/news/announcements/2018/message-on-the-passing-of-lawrence-c.-becker.php Message on the passing of Lawrence C. Becker]


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