Lawrence C. BeckerRezensionen
Autor von A New Stoicism
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The nub of Becker's position is this: "The concept of reciprocity that I shall defend may be summarized in the following maxims: that we should return good for good, in proportion to what we receive; that we should resist evil, but not do evil in return; that we should make reparation for the harm we do; and that we should be disposed to do those things as a matter of moral obligation. Reciprocity is a 'deontic' virtue." He actually gets quite a bit of mileage from these simple points. My primary objection to his project is his characterization of reciprocity as a fundamental virtue, unable to be decomposed into anything more fundamental. I suspect that, upon reflection, reciprocity is but a special case of fairness. He would reverse that priority, although he spends only a few sentences in the analysis.½