On Justifying Moral Judgments.

New York, NY Humanities Press, 1973. Hardcover First Edition, so stated. First Edition, so stated. Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ: The Book shows only minute indications of use: just a hint of shelving wear along the bottom edge of the boards and a small, very faint discolored area near the top of the front hinge; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. The DJ shows just a touch of wear to the extremities; very mild rubbing; the area near the outside edges of the front panel have been mildly blanched, due to sunning; unclipped; mylar-protected. No longer 'As New', but remains close to it. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 199pp. Chapter notes and an index are included. International Library of Philosophy and Scientific Method, Edited by Ted Honderich. Hardback with DJ. The author of this book argues for the co-ordinate status of three main approaches to moral theory: axiology, deontology, and agent morality. The book insists, in opposition to the moral sceptic and the relativist, that thorough-going justifications are possible for moral judgments, and it presents an outline of the procedures necessary for such justifications. Lawrence C. Becker (born 1939) is an American philosopher working mainly in the areas of ethics and social, political, and legal philosophy. He is the author of books and journal articles on justice, stoicism, reciprocity, property rights, and 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 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.