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Lawrence C. Becker is the author of monographs, scholarly articles and reviews in the areas of ethical theory, social, political, and legal philosophy, and the editor of several reference works.
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With the librarian Charlotte B. Becker, he edited two editions of the multivolume Encyclopedia of Ethics (first edition in two volumes, Garland, 1992; second edition in three volumes, Routledge, 2001). His monographs include Property Rights: Philosophic Foundations (Routledge and Kegan Paul 1977; 1980), Reciprocity (Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1986, University of Chicago Press, 1990), and A New Stoicism (Princeton, 1998, 1999).  Since 1979, he has had a variety of editorial roles at the journal Ethics, including twelve years as an associate editor, a year as acting editor, and two years as book review editor. He has also edited a number of special symposium issues for that journal. His CV is online as a webpage and in PDF format.