He does judge those around him-just like every other human being. Remember, just because someone is narrating a story, doesn't mean their point of view is reliable. In fact, immediately after telling us of his ability to reserve judgment, he complains of being “privy to the secret griefs of wild, unknown men,” and making “riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart” against his will. In fact, he admits that “most of the confidences were unsought.” He even acknowledges when introducing Gatsby that “represented everything” for which Nick had “an unaffected scorn.” Thus, his moral values and prejudices are evident at the outset of the novel.
While he may be more open-minded than other characters in the novel (Tom, Daisy, and Jordan jump to mind), he isn't completely straightforward or honest (although he "suspects himself of one cardinal virtue"-honesty). See, for example, his first impressions of Meyer Wolfsheim, The Wilsons, and party-goers at Gatsby's. Each of these reveals some bias on his part.
Indeed, by the end of the novel he has judged each character for one misdeed or another. His final verdict of Tom, Daisy, and Jordan is that they "“smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” While this is a valid observation, the negative connotation of "smashed", "carelessness", and "mess" reflect Nick's view of events.
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