Margaret Gilbert is Melden Chair in Moral Philosophy and Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. A founding figure in contemporary philosophy of social phenomena, her work has applications within moral, political and legal philosophy and social and political science. Her many books include On Social Facts (1989), Sociality and Responsibility (2000), and A Theory of Political Obligation (2006). She has been a member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and held other distinguished research and teaching positions in the United States, Europe, and Scandinavia. CONTENTS
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SOURCES
INTRODUCTION
PART I SHARED AGENCY
Ch. 1 Acting Together
Ch. 2 Considerations on Joint Commitment
Ch. 3 Who's to Blame?
Ch. 4 Rationality in Collective Action
Ch. 5 Two Approaches to Shared Intention
PART II COLLECTIVE ATTITUDES
Ch. 6 Belief and Acceptance as Features of Groups
Ch. 7 Collective Epistemology
Ch. 8 Shared Values, Social Unity, and Liberty
Ch. 9 Social Convention Revisited
Ch. 10 Collective Guilt Feelings
PART III MUTUAL RECOGNITION, PROMISES, AND LOVE
Ch. 11 "Fusion": a contractual model
Ch. 12 The problem of promisees' rights
Ch. 13 Three dogmas about promising
Ch. 14 Mutual Recognition
PART IV POLITICAL LIFE
Ch. 15 A Real Unity of Them All
Ch. 16 Pro Patria: an Essay on Patriotism
Ch. 17 De-moralizing Political Obligation
Ch. 18 Commands and Their Practical Import
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AUTHOR'S WORKS
INDEX