Life in Groups

A leading figure in the philosophy of the social world, Margaret Gilbert has regularly applied her ideas in that area to significant problems in moral, political, and legal philosophy, and her work has been influential in such fields as developmental psychology. She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Council of Learned Societies, and was awarded the Lebowitz Prize for philosophical achievement and contribution. Gilbert was President of the Pacific branch of the American Philosophical Association in 2023-4, and is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

• Introduction 1: The Nature of Agreements: A Solution to Some Puzzles about Claim-Rights and Joint Intention 2: Culture as Collective Construction 3: Joint Commitment and Collective Belief 4: Belief, Acceptance, and What Happens in Groups: Some Methodological Considerations 5: Collective Belief, Kuhn, and the String Theory Community 6: Group Lies---and Some Related Matters 7: Collective Remorse 8: How We Feel: Understanding Collective Emotion Ascriptions 9: Collective Preferences, Obligations, and Rational Choice 10: Corporate Misbehavior and Collective Values 11: Can a Wise Society Be a Free One? 12: Regarding A Theory of Political Obligation 13: Giving Claim-Rights Their Due Conclusion

The breadth of topics in this book testifies vividly to the relevance of Gilbert's work