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Margaret Gilbert - Sociality and Responsibility - 9780847697625 - V9780847697625
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Sociality and Responsibility

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Description for Sociality and Responsibility Hardback. This text develops and extends the application of Margaret Gilbert's plural subject theory of human sociality, first introduced in her earlier works "On Social Facts" and "Living Together". It presents accounts of social rules, scientific change, political obligation, and collective remorse. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; JMH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
Sociality and Responsibility develops and extends the application of her plural subject theory of human sociality, first introduced in the earlier works On Social Facts and Living Together. Demonstrating the extensive range and fruitfulness of plural subject theory Gilbert presents accounts of social rules, scientific change, political obligation, collective remorse, collective guilt, shared intention and an important class of rights and obligations.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847697625
SKU
V9780847697625
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About Margaret Gilbert
Margaret Gilbert is professor of philosophy at the University of Connecticut at Storrs.

Reviews for Sociality and Responsibility
Margaret Gilbert has been exploring what we mean and what is implied when we speak of a group acting and being responsible. In these essays she extends her analysis of 'plural subjects' to illuminate such highly important issues as how we should understand contractual agreements, collective belief, and collective guilt. Her work merits sustained attention and a wide audience.
Virginia Held, City University of New York Margaret Gilbert's plural subject theory is the deepest and most powerful account of collectivity we have—the most important contribution to philosophical social theory in recent decades. In this collection of essays, she develops and extends her theory to such matters as scientific change, social rules, obligations from joint commitments, and collective remorse and guilt. These are indispensable contributions to the foundations of social theory and to the social foundations of ethics and politics.
Frederick F. Schmitt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The book is well worth reading. The author has a superbly fine-grained grasp of material. The topics are absorbing. The approach is original. The examples are illuminating.
Mind: A Quarterly Review of Philosophy
[Sociality and Responsibility] represents the extremely important development in political and social philosophy, going way beyond anything else in the subject.
Gilbert Harman, Department of Philosophy, Princeton University

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