Margaret Gilbert
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199970148
- eISBN:
- 9780199369898
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199970148.003.0003
- Subject:
- Philosophy, General, Moral Philosophy
This essay sets out with some care the author’s concept of a joint commitment, introduced in her book On Social Facts (1989). It then addresses some comments on her work from Ulrich Balzer, Rudiger ...
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This essay sets out with some care the author’s concept of a joint commitment, introduced in her book On Social Facts (1989). It then addresses some comments on her work from Ulrich Balzer, Rudiger Bittner, and Michael Robins. In particular it considers a question from Robins: how can people become jointly committed if they are not already “joined at the hip”. It is argued that this is not a matter of the expression of conditional personal commitments, where a personal commitment is understood in a manner specified. Also addressed is Balzer’s concern about large-scale joint commitments, and Bittner’s contention that acting together does not involve obligations and rights.Less
This essay sets out with some care the author’s concept of a joint commitment, introduced in her book On Social Facts (1989). It then addresses some comments on her work from Ulrich Balzer, Rudiger Bittner, and Michael Robins. In particular it considers a question from Robins: how can people become jointly committed if they are not already “joined at the hip”. It is argued that this is not a matter of the expression of conditional personal commitments, where a personal commitment is understood in a manner specified. Also addressed is Balzer’s concern about large-scale joint commitments, and Bittner’s contention that acting together does not involve obligations and rights.
