Living Together : Rationality, Sociality, and Obligation

Name: Living Together
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
SKU: 9780847681518
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ISBN: 9780847681518

by Margaret Gilbert

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0847681513

ISBN-13 9780847681518

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Imprint Rowman & Littlefield

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 19th, 1996

Print length 320 Pages

Weight 648 grams

Dimensions 15.00 x 22.90 x 3.10 cms

Product Classification: Ethics & moral philosophy Society and culture: general Society & culture: general Sociology & anthropology Sociology and anthropology Social, group or collective psychology Ethics and moral philosophy

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This collection of essays develops the theory of social groups as "plural subjects". Gilbert argues that one must go beyond the prevailing "game theoretic" picture of people acting as independent individuals, to incorporate them as plural subjects bound together by joint commitments.

Following up her landmark work On Social Facts, this collection of essays by noted social philosopher Margaret Gilbert develops and deepens her theory of social groups as ''plural subjects.'' She asks, how far can our rationality take us when we pursue our personal goals? What does it mean to be a member of a group? Does group membership involve obligations and rights, and, if so, how? Gilbert argues that, in order to understand the social dimensions of human life, we must go beyond the prevailing ''game theoretic'' picture of people acting as independent individuals, to incorporate their situation as group members, or plural subjects bound together by joint commitments. Her new theory of obligation will be of interest to scholars engaged in empirical research as well as to philosophers and social and political theorists.

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