Phenomenology and Mind

No. 9 (2015): Joint Commitment: Collective Intentionality, Norms and Justice
Joint Commitment

Joint Commitment: What It Is and Why It Matters

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  • Margaret Gilbert
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Phe_Mi-18148

Published 2016-04-07

Keywords

  • agreements,
  • joint commitment,
  • rights

How to Cite

Gilbert, M. (2016). Joint Commitment: What It Is and Why It Matters. Phenomenology and Mind, (9), 18–26. https://doi.org/10.13128/Phe_Mi-18148
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Abstract

There is reason to think that a particular concept of joint commitment informs much human behavior. This paper introduces the concept in question and briefly develops one argument for its centrality in human life. This argument focuses on the inherence in many central social phenomena of a particular kind of right.

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