Five elements of group agency
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21335686 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip Pettit (0000-0002-0355-3896, Princeton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1069-1089 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-16 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-174X • E-ISSN: 1502-3923 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0020174x.2023.2208391 |
| OpenAlex | W4382238486 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 24 |
Group agency requires a number of people to combine in pursuit of shared goals across varied scenarios. Thus, a group or corporate agent must be organized (1) to act flexibly as its goals require, (2) with the intentional, if not always voluntary, acquiescence of members in the guidance of (3) an authorized spokesperson or (4) a constructed voice, thereby (5) becoming capable of making and honoring commitments
Acquiescence · Agency (philosophy) · Business · Group (periodic table) · Law and economics · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Law · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Psychology · Social Psychology
The Birth of Ethics
Making the Social World
Shared Agency
Aggregating Sets of Judgments
Responsibility Incorporated
Joint Commitment
Deliberative Democracy and the Discursive Dilemma
Rationality Through Reasoning
The King's Two Bodies
Eliminating Group Agency
Speaking My Mind
The State
Group Agency
The Rules of Sociological Method
Joint Actions and Group Agents
Aggregating Sets of Judgments
The Common Mind
Moral Dimensions
| Highly cited | No |
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