Gomez-Lavin, Javier

What do we owe each other when we act together? According to normativists about collective action, quite a bit. They contend that collective action inherently involves a special normative status amongst participants, which may include obligations to do one’s part, to take due care for expectations generated in other participants, and even to faithfully follow through on others’ intentions. By contrast, non-normativists argue that some collective actions do not involve any special normative relations. Here, we build on recent empirical work whose results lend plausibility to a normativist account. Our present studies investigate the specific package of mutual obligations associated with collective action.