We care about the survivors as Jews, because their special collective plight is so realistically presented, but we also care about them because they themselves are so realistically presented: flawed, like us.
A possible solution would be to claim that joint commitments of the sort that Gilbert envisages are a special kind of collective intention, and that they presuppose more basic forms of collective intentionality, which are not joint commitments of the Gilbertian sort (Schmid 2005).
The #GivingTuesday Jamathon will bring us together again to support local groups on a special day of collective impact.
The form of land property has been transformed from ownership to land-use rights according to 'the Constitution' and 'the Law of Land Management.' Moreover, the basic Laws of our country and 'the Law of Urban Real Estate Administration' specify that there exist four kinds of right holders of real estate--the state (as a special civil entity), collectives, foreign investors, and citizens.
Commissioner Bud Selig could invoke a special clause in the collective bargaining agreement to avoid that process, leaving Rodriguez unable to play immediately.
As a nuclear weapon state and a major contributor of military capability to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the United Kingdom in this context occupies a special role in the collective security of Europe and its allies, particularly in bearing our share of the burden of nuclear weapons.
Many of us have moved on to other smartphones — iPhones and Android devices, mostly — but the BlackBerry, as the object that started us down this path of constant connectedness, holds a special place in the collective heart of the American workforce.
Despite rising gas prices and news of falling sales from Detroit, pickups occupy a special place in our collective heart because of their utility and their iconic status as symbols of rugged individualism.
For many of my generation, he retained a special place in our collective imagination, however undeserved it may have been in reality.
