ABSTRACT
The last two chapters try to make plausible the claim that an adequate theory of justified political obedience must offer an account both of the substantive and the procedural reasons for obeying the state. Substantive reasons account for the state as a worthwhile or even necessary institution. They are to do with the justification of political authority. Procedural reasons are concerned with the basis of political authority, i.e. with what gives some particular individuals the right to govern other particular individuals.
