ABSTRACT
In Chapters Two and Three we tried to show respects in which rules and rule-guided conduct are tied to good reasons. Since political obligations are rule-dependent the relationship between rules and good reasons creates a conceptual tie between “good reasons” and “obligation” and thus between good reasons and the practice of political obligation. Now the activity of reasoning is an activity of individuals. It may be done in cooperation with other men, but it is done by individuals. Thus if we are right that reasoning plays a role in accepting and rejecting obligation rules, in guiding and being guided by such rules, these activities (and the practices of which they are part) are activities of individuals.
