In order to make intelligible such universality in form, Sellars introduces the notion of a we-intention, an intention that is not the merely subjective possession of an individual, but an intention had as a member of a group that constitutes us.  There can be things I intend, as one of us, that I do not (or would not) intend, speaking on my own behalf.  For instance, I might intend, as a citizen of the U.S., that the representatives duly elected in the last election take office, even though, speaking for myself, I am horrified at the prospect.  Sellars thus suggests that the we-intention