 How far do such considerations apply to political authority? The idea that political authority is primarily justified by virtue of some valuable service it provides to those that are subject to it certainly seems appealing. And the view has a broader application than we might initially think, once we consider the important role that political authority is normally deemed to play in creating or supporting valuable schemes of social cooperation. If we have reasons to support such schemes and the NJT is correct, we may be justified in obeying the authority, even though the schemes in question are not those we would have chosen ourselves. The NJT is thus considered by many as well placed to justify obedience in general “co-ordination problems” and in situations in which individual reasoning might be self-defeating, for instance, in prisoner dilemmas.