 A benefit of the non-reductive approach is that the choosers in the contractual procedure (N) share many of the normative concerns of their actual counterparts (N*). This should ensure a closer normative link between the two parties and allow for the contract to generate a thicker, more substantive morality, presumably closer to that already held by N*. Whether this is so, however, depends on how closely the non-reductionist model of rationality is to the reasoning of actual individuals.