 A more influential version of the constitutive argument appeals to the value of associative obligations. Here the starting point is the observation that we often find ourselves involved in relationships and practices that come with special responsibilities attached to them. Even when we have not chosen to be part of them, it’s our very membership in them that brings with it distinctive “role obligations” (Hardimon 1994). Failing to realize this fact is failing to correctly interpret the responsibilities and practices in question (Dworkin 1986: 198). It’s in this sense that Ronald Dworkin claims that