When every individual claims sovereign rational authority over political arrangements, the result is not collective self-governance but the dissolution of any binding political obligation.

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Binding political obligation(as used in political philosophy): A real, enforceable duty that citizens have to follow the laws and rules of their government—the sense that you *must* obey, not just that you *should*.
Collective self-governance(as used in political philosophy): A situation where people work together as a group to make decisions and rules that affect everyone, rather than having decisions imposed on them.
Dissolution(what Whitehead is trying to do but allegedly fails to do): In philosophy, a dissolution means solving or getting rid of a problem by showing it's based on a false assumption or confusion—not just answering it, but explaining why the problem shouldn't exist in the first place.
Political arrangements(as used in political philosophy): The systems, rules, and structures that organize how a society is governed—like laws, institutions, and decision-making processes.

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