Taking the argument one step further, we can ask whether an institution that allows (indeed invites) people to act on the presumption that they have a right to rule others, is morally permissible or reprehensible. It would seem to be a reprehensible institution, if only because it punishes those who reject the presumption and do not participate in the institution while providing a spurious legitimacy to those who accept the presumption and thereby help establish the rule of some over others.