Rule-Following

Roles: rule, rule-follower, norm, compliance, deviation, conformity, violation

The domain of agents orienting their behavior toward rules, norms, and standards. The central relationship is between a rule-follower and the rule itself: the follower must recognize the rule, interpret it, and maintain conduct that satisfies it. Compliance is the maintained alignment between behavior and norm; deviation is the departure. Unlike governance, which concerns the administration and creation of rules, rule-following concerns the follower’s relationship to the rule as experienced from the inside — the ongoing effort of staying in conformity and the ever-present possibility of violation.

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