Rules are meant to bring predictability to an area so that individuals can reliably make value judgments and figure out what is good and what is bad for the group. At their best, rules set up clear incentives that allow for group flourishing while bringing stability to individuals. The clear line between rules and “to rule,” i.e. governance, is too on the nose to say much about. What is interesting though is how rules are indirectly related to governance. As Rivika Galchen notes in “Why...
