Equality of rights means that some people cannot simply impose obligations on others, for the moral agency and rights of those others would then be violated.

Obligations may be universal or particular.

If an individual is born with the obligation to obey, who is born with the right to command?

Libertarians recognize the difference between adults and children, as well as differences between normal adults and adults who are insane or mentally hindered or retarded.

To repeat, communitarians maintain that we are constituted as persons by our particular obligations, and therefore those obligations cannot be a matter of choice.

Most Europeans have no idea how wild life can be in north America.

Guardians are necessary for children and abnormal adults, because they cannot make responsible choices for themselves.