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This paper discusses the relationship between moral philosophy and political
philosophy. It holds that political philosophy in some way is part of moral
philosophy as the former deals with the content of moral standards governing
the relations between individuals and institutions. That would be the purpose
of the ?morality of institutions?, while the so-called "individual morality"
would inform the standards applicable to individuals. On the basis of a
conception of individual morality as it relates to contractualism and a
discussion of the morality of institutions that closely follows John Rawls?
theory of justice, the paper addresses the question of the foundations of the
obligation to comply with institution-defined standards that are directed
towards individuals. At the end, it focuses in particular on the difficulty
of rationalizing that obligation in the case of unjust institutions.