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This article discusses the idea that Hegel, far from rejecting the question of political obligation, introduces this notion in a new light by relying on the notion of Gesinnung. Through a comparative reading of the introduction to ethical life and certain paragraphs devoted to constitutional law in the Elements of the Philosophy of Right, the article focuses on the concept of rectitude as well as that of patriotism, which represents the true political disposition. In the wake of Hegel’s institutionalist interpretation, the aim of the essay is to highlight the affinities between the Hegelian conception and the theory of associative political obligation.