Normativity as Intersubjective Control

Searle’s theory of social construction eventually indicates that normativity must be sustained through the intentional exercise of power between agents. Only under the constant influence of power relations can we evolve a series of dispositions that are sensitive and responsive to the rules of institutional facts. However, Searle himself does not explicitly account for how the exercise of power operates. He describes the power relation as existing in the background behind normativity but fails to clarify it further.