| Markovits uses Jim's story not simply to resist utilitarianism, but to resist impartialist moral theories generally. |
| And there are further considerations that could be thrown on the scales of the impartialist side. |
| Nonetheless, it is not obvious that this extreme impartialist perspective is required by moral universalism. |
| Somehow it does not easily mesh with the dominantly individualistic and impartialist tradition of moral theory. |
| Another strand, emerging out of moral psychology, feminism, and communitarianism, develops the notion of particularity, thus challenging the impartialist moral theories. |
| In section 1, the author describes the problem of distance and some impartialist and partialist responses to it. |
