 In Godwin’s consequentialist view, impartiality requires that we consider all people who will be affected by our decision, not just those who are directly affected. Thus, taking into account the interests of those whom Fenelon’s writings stand to benefit, it is clear that the right thing to do is to save him from death. One clear implication of the example is that viewing persons from an impartial point of view need not imply that we view them equally, in every sense of the word; and it certainly does not imply that everyone must receive equal treatment. In Godwin’s Archbishop Fenelon case, if we assume that only one person can be saved, the only way to give the archbishop and the chambermaid equal treatment would be to let them both perish in the flames.