 Thirty years after publishing his ground-breaking article “Saints and Heroes”, J. O. Urmson (1988) expressed regret for having introduced the theological term “supererogation” into moral philosophy since he reached the conclusion that it only replaced “the old over-simple trichotomy” with “a new over-simple tetrachotomy”. This change of heart for the philosopher most associated with the modern revival of the debate on supererogation is striking. His late view cannot, however, be categorized as anti-supererogationist since he does not deny the special moral value of saintly and heroic actions which are by no way obligatory. Yet, he wishes “to dissociate” himself from using the concept of supererogation as a “blanket-term” which covers both saintly and heroic acts and acts of considerateness, decency, chivalry and self-denial. Urmson believes that these kinds of actions are too heterogeneous to be treated under a distinct category in moral theory. The response to Urmson’s (self) critique is that the less dramatic cases of “non-obligatory well doings” are a significant challenge to deontological theory no less than the rare acts of extraordinary sacrifice and altruism. At least this seems to be the assumption in most of the literature on the subject following Urmson’s retraction.