 Some clarification, however, is required. To say that from the impartial point of view, no one is seen as intrinsically more significant than anyone else, is not to say that there is no reason whatsoever for which a person might demand more moral attention or better treatment than others. Many moral theorists, after all, will suppose that from the impartial point of view, properly conceived, some individuals will count as more significant, at least in certain ways. William Godwin (Godwin 1793) provides an influential and infamous example. Fenelon, the archbishop of Cambrai, Godwin writes, may be supposed to be more significant than a mere chambermaid; so in an emergency (Godwin imagines a building on fire) the archbishop ought to be rescued first. The reason, however, is not that the archbishop is intrinsically more significant; rather, the claim is grounded on the fact that the archbishop makes greater contributions to society: