 Questions can be raised about this line of reasoning. For example, we can ask whether there is any sense in which Williams’ Gauguin ought to have left his family, despite the fact that the result was so welcome. If there is not, then Williams has not shown that morality competes with, or is trumped by, some other value. From the other direction, we can ask whether Williams is right that morality loses its point if it is not the supreme source of value. Of course, even if Williams’ reasoning is unsound, the conclusion could still be correct, and others have offered different routes to it.