 Responding to Parfit’s presentation of the convergence argument, and his critique of the individualist and impersonal restrictions, Scanlon notes that, because it rejects those restrictions, any impersonal reformulation of contractualism is much more demanding than the original formulation of contractualism (Scanlon 2011). This charge has a particular dialectical significance, as rule consequentialists often present their theory as a more moderate alternative to the extreme demands of act consequentialism. If it retains those restrictions, contractualism will always be less demanding than these alternative theories—even if its demands are greater than commonsense morality might normally expect.