 There may appear to be a tension in grounding full and equal moral status in norms to which some but not all members conform. Even if the norm of practical rationality gives all group members equal moral status, it might seem that those members actually possessing that attribute would be “more equal” than those lacking it. The response to this concern, which we discuss in  Sec. 5.2,  is that those possessing the attribute have better fortune but no greater moral status.