 Some betrayals are so severe that they bring a friendship to an end. The relationship cannot survive. Similarly, moral retributivists argue that some horrendous actions can sever the moral relationship itself, casting the person out of the sphere of mutual recognition that characterises morality. Contractualists disagree. “Even those who have no regard for the justifiability of their actions toward others retain their basic moral rights … not to be hurt or killed, to be helped when they are in dire need, and to have us honour promises we have made to them.” (Scanlon 2008, p. 142) Instead,“blame … involves a suspension … of one’s readiness to enter into … the range of interactions with others that are morally important but not owed unconditionally to everyone”. (Scanlon 2008, pp. 142–3) For instance, I might refuse to make agreements with an untrustworthy person, to enter into other specific relations that involve trust and reliance, or to voluntarily assist her pursuit of her projects even when I can do so at little cost to myself.