 These are only some of the types of special obligations that have been defended by philosophers. Here is just a sample of the range of special obligations defended in the philosophical literature: members of society to help families and children of those incarcerated (Bulow), beneficiaries of injustice to aid those who are victims of injustice (Butt), pharmaceutical companies to provide lifesaving medication to those in need (Huebner), and those who become aware of another’s need via a waver of privacy to aid that other (Richardson). Philosophers who defend special obligations of any type need to carefully consider whether that defense can also be used with respect to other special obligations and also whether such extension is plausible. If not, the special obligation originally defended should be reconsidered. After all, if special relationships generate or ground special obligations, we need to be careful not to render any and every relationship ’special,’ or that term will lose its significance. For any proposed special obligation, we need to consider whether it is more plausibly understood as derivative from an agent-neutral reason or a natural duty and so not really special in a fundamental sense.