 For example, the fact that a child is in pain as a result of a splinter stuck in his finger gives me reason to want to and to try to get it  out.[13]  On this account, we have impartial as well as partial reasons for agreeing to be treated in various ways. Our impartial reasons are “person-neutral” (2011: 138). We do not need to invoke ourselves when we describe the facts that yield these reasons. The fact that some event would cause tremendous pain to a particular person, for example, gives us reason (albeit perhaps not sufficient reason) to prevent the event or relieve the pain “whoever this person may be, and whatever this person’s relation to us” (2011: 138). Our partial reasons are “person-relative”: they “are provided by facts whose description must refer to us” (2011: 138). The fact that the little boy being hurt by the splinter is my son gives me a partial reason to pull it out. We each have partial reasons to be particularly attentive to our own well-being and to the well-being of those in our circle, for example, our family and friends. According to the account, 