Objections to demanding moral outlooks are surveyed. The Extreme Demand does not rely on substantial consequentialist or other theoretical assumptions about the connection between morality and impartiality. Seven requirements for a successful argument against the Extreme Demand are identified. The argument developed in the following chapters will have affinities with arguments developed by Kant and Williams, but will aim to overcome problems with those arguments.
Keywords: consequentialism, demandingness, demands of morality, Kant, moral theory, Williams ,