Partiality and Impartiality
The philosopher Bernard Williams famously wrote that, for someone faced with a lethal emergency in which he can only save one of several persons, amongst who is his wife, his decision to save her is not an instance of a general moral principle that in such circumstances it is permissible to save one’s spouse. That would be “a thought too many”. On the contrary, the decision to save a loved one is made because he or she is the one who is loved
