1.1. Elements of Relational Normativity 5
1.2. Overview of the Argument 12
2 The Problem of Moral Obligation 24
2.1. Practical Requirements: The Basic Challenge 26
2.2. Moral Obligation: The Specific Challenge 34
2.3. A Relational Approach to Moral Obligation 47
3 Morality as a Social Phenomenon 66
3.1. The Interpersonal Significance of Moral Right and Wrong 67
3.2. Individualistic and Relational Conceptions of the Moral Right 76
3.3. The Relational Structure of Interpersonal Accountability 86
3.4. The Relational Content of Blame 95
4 Relational Requirements without Relational Foundations 105
4.1. Obligations and Relationships 107
4.2. Self-Standing Relational Requirements 115
4.3. Anti-Individualism about the Normative 125
4.4. Agent-Relativity and Morality as an Ideal 135
5 From Interests to Claims 146
5.1. Defining the Manifold: Who Are the Claimholders? 148
5.2. Interests, Claims, and Moral Wrongs 156
5.3. Moral Justification and Moral Reasoning: From Interests to Claims 165
5.4. A Theory of Relational Morality? 176
6 Some Practical Consequences 190
6.1. Foreseeability, Claims, and Wrongs 192
6.2. Claims without Rights: Imperfect Moral Duties 201
6.3. Numbers and Non-Identity 210
6.4. Extramoral Concern for Moral Persons 221
Notes 235
Bibliography 275
Index 285