A revised and updated version of this essay is now on-line here at the Stanford Encyclopedia for Philosophy, for those who might be interested. A much fuller treatment of these issues, including my replies to a variety of critics (including Michael Moore, Jules Coleman, John Finnis, Julie Dickson, and others), will be forthcoming (simultaneously in cloth and paper, happily) later this Spring from OUP.
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