A Comment (on David Boonin's Book) and a Question (for Richard Stith)

First, the question for Richard:  In your post, who in this election is evil?  And who is (merely?) bad?

Now, the comment on Boonin's book, which both I and then Michael S. mentioned in our posts this evening (here and here):  In my new book, Toward a Theory of Human Rights, which Cambridge will publish next month, I explain why I reject Boonin's argument about the moral status of human beings at the earliest stage of their development.  Boonin's argument  is mistaken, in my judgment--though not unreasonable.