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Since Freud's original formulation, many modifications and alterations of the superego concept have been postulated. Each paper in this issue of Psychoanalytic Inquiry presents a particular view of the superego concept. I examine each paper especially with regard to whether its author regards this construct as indispensable or supplanted in analysts' efforts to explain moral and ethical choices.