The main problem with subjectivism is that it destroys the distinction between believing something to be morally right and its actually being right (Shaw, 15). ... Furthermore, what if the belief system of a particular society is in transition? ... Indeed, there is great impetus to believe in the relativity of moral acts, in one sense or another. ... Given the situation, it would seem that proponents of the normative sciences are in a way, trying to promulgate new theorems on what morality is, or should be, and the relativist plays the devils advocate to their attempts. ... The degree to...

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