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Forgive a Political Rant: It's my major's fault.

Who are the Advocates for Moral Relativism? There cannot be any. “What may be right to you, may be wrong to someone else. And what’s wrong to you, might be right to someone else.” “Who are you to impose your moral beliefs on me?” “Why are you judging me?” “I can do what I want.” I hear statements like this a lot; I think that many of us have. Particularly, any one in our society who stands for something seen as old-fashioned, traditional, or as the political term goes “conservative” finds themselves on the defensive. And I have struggled to defend myself. Because a lot of what people says makes sense. At least, on the surface. But I’ve given this a lot of thought. And here it goes: the conundrum that is moral relativism. The one doctrine that by its very definition cannot defend itself. And yet, how popularly defended it is. “You can’t force your religion on me.”  My politics stems from my faith. I won’t deny it. I’m not sure why I should deny it. In spe