What is moral relativism? How might someone justify a relativistic account of morality? How does this position relate to what Mary Midgley calls “moral isolationism?”

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What is moral relativism? How might someone justify a relativistic account of morality? How does this position relate to what Mary Midgley calls “moral isolationism?” Outline some of the arguments that Shaw and Midgley make against these ideas. Do you agree with them, or do you align yourself more with relativism? Why?