Consider the following critiques: (1) the empirical fact of diversity does not logically entail that there is no objective moral truth; (2) history shows that what some societies believed was good for them led to their demise; and (3) if believing something is an insufficient ground for assuring a truth, it would seem an insufficient ground for asserting a value. These are critiques of
a. utilitarianism.
b. situationism.
c. subjectivism.
d. cultural relativism.
ANS: D
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