Multiple Choice
How does moral nihilism conflict with most people's deeply held moral beliefs?
A) It entails that because no one's moral beliefs are more or less correct than anyone else's, everyone should tolerate everyone else's beliefs and behavior, including racist or sexist behavior.
B) It entails that there is nothing morally wrong with stealing from your friends, killing people for fun, or doing other things that most people regard as obviously wrong.
C) It entails that morality is just a system created by cultural elites to consolidate and maintain power over the rest of society without having to resort to violence.
D) It entails that each person could decide for himself or herself what he or she ought to do, since it holds that each person's moral beliefs are correct for that person.
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