believe that all value judgments are ultimately relative or subjective, that they’re no more than expressions of human preferences, either personal preferences or cultural preferences. On this view, nothing is intrinsically good or bad. Instead, we make things valuable by projecting our desires, tastes, and goals onto the world. Other people insist that some things—such as marital love and musical skill—are objectively good, while other things—such as rape and child abuse—are objectively bad. Their