It was refreshing to read April Goodwin’s column and see not everyone has bought into the philosophy of moral relativism.

While many people have taken to putting the words “right” and “wrong” in quotation marks, April believes that God determines what is right and wrong.

A popular notion is that moral absolutes are outdated, and all one needs to be a good person is to not violate the legal rights of another.

That idea led to the death of Sherrice Iverson, a 7-year-old who was raped and strangled to death by Jeremy Strohmeyer.

David Cash, a friend of the murderer, witnessed this crime and made no attempt to stop it.

Cash broke no law; the state of Nevada did not require him to do anything.

His own feelings did not compel him to do anything either. He was quoted as saying he was “not going to get upset over someone else’s life.”

Cash is currently enrolled in U.C. Berkeley and told Mike Wallace of “60 Minutes” that he would not have done anything differently if given the chance. He has also been trying to earn money by selling the movie rights.

Legally, David Cash violated no one’s rights. So who is to say what he did was wrong?

He has not tried to impose his morality on anyone else; he valued friendship. He may even eat right, recycle and support diversity.

David Cash was far from being moral because he was far from God.

And when you are distant from God, guess who moved?

Benjamin Studenski

Senior

Industrial engineering