Nothing is more likely to distort one's understanding of reality than the notion of relativism. It was for good reason that Thomas Aquinas began his treatise "On Truth" by repudiating the "error of the ancient philosophers [Democritus and Protagoras] who said that any opinion a person has in his intellect is true and that two contradictories can be true at the same time. In rejecting absolute truth as the basis of knowledge, relativism has obscured the intellectual foundation of moral certainty and reduced morality to a pragmatic formula that is based on convenience and self-interest. In this essay, the author attributes the rise of academic dishonesty to the current reign of moral relativism, and he asserts that virtue is best understood in context of belief in God. A response to the author's essay is presented. (Contains 8 footnotes.)