Relativism Vs Universalism

Two major ethical viewpoints, relativism and universalism, discuss separate viewpoints for how morality is structured throughout the World. Universalism argues that all cultures around the world, despite their different lifestyles, can all agree on some basic moral value system. Inversely, relativism argues that each individual culture has its own set of moral codes and that no culture has the right to judge another’s based on what they deem morally just (Rosenstand, 2016). Even though many cultures share almost identical moral values, there are many outliers that disprove the idea of a universal moral code. Universalism is structured on the idea that even though societies worldwide experience different cultures and practices, they still