Ethical relativism is not sufficient for the individual of that society. Ethical relativism says that being from a culture where this is not an accepted practice I cannot say it is wrong, rather I must respect their culture thus placing more emphasis on respecting a culture than on the individuals rights to life, no matter how are annoying. happens to be. For example, if there were two different men with two different backgrounds or cultures walking into a store that was being robbed, which one would react first? These are the questions that are asked to people who, based on their ethical reasoning, can change. In a system where everything is relative there can be no fixed ethical belief because then no one is bound by any universal ethical code. Nothing is ever immoral since actions cannot be compared to a standard and therefore nothing is immoral and nothing is moral. Societies should be judged by their moral beliefs because time and place do not change what is morally right and wrong and more emphasis should be placed on the individual rather than the society. Ethical relativism contradicts the point of ethical theory as there are no universal standards therefore no action is moral and vice versa no action is moral.