Ethical Relativism and the Hindu Culture

Ethical Relativism tells us that our moral beliefs tend to reflect the culture in which we grew up in. If this is so, there can be no universal moral standards for us to adhere to as some ethical theories such as Kantianism would have us believe. Because people in different societies make different moral judgments regarding the same action, the argument seems to be, they must accept different moral standards. If this is true, there …

…would be accepting the theory of ethical relativism & I simply can't do that. I believe this act is wrong because I believe that there are such things as universal moral standards. Moral standards in which murder is wrong, the depravity and subjugation of women or any human being is wrong and I believe these things to be self-evident ethical truths. I believe men and women are equal and equals should be treated equally.