"Universal" Is Not the Preferred Term

       I do not believe in Universal Ethics. For something to be universal, in my mind, that means there must be no exceptions. "One shall not kill" is not a unviversal ethic, because in self-defense one may potentially need to kill an attacker attempting to do the same to oneself. I see that there are common morals and ethics from culture to culture which point to more common and "universally accepted" ethics, but my problem is with the word "universal" as stated earlier I feel as though it is too absolute. I believe in common guidlines that humans are naturally driven by. Although not all humans are naturally driven by these ethics that seem to appear across the board, but they could not come to be if the ethics themselves did not originate some where within humans. I deffinitly feel as though things such as refraining from murdering for sport or unnessecary gain, stealing, and sexual misconduct are concepts that a large majority of people would agree on.