There's not a universal moral code for socities?

Cultrual Relativism is based on that "different societies have different moral codes." There is no universal standard of morals for all cultures to be subjected to. I agree with this completely, something that is "wrong" in one society may be accepted as "right" in another. It is all about the perspective by each culture itself, so neither culture is right nor wrong in their moral codes. Though there are some common traits in different societies such as the care of their young so that the culture may survive. In Things Fall Apart, Cultural Relativism was disputed between the Igbo and the British Christians that came to Africa. An example of the dispute between morals in the novel would be the infanticide of twins by the Igbo. Twins considered to be evil and therefore must be thrown into the Evil Forest to rid the society of the misfortune that they may bring. However, this practice abhorred the Christians; they believed that no child should be killed for they are innocent. Neither moral code here was ever presented as right or wrong, but simply a difference in the perspectives of the two cultures. In the article, a similar subject was also brought to attention with the Eskimos. They were believers in infanticide, babies that were not wanted were discarded, such as females. This is horrible to European cultures that did and do not accept such practices. To the Eskimos, however, it was perfectly acceptable because sometimes circumstances must be met, a child could not survive, therefore, it would be cruel to prolong the child's coming suffering. Perspective is a huge part of moral code and that is why there are differences. In Islamic cultures it is acceptable for a man to beat his wife. Obviously, in our culture it is illegal to commit domestic abuse, a man would be imprisoned for committing such a crime. The Muslims, however, use this method to simply instill obedience in their wives, much more harm would come to the women if they did not obey and made a fool of their husbands or disgraced their families such as death. The women see the need for obedience to their husbands in their culture and bear the pain of being beaten. I do not agree with this as being a part of a culture that believes domestic abuse to be unacceptabl, however, nor can I condemn their methods and what may be morally acceptable to another culture without considering their perspective. As I mentioned before, cultural relativism is all dependent on the perspectives of what is morally correct to another culture. Neither is it right or wrong, just a different perspective.