Take, for example, slavery. The process of (usually) enslaving African Americans and forcing them to work in appalling conditions is today considered an unspeakable act. However, before the Civil War in the American South, slavery was simply a part of everyday life. Some of the most important people in the founding of our country owned slaves. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, among others, all owned slaves. Just because slavery is unethical today doesn't mean we can look back and judge slave owners for owning slaves, just because it wasn't unethical at the time. The idea of ​​relativity poses a problem within the criminal justice system. If no standard is universal, but rather relative to a particular culture, situation, or time period, then how can we develop laws to prevent “unethical” behavior. Laws vary by state and, in some cases, by county. Prostitution is legal in some Nevada counties. If a prostitute from a county where prostitution is legal sells sex in a county where prostitution is illegal, is that prostitute unethical in the county where it is illegal? Is it legally