In this sense "moral" or "morality" derives from the latin mores, which in some of its senses referred to what was right according to custom and was understood to vary from society to society: e.g. sexual customs were known to vary from one group of people to another and what was right depended on the customs or mores of that society. There was multi-culturalism even in Roman times! As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
We need a new term adequate to the task at hand. As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
