Regardless of culture or creed, all nations share a standard set of concepts or norms of social behavior. Even at the stage of primary socialization, most children around the world prefer to communicate with those who help others and avoid those who bring physical or moral harm. Moreover, the victim of an offense and most of those around them minimize communication with the offender. Given that similar reactions are formed automatically in childhood regardless of conditions and are valued in society, universal moral norms can be recognized as a fact.
It is possible to generalize universal norms and combine them into several figurative categories. Respect is a set of behavioral norms in which a person identifies another as worthy of recognition or following. At the same time, the feelings of pride and importance felt when respected make this status desirable for any member of society. Dependability – people expect others to be truthful, responsible for their actions, and trustworthy. Fairness is also a common concept; although it may differ from culture to culture, it is always expected and desired. All of these concepts are intertwined and are often parts of each other. It is challenging to overemphasize the importance of universal moral values for humanity’s existence and further development.
Nevertheless, such moral norms are far from obvious to all without exception. However, because of mental problems or the conscious denial of acceptable behavior in society, people without such norms are the cause of the formation of the norms themselves. Most likely, this is the natural result of many thousands of years of evolution – a traditional society rejects elements that degrade or endanger its existence. If to imagine a utopian society of the future in which there are no crimes, violations of laws, and violence, then the very concepts of evil and good, moral and immoral, will be clouded and will eventually disappear as unnecessary.