No, we don't all have absolute
ethical moral standards, but that doesn't deny us the ability to criticize the horrific actions of regions with
different social
norms.
In situations where clearly differentiated religious structures do not emerge, as in the Confucian case and in quite
different ways the Jewish and Muslim as well, there is a strong sense that political authority is illegitimate as long as it does not conform to transcendent
ethical norms, as in almost all empirical instances it does not.