Take, for example, slavery. The process of enslaving (usually) African Americans and forcing them to work in terrible conditions is now considered an unspeakable act. However, before the Civil War in the American South, slavery was just a part of everyday life. Some of the people most important to the founding of our country owned slaves. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, among others, all owned slaves. Because slavery today is unethical, it doesn't mean we can look back and judge slave owners for owning slaves, simply because it wasn't unethical at the time. The idea of ​​relativity presents a problem within the criminal justice system. If no rule is universal, but is instead relative to a particular culture, situation, or time period, how can we enact 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? He or she is legally?