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Morality is Not Universal

First I would like to restate what it is that we are debating about. In the first round I said: "Throughout this debate I hope to prove that morality is a matter of opinion and view rather than a distinct idea that all human beings have to abide by or else they are forever labeled immoral and wrong." And in round three: "Which is what we are debating, whether morality is a term that can be used universally and accepted with the same ideas in mind." With that said I will once again respond to my opponents arguments and then enforce my own. 1. My opponent is trying to make the argument that no human being is superior to another and if they think that they are then it is their responsibility to prove that they are and why they believe it is so. But, that is not what we are debating. It is if the idea of morality is universal or not which he fails to address and with his statement "If another human believes that he is superior to another human, the onus is on him to prove that to be the case. You can look to science to see that every human is basically the same. They may have different ways of interpreting morality, but that doesn't make anyone superior to another." He admits that people have different ways of interpreting morality which is agreeing not all people have the same views; which declares that it is not a universal idea or concept. 2. Once again, his argument is based upon the authority of a person and whether or not they can prove it. With my point of ethnocentrism I was making the argument that people can believe that their ideas are better than another persons whether it is conscious or not and in the 3rd round my opponent even proved my point by saying that it is wrong to kill people when I brought up evidence that says that other people think otherwise, which proves the argument not everyone has the same idea of morality as well. Therefore the key concepts of morality such as killing cannot be defined as universal if others think differently. 3. My argument stands strong that morality is not a universal idea or concept because 1) Different people have different ideas and definitions of morality depending on what group, religion or society you are apart of. 2) It is ethnocentric to believe that morality is universal since you believe your idea of morality is superior.