Some people feel that values keep changing with time and situation, while others strongly believe that there are certain universal and eternal human values. Give your perception in this regard with due justification.

Ethical principles could be principles which a society thinks are moral as well as principles which are moral for an individual i.e. public and private sphere.

For an ethical principle to be universal it needs to be accepted by all the individuals collectively as part of society.

However, it is seen that there are some principles which are acceptable to society but not individual and vice-versa. For instance, principles of equality and liberty.

① Excess of equality leads to Marxist society where liberty of individual is lost in proletariat dictatorship.

② similarly, excess of liberty leads to Anarchist society which is utopian in means as well as ends.

Hence, in this sense, these ethical principles cannot be absolute and universals. They need to be balanced such as "EQUAL FREEDOM", as is done in democracy.

However, it is seen that few principles are good for society as well as individuals such as TRUTH. They are categorical imperative of Kant. Thus, ethical principles should uphold human dignity in all spheres - individual or societal - to become UNIVERSAL.