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    For example, in southern India, relatives sometimes discreetly kill their elders, young people who are very ill, or when the family no longer has the means to care or feeding the sick through a practice called thalaikoothal (Magnier, 2013). The practice is carried out by setting a date of death, family members are called to say goodbye and often to participate (Magnier, 2013). The terminally ill patient is given an oil bath, a head massage with cold water (to lower body temperature) and an extremely large amount of green coconut milk, which leads to his death (Magnier, 2013 ). Some victims are killed by an act called milk therapy (Magnier, 2013). Fatal breathing difficulties occur when terminally ill patients are force-fed cow's milk and their noses are pinched (Magnier, 2013). Moral relativism must be limited to their own social groups and those members with whom they share certain social agreements (Westacott. 2016). Moral relativism also rejects the theory that there can be judgment about what is morally right and wrong for human beings, if, under circumstances, they can prove that their actions are justified and binding on all human beings ( Westacott, 2016). Without universal principles and morality of truth and absolute values, society will become weak and fragmented (Slick,