Are morals universal?

Usually when I think of morality and the law I think of religion and the thought of a “higher law”. Now I have come to the conclusion that morality does not have to be intertwined with religion. You could be a person of no faith and still have morals that compare to those of people of faith. People are instilled with a set of morals when they are just small children. They act on the examples that they witness from others including their parents and other people. This means that they do not have to be religion based. Therefore, morality and the law could go hand in hand and not have anything to do with religion at all. Also, dealing with morality, just because a person breaks the law does not mean that they have no morals. That person could still follow through with that act and even though he did it, he still knows that it is wrong. As a child he was taught what is right and what is wrong. This means that as a child our culture shapes us, which now leads to the universality of a “higher law”. Different cultures have different forms of a “higher law” and different cultures have a different view on what is and what is not moral. Therefore, if laws are actually based on morality then different nations or cultures may have different laws. Therefore, moral or ethical standards are not the same throughout the world.