Universalism is a positive norm which mean that most people assert their belief in it and almost everyone claims that it is a virtue. Racism and sexism are just the opposite. They too are norm,but they are negative norm in that most people deny their belief in them. Almost everyone declear that they are vices yet nonetheless they are norm.What is more the degree to which the negative norm of racism and sexism are observed is at least as hight as in fact for the most part much higher than the virtuous norm of universalism. This may seem to be an anomaly.But it is not