There is a vast difference between social morals and morality. Before we can determine that society is letting go of its morals, we must define what we mean by this. We might be talking about socially acceptable behaviors which can vary from culture to culture or we might be referring to moral principles of right and wrong. A skeptic or humanist may further muddy the waters by asking, "who's morals?" He might also ask, "Which society or culture are we talking about?" These are, indeed, seemingly unanswerable questions, unless we can step from our "thrones" and accept the fact that humans are created beings, who have not attained "godhood" nor are they accidents struggling with the degradation of developing from protozoa. The very fact that this question has been posed confirms that there must be an accepted standard of morals that we all agree on, whether we adhere to them or not. If this were not the case, how could so many of us even recognize a slip in the moral fiber of society. In each segment of our social history here in America, we have experienced culteral mores that have swung either right or left of center. Center, however, is becoming more and more difficult to define.

Consider this from renowned apologetics author CS Lewis whose masterful work "Mere Christianity" helped the average person better understand who we are in the light of morality. Here is an excerpt on the subject;

"Every one has heard people quarrelling. Sometimes it sounds funny and sometimes it sounds merely unpleasant: but however it sounds, I believe we can learn something very important from listening to the kinds of things they say. They say things like this: How'd you like it if anyone did the same to you?' That's my seat, I was there first' Leave him alone, he isn't doing you any harm' Give me a bit of your orange, and I'll give you a bit of mine' Come on, you promised.' People say things like that every day, educated people as well as uneducated, and children as well as grown-ups. Now, what interests me about all these remarks is that the man who makes them is not merely saying that the other man's behavior does not happen to please him. He is appealing to some kind of standard of behavior, which he expects the other man to know about. And the other man very seldom replies, 'To hell with your standard.' Nearly always he tries to make out that what he has been doing does not really go against the standard or that if it does there is some special excuse."

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