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Is our society letting go of its morals? 80 Articles

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    by Juanita Swyney

    I suppose we are living in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah where evil prevails more than good. Who makes up a society? We individuals do. Talk about morals these days and sometimes you do get a telling of. People have lost ...read more

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    by Jennine Johnson

    I was sitting in the car waiting for Darren to come out of the gas station when a teenage girl drove up along side me. She was driving a rather beat up car and was dressed in jeans and a grungy looking coat but she had thi...read more

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    by Uzitotinbaby

    The single most important, yet ludicrous assumption of those who view modern American society as less moral than "back then" is that things have changed. Things have not changed. Views have changed. And even more import...read more

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    by Diana Howard

    There is a vast difference between social morals and morality. Before we can determine whether a society is letting go of those morals, it is important to define what we mean by this. A skeptic or humanist might pointedly ...read more

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    by Timothy D Heard

    Is society letting go of it's morals? Society began losing it's morals a long time ago. In fact, since man has been on this earth, he has experienced, at some rate, a decline of his morals and ethics, beginning with A...read more

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    by Ian Loft

    Morals are a relative issue because in each different culture, practices and habits considered as acceptable in one are often quite the opposite or even illegal in another. To decide on whether or not our society is letti...read more

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    by Kasai Richardson

    To assert that we are letting go of our morals is to lose sight of the entire breadth of human history. "Man," as has been thoroughly proven by the march of time, is inherently immoral. Sure. 50 or 100 years ago, celebr...read more

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    by Kenneth Schonmeier

    As shameful as it is to think of, I do believe our society is letting go of its morals. I understand that there is a slight argument that the definition of "Good Morals" is what one believes is to be good morals. There are...read more

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    by Ima Ninja

    America and Americans suffer from what I like to call the "G.I. Joe Factor". Many of you who grew up during the G.I. Joe and Transformers era as I did, I'm sure can relate to the nostalgia of the Golden Age of animated e...read more

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    by Ethos

    With a resounding "yes" a voice echoed in the distance. All kidding aside it's an absolute truth that there is indeed a moral decline happening across the spectrum. After all, who can we really trust these days? Better yet...read more

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    by Jane Gilgun

    Sexual abuse is a world-wide problem of enormous proportions and has been a harsh reality for children since the dawn of history. Many forces account for the continued existence of child sexual abuse. Some of these forces ...read more

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    by S.Stacy

    Is society letting go of morals, or are they just not being taught? Do children and young adults even know what morals are? The meaning of morals is character or behavior. And our young today certainly have character, a...read more

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    by Ingrid Martinez

    We all know that common courtesy isn't so common anymore and that ladies and gentlemen don't often behave as such, not even close. The term "customer service" is now associated with a potentially stressful situation that m...read more

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    by Ms P. K. Styles

    Are we letting go of morals? (Smirks) Did America ever really have morals? Look at how we were established: some Spaniards came here and killed the Aztecs and Mayans, spreading disease, famine, and terror when they brought...read more

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    by Shenni Bubb

    Society is definitely letting go of morals and unfortunately our politicians are encouraging it. Consider the mother who now gains a payment of at least three thousand dollars for each baby she births in Australia. Populat...read more

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    by 0007

    Is our society letting go of its morals? Society is in Trouble, it is not too hard to see, if you look at how fast it is slipping away. Just in the last 20 Years. Things have never slipped down so fast, compared to ...read more

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    by Richard George

    The quick answer is no. The longer answer begins with another question... which morals are we actually talking about, or more importantly, whose? Society evolves, it needs to, otherwise it stagnates. So a question th...read more

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    by Steve Martin

    I think the issue is that morals change to suit the society. Our society is changing rapidly and thus morals are changing too. This is not the same as losing our morals. For examples, there are many areas where morals h...read more

  • 19 of 80

    by Alan Silva

    The world is falling apart. Here are some ideas of what we can do about it. All you have to do is look at the any newspaper to realize how far we've gone. Georgia and Russia are at each other's throats. The Palestinian...read more

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    by Linda L Kinyon

    You see the hype everywhere. Celebrity's in dresses cut to here and the backs even lower. The hype about the latest fad diet with a barely there bikini as if its proving the point that you too can be this thin. The magazin...read more

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