Does it feel like no one cares about morals and ethics anymore? According to new research, that's not true. If anything, the world is improving in this regard. Here's why.
Both within the United States and globally, individuals perceive that morality is rapidly declining.We may believe that morals are deteriorating due to biased exposure or biased memory.in June 2023 questions the common perception that global society is experiencing rapid moral decline.
Mastroianni and Gilbert note that throughout recorded history, people have bemoaned a sharp decline in kindness, honesty, ethical behavior, civility, and decency. As the authors note, moral deterioration would indeed be happening extremely quickly if we could perceive those changes within our lifetimes. However, our perceptions of precipitous moral decline may be illusory.
First, the researchers reviewed databases for previously published research assessing changes in moral values and attitudes, honesty, and ethical behavior over time within the United States. They found very strong evidence that respondents believed thathad declined over time. Furthermore, the authors found that “Americans have been reporting moral decline at the same rate for as long as researchers have been asking them about it.
Third, the researchers collected their own data using nationally representative samples within the United States to assess perceptions of kindness, honesty, and goodness at several time points over the course of participants’ lives. Generally, they found that participants perceived people to be “less kind, honest, nice, and good” in 2020 versus 2010 and “in the year that participants turned 20” versus “the year that participants were born.
The authors suggest two reasons that people believe that morality is rapidly declining. First is the “biased exposure effect,” which suggests that not only do individuals tend to look for negative information more frequently than positive information, but we also pay more
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