Decline of the Modern Generation Part III

This is the follow-up of the last blog entry that I posted concerning the issue of reasons for our moral decline. In review, the previous reasons were individualism and misapprehension of the truth. The third reason for the moral decline of the modern generation is the foundation of the family.

The Family, by definition, is: a group of individuals living under one roof with one head. Our current day understanding of a family to the extreme is the homosexual couple that cohabitates together with adopted children OR single-parent mothers OR fathers who work two jobs to support the children that were left to them when the other 'significant other' left to try and 'find themselves'. Now, I understand that these are stereotypical cases, but they are the immediate context in which we find ourselves living in. What you will find is that the definition of the family affirms the mroal decline of the modern generation because it hold the ideology of all three symptoms within its definition. There is individualism, misapprenhension of the truth( the definition itself implies that), and it does not even entail the proper idea of the family.

Now, the purpose of this blog is not to engage in a long discourse upon the definition of the family. Rather, it is to illustrate one vital point. People get their morality from their family. Other than the fact that they have certain understandable views of morality that they are pre-disposed too, they learn their moral values from their family. Thus, this modern generation has declined in its morality because the definition of a family, both etymologically and experientially, are completely false. Instead of building a morality under a two-parent home, consisting of a man and a women, they have learned and constructed a morality that was built, at best, by parents who built their morality upon a foundation that was not much better than their current child's is.

I understand that there is a lot more that can be said. What about parents who are single that teach proper moral values? Can't a homosexual couple divulge proper values to the children they rear? Isn't a family more about cultivating love and self-respect anyway? I do see the importance and necessity to answer these questions, but my point is that because the family has been identified incorrectly and lived out miseraby, our modern generation believes that they are morally accountable to no one and they can do anything. However, if you would like to know more about my views on the family then e-mail me a question or post a question in your comment box. Until next time, think on that!

Last time, which was yesterday, I published an entry on the 'Decline of the Modern Generation'. This is the follow up to that post. The purpose of this entry for today is on what I believe are the symptoms of the moral decline in our generation

The first symptom of our generations' moral decline is individualism. Now, I understand that individualism can be a good thing. Even people who have a communal perspective have the tendency to decline in their morality. However, in America the idea of individualism has become even greater. It pushes the envelope upon the smaller man. It forces us to say, "If your in my way, then get out of the way". Individualism leads to self-centerdness, which leads to arrogance, that in tail leads to pride, and finally will end up in destruction. Individualism is not a bad thing IF you let it produce in you an understanding that you are unique as a person. However, if you think your uniqueness entitles you to bigger and greater things in life, you have been sorely mistaken.

Another symptom is our generation's sense of truth. Truth, if that is even a proper concept for some people, is about as real to some people as flying pigs. Truth is a concept that has become relative to people today. Some claim that since nothing can be known for sure, then truth must be relative to the situation and the person in that situation. Others may say that truth is a waste of time! What matters is progress. Economical progress, national progress, world progress become the rallying cry for those disinterested in the 'petty things of life'. Of course, they are petty until you are sued and find yourself in a courtroom wondering if all the money you have would be expendable for one inkling of truth. And yet, another group of people may say, 'whats true for me may not be exactly true for you'. I would then ask, what's true for you? I think that if they admit that something is true, at least they are claiming that some truth exist. The problem would be to determine if what they hold to be true is actually true, or mere opinion. I could even put their truth to test to see if it is true. However, I am afraid that what will inevitably happen is that the person will be convinced that their truth is real. Thus, they will exchange in pride and arrogance a position they really hold in ignorance. And then they have their reward. What they believe is true because of their pride is actually false because of their stupidity. Therefore, they contribute to moral decline because they hold false ideals to be true and spread their ignorance throughout the world.

That is enough for today. I hope I have given you some things to chew on. I will post a conclusion to this entry tomorrow.

Decline of the Modern Generation

I am amazed at the moral decline in which this previous generation has ascended too. In the name of freedom and equality, individualism rears its ugly head. Usually, this is the symptom of Western thinking. However, haven't these ideas always been present within the human race? What then, is the cause of moral decline in the Modern Generation? The answer to that would seem to have various answers. Maybe even different facets of one foundational proposition. I would equate the decline of the modern generation to the smorgasboard of idealism. What I mean is that the foundation of truth, that which is objective based on revelation and reason has been substituted for subjective ideologies that are based within reason and emotionalism. Thus, people base their morality upon what makes sense to them. However, usually what makes sense to people is what makes them feel good. Our world is quickly becoming a cess-pool of relativism where the going trend's (yes, it is plural) of truth last about as long as a Hollywood marriage or a lever pull at a slot machine in Vegas. Therefore, what is right, good, and true is relative to every individual in any situation based upon emotion, subjective justice, and chance. But what, you might ask, is your answer to this 'Decline of the Modern Generation'. That answer shall be put on the next post.