Why dont people care about morals and respect anymore?

Question

Not enough people take pride in their work,home,heart.

Answer 1

Gosh, I have no clue as to how old you are--but the morals and respect levels have been going downhill for decades. This is not something new--it crept up on us gradually over the years.

Back to the 50s or even 60s--after that, everything got lost somewhere. Umm...could it be that there are no longer any parents home actually raising their children????

Answer 2

Guess I'm lucky because the people I associate with care about morals and respect. I'm a liberal and I believe to each his/her own. If you don't like certain people, stay away from them.

You sound old. People have been complaining about a lack of morals and loss of pride for ages. As soon as Elvis shook his hips on national TV, the world went to pot. ;)
Try to look at the good side of life; make sure you're living your life the way you want to and that's all that should matter to you and yours.

Answer 3

Morals and respect used to be taught in schools. Now all a teacher can hope for is to make it a live at the end of the day. Actually respect is earned. but if you have morals, you learn respect for the people around you that have instilled these morals in you. They go hand in hand, but you can not have respect without morals and visa versa.

Answer 4

Societies ethics an manners have changed a lot I deffinantly agree. Kids no longer take care of their parents when they can no longer take care of themselves people dont give up their chair anymore to a pregnant woman. Part of this big shift is the focus on the almighty "I" its all about how much excess we can create. I presonaly belive in the older ethics in having pride in oneself and saying things like please and thank you and Sir and Ma'am but that is just me...There is also a shift I have to say this bc it is going to make me extreamly unpopular...but the house wife no longer exists ...let me explain my theory with this parents are no longer staying home with their kids during the fundemental stage of learning the kids today are no taught manners why because the parents are not home

Answer 5

The parental structure that was in the 50-80's has dropped. I grew up in my Caribbean culture where manners were taught and necessary or else the elders of the community would scold you or give you an *** whooping. I still say Good morning and afternoon entering a room with people, but it seems like a lot of that is lost. I guess it is up to us 20- 30 somethings to continue to teach our kids respect and manners.

Answer 6

Have you ever read any Jane Austen or seen any movies based on her works? The characters actually take pride in displaying the best manners and do their best to be obliging to others whenever they can. Check out "Emma" in particular it's an outstanding example of this very issue!
I wish the world was that way but, like others have already pointed out, we live in a society where everyone feels ENTITLED to whatever they want and they're encouraged to plow over whoever they need to to get it.

Answer 7

Good question. Born and raised in New York, I understand most people are rushing to get to and fro, but I hear a LOT of "Sir" and "Ma'am" (mainly adults). Some people need their egos boosted and will go through great lengths to force people to ackowledge them. For example, some people won't make way for people getting off and on the train or will blatantly stand directly, smack dab in front of a store entrance just to be acknowledge. Unfortunately, I also have seen people do things just to get into a confrontation. Maybe they need spiritual guidance. I really don't know. I just display respect to whoever I meet and hopefully it rubs off on someone who might be having a bad day.

Answer 8

It was easier to standardize "morals" and keep people under thumb when there were less freedoms.

People had to work harder, longer and complain a lot less before labor unions.

There were laws about who you could marry. There were laws about private sexual practices.

Landlords could deny rentals to people on the basis or sex, race, or just plain because they didn't want they there.

Marriage licenses were required often for younger people to check into a hotel.

Neighborhoods were segregated, so we were more lulled into a sense that everyone was like us.

If the proprietor of a store/restaurant/movie house, etc., didn't like the way you were dressed, you could be banned from going there.

The list goes on and on. Would you want to give up your freedom, as it is now for the way it used to be? If you are a woman, or any minority, probably not. If you are an intelligent thinking person, definitely not, in my opinion.

Answer 9

You could blame it on a wide number of things created by this culture. But the best thing to do is to keep your morals and standards. Be separate. You'll respect your self more. Lavish living will always catch up to you in the end

Answer 10

Being a liberal has nothing to do with it.
A loss in morals comes from the culture we live in.
I live in Los Angels a total loss of morals and respect here.
Those are things you get from your parents and the other adult figures in your life as a child. But with kids being raised by television and video games, they are lacking that guidance.