The Giant Noodle
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Within the last 100 year has the world as a whole grown in morality?
Within the last 100 year has the world as a whole grown in morality?
Things take time...I think that over the 100 year span, improvements have occurred, despite the emergence of the conservative tea party ( a pot hole or bump in the road).In my youth, I used to have great optimism that we would see growth in morality but I have sure not seen any evidence of it. We just have more venues for our immorality to work its magic.
That's why I continue to be................a disappointed evolutionist.
Things take time...I think that over the 100 year span, improvements have occurred, despite the emergence of the conservative tea party ( a pot hole or bump in the road).
Let us hope its not a sink hole......lol
Do we have any public poll for this morality business ?
There is no universal standard for morality so there is no definitive answer. On the average, certain areas like racism and sexism have really improved.
Within the last 100 year has the world as a whole grown in morality?
The world is far more cosmopolitan - and thus less prone to racism and xenophobia - than at any time in the past. We're FAR better off in that regard, despite having more progress to make. Women's rights have seen nothing short of a revolution in most parts of the world in the last century. The number of people per capita who die from wars is at its lowest point since at least World War II...and possibly in all of human history.
Yes, I would say that the world is far more moral than in the past. It's not that we have become less moral, it's that we hold ourselves to higher standards than our ancestors did, which is itself a sign of progress.
Within the last 100 year has the world as a whole grown in morality?
I would say its about the same. For every gain (such as women's suffrage or a progressive tax system) we have probably lost something (public manners or the value of civility). However this only applies to first world nations.
Other nations, I have no clue.
I believe world morality has declined and is continuing to decline.
The common thing is fairness.To put "the progressive tax" system in the same sentence as women's suffrage is idiotic and you should be ashamed of yourself.
So, mankind consists of racists, haters, rapists, liars and general scumbags...
What else is new.
In Egypt, as I recall, hundreds of prisoners escaped, than there was the rape of the journalist.
Unexpected ?
Why not some common sense, dangerous, Islamic areas are no place for a Western woman.
Health is subjective. There would have to be a consensus on what is universally considered healthy, or unhealthy for this question to have an answer.Morality is Subjective.
There would have to be a concensus on what is universally considered immoral, or moral for this question to have an answer, but here's a few that come to mind.
Besides, what I view as healthy/unhealthy is not a view shared by many parts of the world. Health is simply not a thing that lends itself to a global definition. Therefore, the question is not only moot, it is unanswerable.DiAnna said:Besides, what I view as moral/immoral is not a view shared by many parts of the world. Morality is simply not a thing that lends itself to a global definition. Therefore, the question is not only moot, it is unanswerable.