The country’s decline in traditional moral values goes hand-in-hand with its economic decline. The two cannot be separated from each other. When you have a population that believes in the mantra “if it feels good, do it,” you have an entitlement society that will be all too happy to loot the treasury to line their own pockets. Unless we cultivate a population who believes in self-restraint, you will have a country whose standard of living and sense of well-being declines in every way, on every level.
History has proven that a population will not have self-restraint unless they have widespread religious conviction. It is not a quality that comes pre-packaged as a part of human nature. It must be instilled artificially one way or another. The only way that has proven successful throughout history is for people to be taught to believe in a higher power that will either offer rewards or mete out punishment for not exercising said self-restraint.
It should be “ if it feels good and you still want to do it you are required to take personal responsibility for the consequences of doing it”
We bail out the druggies poor life choices by using money stolen by government force from the non using responsible citizens.....
You get lung cancer from smokin’ pot, screw u, buy yourself a new pair of lungs, don’t come crying to the taxpayer about it.
Excellent. I thought I was reading my own post for a second.
Check my previous posts. We’re on the same page.
The only part I’d disagree with is that I agree with CS Lewis that humanity does have a religious blueprint. We deviate from that through societal mores, legislation, etc. But I do believe the blueprint is there. The particular religious beliefs, tenets, and the morality and ethics of a culture as an offshoot of its predominant religion need to be taught and maintained, but I do believe the seed is already there.