Morals & Values among Indians is Degenerating

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Madhav said:   9 years ago
Moral value is standards of GOOD and EVIL which govern an individual's BEHAVIOUR and CHOICES.

Individual's MORALS may be from SOCIETY and GOVERNMENT, RELIGION Or SELF.
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Jay Juice said:   9 years ago
I strongly believe it is the impact of America and the West, the aim of which is to make the rest of the world degenerate so that the West can continue to conquer and rule. I remember vividly an interview with Trump where he revealed that his children DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOL because they "wouldn't be able to compete". So, nobody should be in any doubt - the White Western world leaders KNOW where strength lies. India and Indians should, therefore, wake up, REJECT Western ideas of behavior such as they are promoting through people like Priyanka Chopra who is used for really nasty sex scenes and then rolled onto TV chat shows to talk about how to be a role model for young girls. Indians must powerfully embrace their heritage and its powerful moral bases to become, once again, the greatest nation in the world.
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Prashanth said:   1 decade ago
Yes, Today moral values, ethics more than that relationship values are degrading. Today maintaining many boyfriends has become a fashion and time pass for girls n in fact some treat it as their achievement. Same apply to the guys.

Atleast we are blessed because we all are born to love and affection between our parents. But next generation children will born to just time pass relationships with many. Therefore strong families are degrading today and everyone just trying to enjoy the life as much as they want. People are not bothered whether their acts are going to hurt people around. They just want to enjoy at the cost of others happiness.

All these things are negative side of life. But there are many good things also happening. There are many good people also following honesty, ethics in their life. But most of them are suffered a lot in their life mainly due to the bad people around. So it our duty to not to allow bad dominating good and follow humanity. Hope for the better tomorrow.
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Shariqa Nida said:   1 decade ago
I think this "moral value degradation' phenomenon is considered as one of the major problem faced all over the world. Of course, the degree or intensity may vary, but with the availability of the modern means of communication, entertainment, travel and such thrill-seeking amenities we can hardly do anything to protect our culture from the invasion of morally degrading trends those we used to abhor (detest; regard with disgust) in the recent past.

Consider the smoking habit of youngsters while still in high school or colleges and universities which were totally absent elsewhere. But in these days you will find almost similar degradation in many part of South Asia as well as in developed countries.

Another thing considered degrading is ear and body piercing and wearing ornaments by young males which were non-existent even a decade ago. Use of gel on hair to stiffen them is considered as fashionable in these days but these were considered as out-of-taste a few years ago.

Therefore, it is now very difficult to identify the criteria of 'moral values', besides those which could affect oneself or their environment, like smoking, to earn a protest or scorn (disdain, contempt, derision) from the society.

In my view, we need to educate our youngsters with bare minimum of High School level, considering the cost to the parents of low income group and the government patronizing of schemes like 'leave no child behind' in respect of education, food, shelter and health areas those may wean away the very poor people from doing morally degrading things to earn their living. About the middle class and upper class people, the parents have little guardian-control mechanism left to impart moral values in their ward.

Therefore, if the children of rich people decide themselves to be morally upright in their way of life then only it would be possible for them to 'behave'. Otherwise, there is hardly much 'control' left to influence them to abide by the code of the moral values.

Sorry for the long post, but this is what I have seen how the timid society got slow-degeneration right after we achieved our independence in 1971. The struggle for freedom has made us audacious in almost every sphere of lives activities.
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Ajinkya said:   1 decade ago
WHY is your mind searching for these materialistic desires?

Is it for happiness? pleasure? to be better? To be less bored? To show off/impress? To please someone?

It's perfectly true, money cannot buy you happiness. Because if you THINK it does. You will never reach happiness.

Happiness, Peace, Fulfillment, Love, etc. Can never be found on a piece of green paper, or a Mercedes.

It's found right inside of your heart.
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Subhasish said:   1 decade ago
India, traditionally a religious, non-individualistic, closed society is going through the 2nd phase of economic transition. People are for the first time having the taste of economic & individual freedom. It is a volatile time when 'old ideas' are dying & the 'new ideas' are still a minority community. Whether the 'new' is 'right' or not, that is something subjective. But, in my opinion if it turns the Preamble of our Constitution into a reality in the long run, then it is good enough for me.
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Shakir said:   1 decade ago
Hi, One ad is running in media in which we are seeing how to cheat father. Is this way to fulfill our requirements? Is it right? Our media is creating negative influence through the children. How can they gain the moral values? We cannot control them to see the negative advertises. It will creating a distance between children and parents.
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Tiya said:   9 years ago
Communication part also reflects our attitude, which represents our moral values.
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Manoj Chakrabarty said:   9 years ago
Unlike animals humans have evolved emotion in their evolutionary development. Evolution has given him the sense of morality. So we find morality is advocated and appraised in all societies of the world. Some unknown yet subtle evolutionary 'knot' has surely decelerated moral activities in all people in the present world, not only in India. It is true ignorance and wrong influences from outside has made the youth vulnerable. Their weak brain and lack of understanding life accompanied by dear of the unknown has subjected them into victimization by alcohol, deadly drugs resulting into psychological impairments. This results into amoral activities.

Remedies are there, though not easy but sure shot.

Knowledge, knowledge of science. How does life function? Ethical education and practice. Compulsory two years service for the country. And of course love, affection for the youth to stop them being dragged into darkness.
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Mark said:   10 years ago
Moral is an individual thing. Moral is not a simple word it encompasses your behavior in social environment and how much you value yourself. When a thing is said to be immoral then it means that that thing can pose you serious problem and the extent goes down to the level up to where no one can think of in that stir of moment or sometimes those aspects never come to our mind.

Some times things so simple can earn you a very big incentive just like few praises, remembering your anniversary and your wife's birthday, going out twice in a month and some random gifts and patiently listening her can make your wife happy (its not a formula but works with me).

We human including the intelligent ones act like a herd of sheep. Let me tell you something and then you can relate it to the topic. One day I was talking to a guy and he told me that he had slept with 7 girls. The way he was telling me this was as if he was telling me greatest achievement of his life.

And to tell you he is a very normal looking guy not a sex god. When I asked him is it not wrong the he said its normal. He dares to treat girls like they are bitches and just object of sexual pleasure and I have seen girls smiling at his double sided and enjoying the so called complements.

I think just because he does not gives your name in public and can make you moaning does not means that he respects you because he makes you moan so that he can feel dominance and i-can-make-wither-under-me type of feeling.
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