Another Gallup poll from 2019 similarly found 77% of people believed moral values in the US were getting worse.
Interestingly, survey data also suggested people believed the moral decline began around the time of their birth, regardless of when they were born.
At the same time, Mastroianni said the survey data suggests there hasn't actually been moral decline — just a consistent perception of it.
Rather than morality declining, there's actually some evidence to suggest that people have higher morals than in the past.
Another potential explanation for the illusion of morality decline could simply be the number of people in the world interacting is increasing.
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