> So an alternative explanation for widespread perception of moral decline is that each generation observes moral decline relative to its own standards. and >

> So an alternative explanation for widespread perception of moral decline is that each generation observes moral decline relative to its own standards. and > [..] they find a marginal trend for people to rate morality worse 40 years before their birth than 20, which doesn’t fit a rose-colored glasses effect but does fit an imprint-on-your-own-birth-year one. In other words: convincing, but just lies, damn lies, and statistics :-)