I am arguing that morality is in fact often declining (and rising) between generations, and this rise and fall happens so frequently the authors muddled their o

I am arguing that morality is in fact often declining (and rising) between generations, and this rise and fall happens so frequently the authors muddled their own point by citing it as a normalized (thus falsely plied) complaint. A generation is only ~15 years (~10 in ancient times). Long enough for the children to reinvent or reframe the problems of their parents. “It isn’t an illusion though” I could have said more clearly.