Source: The illusion of moral decline
Summary
Two studies were conducted to investigate how Americans perceive changes in morality over time. Study 1 involved keyword searches in various opinion databases to locate representative survey items about perceptions of morality. Study 2a recruited a nationally representative sample of 1,000 US participants who rated how kind, honest, nice, and good people were today, were 10 years ago and were 20 years ago.
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