Morals of Americans

Morals of Americans

In a survey conducted by Princeton Research associates, it appears that Americans are loosing their morals. 1,505 American adults were asked if they believed Americans lead as honest and moral lives as we used to. 74% (margin of error +/- 3) of the sampled population say that no, Americans are not as moral as we once were. 79% of the same sampled population says that we do not have a strong sense of right and wrong as we did 50 years ago.

Interestingly enough, Shell Oil Company also conduced a survey on morality. The survey was conducted in 1999. I wonder if the answers would be higher now due to the current distaste for oil companies. Of the 1277 American adults, 74% say they are dissatisfied with the morality of the country. These stats prove to be congruent with the Princeton research.

These two surveys also give a lot of interesting information about what activities Americans think are acceptable and which are not. Take a look at http://www.pollingreport.com/values.htm