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Many other great historical cultures have deteriorated and fallen as a result of a decline of social values and standards. We need only refer to the great Roman Empire for clear evidence of the link between a reduction of morals and standards and the demise of the culture. Historians refer to the view that the fall of the Roman Empire can be directly linked to a decline in moral and societal norms and that the culture was destroyed not only by the outside invaders but by internal decay and moral decline. As one expert writes,
The primary reason for Rome's fall was moral decline. Every Roman writer who chronicled the fall of the republic -- Appian, Tacitus, Cassius Dio, Sallust, Cicero, and others -- marveled at the evaporation of ancient virtue that preceded the loss of liberty.
(Bonta 36)
Bonta also notes how moral standards were linked to this decline. & #8230;by the first century B.C.,...
Crime, once almost unknown in Rome, became rampant." (Bonta 36)
This should serve as a warning to us and to all modern Western societies. If we allow moral decline and the lowering of standards to continue we run the risk of falling into decline. What is most disconcerting is how many people are unaware of this decline of values in society. There worrying aspect is that we have become immune, as it were, to the changes in aspects such as compassion towards others. This is a factor that we should all be concerned about for the future of modern society.
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