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What is happening to

our society?

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Corruption in many sectors.Cases of evasion and obstruction of

the truth

Crisis of moral values, a crisis of truthand justice, of unity and solidarity

Plight of the poor are being ignored.

Anxiety about the negative effects of

mining, commercial logging, illegal

quarrying and fishing

What is happening to our society?

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What am i to do?

What is the right choice?

IS IT RIGHT?

IS IT WRONG?

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Where is the Love?

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Erosion of moral valuesPrevalence of deceit

and dishonesty,

corruption,

manipulation and a

deadening

preoccupation with

narrow politicalinterests

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A BRIEF ON MORAL DECADENCE: THE NIGERIA

SITUATION

In the world today, shame and shamelessness arerewarded with encomiums and emphasized

recognition, Unclothedness is now directly proportionalto your fame and acceptance, skimpy dresses are nowtickets to classy events, songs that have intimate talks

in them sell faster than the meaningful ones, when yourtrousers is around your waist then you are seen as a

"learner", big girls are now identified by level ofexposure of their private parts. Even the world Religion

and the institutions have failed in eradicating thisdangerous way of life. What is the hope? Would thesociety continue to condone this act? Where will this

lead us to? Is this how the great men of this world livedtheir youth lives?

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What kind of state are we in?a State which is not

governed according

to justice would bejust a bunch of

thieves.Pope Benedict XVI

citing St. Augustines observation

in Deus Caritas Est, 28

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THE THREATS TO LIFEDIRECTLY AFFLICT

THE WEAK AND THEDEFENSELESS


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THREATS TO LIFE:A.WHATEVER IS OPPOSED TO LIFE

Murder, genocide, abortion,

euthanasia, suicide

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B. WHATEVER VIOLATES THE INTEGRITYOF THE HUMAN PERSON

mutilation, torments inflicted on body

and mind

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C. WHATEVER INSULTS HUMAN DIGNITY

Subhuman livingconditions

slavery

imprisonment

human traffickingdisgraceful working

conditions

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ALL THESE ARE:Poisons to human societyAgainst the order of reason

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THEY ARE:

Expanding with new prospects

Opened up by scientific technological progress

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IRONY

Progress in science and technologyRegress in moral life

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GRAVE CONCERN:Broad sectors of public opinionJUSTIFY certain crimes against life

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HOW?

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It is grave and disturbing

that conscience is darkenedby widespread conditioning

SYMPTOMATIC OF MORAL DECLINE

As a result,It has become difficultTo distinguish betweengood and evil

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Loss of morals

Excludes moral values in their judgment of humanbehavior

RelativismDoes not consider the objective values, in themselves, butrealizes them simply for ones convenience according to

situations

Moral Permissiveness

Allows anything and does not even care of the result ofones actions

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General acceptance of social responsibility

General awareness of the respect to the rights ofothers as a criteria of morality

Growing significance of man and his fullrealization as a social being

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Where are we going now?

MORAL

ASSENDANCY

MORAL

DECLINE

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Life giving? Death dealing?

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What must we do?

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