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Hi Besra, and even cyberbully to the point it could cause depression and
suicide amongst victims. To recap, modern living has created
Great! I’m delighted to hear that your neighbourhood is many opportunities for people to commit offenses against one
organising such a meaningful program to reduce usage of another which goes to show that moral values are not upheld as
single-use plastic bottles in a couple of months’ time. they were before modern inventions.
Sorry, I will be back in college by that time as my semester Moving on to the next point, modern lifestyles have created a
break would have been over. It would have been lovely to stand desensitised society that is becoming more immune to upholding
united under one cause which is the noble deed of preserving moral values these days. Modernity has indeed robbed us of
our beloved environment. moral values because we are no longer shocked or angry when
we hear about most of the bad things that happen in the news
I wholeheartedly agree because people seem to be buying today. In fact, we do not really react anymore unless the crime is
drinking water and other beverages without stopping to think very vile or shocking to the point it is unbelievable. In most cases,
about the harm they are causing to mother earth. We must find we hardly blink when we hear of snatch thefts, rape cases, baby
a way to stop this by channelling our energy into researching dumping and even wars and bombing seems to be just swiped to
a better and more environmentally sustainable alternative to the left. Thus, our moral values have changed to represent a less
plastic bottles. caring society and it can even be said that the younger generation
have been robbed of their moral values because they may not use
As mentioned earlier, it would be impossible for me to be these principles as their guiding compass in making decisions in
there physically but I will surely pass the word around and life.
get my family and friends to fully support this commendable
endeavour. Let’s raise awareness by educating the masses! A final point to ponder is that living in this fast-paced
modern world has created a stage that is sinister in the sense
Good luck for the event! that we find other people’s sufferings a form of entertainment.
Modern lifestyles these days focus a lot on social media and
Yours sincerely, highlights the glamourous life of the rich and famous. This may
Lanner rob us of moral values because we start to prioritise superficial
materialistic lifestyles and hero-worship entertainers and artists.
As an illustration, the recent defamation lawsuit between Johnny
Task 2 Depp and Amber Heard caused a furore amongst netizens and
They say that morality is what distinguishes man from animal. people took to all forms of social media to make memes and poke
The fact that we live by certain principles where we can ascertain fun at the two through YouTube, Facebook and TikTok. A hundred
good from bad, right from wrong and how to walk the righteous years ago, this would never have been possible because modern
road, or at least aim to travel down that path. In the good old days, living has caused news to spread like wildfire. Ultimately, it is
the blacks and whites were quite distinct but in modern times, sad to see our level of morality deteriorate especially in recent
patches of grey in multiple shades have wreaked havoc on our times where we are technologically so connected in this almost
moral values and conscience. What was once difficult to do, with borderless world to the point that we extract joy in poking fun at
modernity, is simply at the tip of our fingers. It is certainly true other people’s miseries for the sake of entertainment.
in this new age that modernisation has robbed us of our moral
values. In light of this, let us examine this concept in terms of how All things considered, there is not a shadow of doubt that
modernisation creates uncountable opportunities for people to modernisation has robbed people of moral values simply because
commit vices, it breeds a desensitised society and lack of morality there are just so many prospects for breaking the moral code
can even be a form of entertainment. when you are using modern inventions. It also leads to us being a
nation of desensitised humans and even takes it one step further
At the forefront of this issue is the obvious fact that there are where instead of feeling compassion for others, modernisation
a million avenues to commit social ills based on the advances of has allowed us to look upon others’ sufferings as a form of joyful
technology in this modern era. This is because modern inventions entertainment. The popular adage goes, “Do unto others what
have given us many ways to break the law and, in some cases, you would have done unto you.” Therefore, the only way to
makes it very hard for people to get caught or held accountable repopulate our generation with good moral values and maintain
for their actions. To illustrate, the anonymity of the internet a higher moral code of conduct is to start by changing ourselves.
allows people to commit fraud where stealing someone’s profile If we each played a role in being a better man, there will still be
through phishing has become so easy these days. On top of this, hope for humanity in this age of limitless technological advances
people seem to have lost sight of moral values when they use and countless opportunity to do the wrong thing. In times of
the internet to spread fake news and defamation, scam netizens doubt, always choose to do the right thing.

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