Problem
Value erosion
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Decline in fundamental valuesDecay of traditional values
Underprioritized human values
Decline in status of societal values
Nature:
In a society where a particular value is substantially realized, its status can be eroded; the value loses its attractiveness and comes to be downgraded by disenchantment and disillusionment.
Incidence:
Examples of value erosion in modern society are: efficiency in the era of automation, progress in an age of anxiety, economic security in a welfare state, and national independence for an emerging nation in socio-economic chaos.
Broader Problems:
DeclineSocial breakdown Narrower Problems:
Decline in deferenceCollapse of common valuesHaphazard forms of social ethicsIndifference to spiritual valuesOver-simplification of social concepts Related Problems:
ErosionIdeological conflictWeakening of standardsDouble standards of sexual morality Reduces:
Value-biased judgementInappropriate application of traditional valuesMisapplication of principles to oppose social innovation Strategies:
Prioritizing distribution according to communal valuesEnsuring local values preservationPrioritizing human valuesValue erosion Subject(s):
Mankind → HumanRecreation → Folk traditions
Science → Theoretical
Societal Problems → Destruction
Sociology → Sociology
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
11.08.2020 – 16:26 CEST