So we end up with things like situation ethics. It teaches that what s wrong for one person may be right for another. What is slowly eroding in our society is the sense that there is something more important than living in the now. We live for the moment. It s the hedonistic eat, drink and be merry philosophy that we espouse.
Problem is, the eat, drink and be merry lifestyle is expensive.
It requires us to work more. But that cuts down on our chance to eat, drink and be merry. Soon we are feeling frustrated, anxious and angry. We feel powerless to control our own destiny. Some of us flip off the driver next to us or berate the store clerk.