A shift in moral authority: individuals are increasingly demanding moral freedom.

According to social scientist Alan Wolfe, an unprecedented values shift has swept into American society since the 1960s. In his book, Moral Freedom: The Search for Virtue in a World of Choice, Wolfe claims that people have started to make moral decisions based on their own needs, rather than defer...

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Published in:	Futurist Vol. 35; no. 6; pp. 18 - 20
Main Author:	Johnson, Dan
Format:	Article
Published:	World Future Society November/December 2001
Subjects:	Wolfe, Alan Values (Ethics) Moral norms Ethics United States
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost