[Scott Free]

I think that there is a sort of Disconnect here in the US, especially with the younger generations. It can't be any one thing, but perhaps some of the most readily available means of relaying information, such as how Reality TV promoting that having a mean/bitchy attitude is somehow cool and acceptable in today's society, exacerbates the problem.

I believe that any person, or society as a whole, who veers away from the philosophy of rewarding good behavior and punishing bad behavior, starts to see it's morality decaying.