Culture
The Biggest Problem With Our Society Isn't Racism, Sexism, Or Any Other "Ism"
The “isms” are taking a lot of blame these days. Racism, sexism, chauvinism; the list goes on and on. We hear these terms thrown around far too often and with little concern for their real meaning.
By Hayley Lewis3 min read
But hey, it doesn’t matter because, at the end of the day, all these “isms” are really to blame for our modern societal problems, right? Wrong. These “isms” are merely symptoms of the much bigger, much deeper problem most of society refuses to acknowledge: a lack of morality. Sadly, I feel the need to begin by defining morality. According to Merriam Webster, morality is a “doctrine or system of moral conduct” or “conformity to ideals of right human conduct.”