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Moral Decay

Moral Decay is a theoretical construct in literary and cultural studies that denotes the erosion of ethical values and societal norms, particularly as manifested in the disillusionment and existential aimlessness characteristic of post-World War I Western civilization, especially among the writers and intellectuals of the Lost Generation.

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84

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60

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2017–2026

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Moral Distress, Moral Residue, and the Crescendo Effect

Elizabeth G. Epstein, Ann B. Hamric · The Journal of Clinical Ethics · 2009 · 762 citations

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Moral blindness: the loss of sensitivity in liquid modernity

Marcin Napiórkowski · European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology · 2014 · 272 citations

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“Welfare Ghettos” and the “Broken Society”: Territorial Stigmatization in the Contemporary UK

Lynn Hancock, Gerry Mooney · Housing Theory and Society · 2012 · 178 citations

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Environmental Degradation, Reparations, and the Moral Significance of History

Simon Caney · Journal of Social Philosophy · 2006 · 177 citations

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Self-Renewal: The Individual and the Innovative Society.

Kelly M West · Archives of Internal Medicine · 1965 · 118 citations

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Authors

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  1. NH
    Nicholas Hookway

    University of Tasmania, Australia

    2 publications · 39 citations

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  2. ST
    Steven Tadelis

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    2 publications · 69 citations

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  3. AG
    Avner Greif

    Stanford University, United States

    2 publications · 69 citations

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  4. JW
    James W. Ramey

    University of Southern California, United States

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  5. SI
    Sillitoe

    1 publications · 19 citations

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Institutions

60

  1. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    69 citations

  2. University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    64 citations

  3. Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    69 citations

  4. University of Virginia

    Charlottesville, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    1.8K citations

  5. University of Liverpool

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    193 citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    69 citations

  7. University of Tasmania

    Hobart, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    39 citations

  8. Centre d'études Européennes de Sciences Po

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

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  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 4 publications · 160 citations

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  2. Journal of Business Ethics

    2 publications · 155 citations

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  3. The Art Bulletin

    2 publications · 34 citations

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  4. Religion

    1 publications · 101 citations

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  5. Sociology

    1 publications · 19 citations

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