Adultery, underage sex and lying not a problem for more modern Britons
Image via Wikipedia COLCHESTER, UK , January 29, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Lying, adultery, under-age sex, homosexuality drug-use and buying stolen goods are not of much concern to an increasing number of Britons , a study from the University of Essex has found. In 2000, seven out of ten people said an adulterous affair could never be justified, the Centre for the Study of Integrity said in a media release. By 2011 that figure had dropped to around five out of ten. In 2000 four out of ten Britons said keeping money found in the street was never justified; in 2011, the number had dropped to fewer than two in ten. Only one in three condemned lying in their own interests, a slight drop from 2000. Published January 25th, the integrity survey focused not on increasing crime statistics, but on “low level dishonesty and anti-social activities” that indicate a general lowering of moral standards in society. It asked 2000 respondents’ attitudes towards a wide range of topics from lying,