In a [[social]] [[context]], the word 'decadent' is often used to describe corrosive decline due to a [[perceived]] [[erosion]] of [[moral]] [[traditions]] (A [[society]] that discards unnecessary and outmoded [[values]] would not be considered decadent, although [[perceptions]] of "unnecessary and outmoded" significantly vary). Due to [[arguments]] over the [[nature]] of [[morality]], whether a [[society]] is decadent or not is a matter of [[debate]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decadence] | In a [[social]] [[context]], the word 'decadent' is often used to describe corrosive decline due to a [[perceived]] [[erosion]] of [[moral]] [[traditions]] (A [[society]] that discards unnecessary and outmoded [[values]] would not be considered decadent, although [[perceptions]] of "unnecessary and outmoded" significantly vary). Due to [[arguments]] over the [[nature]] of [[morality]], whether a [[society]] is decadent or not is a matter of [[debate]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decadence] |