Young adults are more likely than their elders to engage in behaviors considered morally inappropriate, according to a recent Barna Group survey of 1,003 adults.
During a typical week, 38 percent of those younger than 25 engaged in sex outside of marriage, 33 percent viewed pornography and 25 percent got drunk.
Robert George, a professor at Princeton University, appeared on the Glenn Beck Show on Friday to discuss the moral challenges facing college students. He was joined by four of his students who are members of the Anscombe Society, a student-led abstinence club.
"What's impressive about Princeton is that so many students have been involved in actively opposing the hookup culture," he said. "Promiscuity is not a good way to live. It's not a healthy way to live. It's not a morally healthy way to live. And the students here have been willing to make that argument … not only to their fellow students but to the administration."
George Barna, who directed the survey on morality, said many young adults "have had little exposure to traditional moral teaching and limited accountability for such behavior."
"The consistent deterioration of the Bible as the source of moral truth has led to a nation where people have become independent judges of right and wrong, basing their choices on feelings and circumstances. It is not likely that America will return to a more traditional moral code until the nation experiences significant pain from its moral choices."
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