Nothing stays permanent. This is what I immediately thought of when I studied the various generations. What may have been ethical or customary during the time of the Veterans may no longer be deemed necessary or preferable at the time of the Generation X.
For example, Veterans generally have a more strict inclination towards discipline in raising their children or even in their disposition in life. Most of the Generation X however, lean towards a more informal temperament.
In my own point of view, such differences in values, attitudes and philosophical stands do not necessarily demand a hierarchical comparison because the variations in each generation's personalities and ethical stands could have been a result of years of coping with the times these people were exposed to and are currently under. I even consider it 'evolution'. Judging by how such 'views' change as the generations progress---from disciplined to informal, from spendthrifts to conservatives (regarding money matters) from desiring to be educated to using education as a means to achieving success.
In this light, I find it only natural that we refrain from condemning people of different generations because they do not do things the way we believe things ought to be done (this thought can be exemplified by how we are always scolded by our parents and rewarding us with the 'back in our day' speech). Rather, take into consideration the situations and scenarios they were brought up in and respect their perspective.
(concepts and ideas are based on the graph from http://mccrindle.com.au/resources/Generations-Defined-Sociologically.pdf)
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