'a basic decency' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a fundamental level of politeness or respect. Example: Despite the tragedy that had befallen them, they still managed to maintain a basic decency towards each other.
Most of them, however, have a wry charm and a basic decency that eventually asserts itself.
Her boss's flaws are on display, but so is a basic decency that compensated for the binge drinking and occasional foolishness.
(He doesn't really seem to have the style for anything, yet there is a basic decency and intelligence in his work).
The characters he portrayed were diverse and often macabre, but they were unfailingly moving and poignant due to Chaney's ability to convey a basic decency beneath a grotesque exterior.
This would effectively be, Sukmanowsky wrote, a source reliability algorithm that calculated a "basic decency score" for online content that pages like Facebook could use to inform their trending topic algorithms.
Whether Lanthimos really thinks that things are better for those who are neither tyrants nor their victims nor their dependents is unclear; there isn't more than a hint of the world beyond the compound, though a colleague's friendly approach to the boss suggests the prevalence of a basic decency that the father spurns, and, above all, deprives his children of.
In a decision hailed by backers as a victory for basic decency and assailed by opponents as a triumph of intolerance, Parliament voted overwhelmingly tonight to outlaw the traditional British sport of fox hunting.
Backers of a ban believe a vote for it will be a victory for basic decency.
Brooks wrote about how, in a "hyper-moralized" political atmosphere, a person's political affiliation can become "a marker for basic decency".
But that was a moment of basic decency, not some grand act of bravery.
Is there no other nation in the world with responsibilities and a sense of basic decency?Why do you not address your concerns and advice to David Cameron?
