Sentence examples for erosion of responsibility from inspiring English sources

David Cameron now prime minister, then leader of the opposition denounced a "broken society", arguing that "we have seen a decades-long erosion of responsibility, of social virtue, of self-discipline, respect for others, deferring gratification instead of instant gratification".Mr Cameron's claim, hyperbolic then, has since become ludicrous.

The stand-off will start tomorrow with an attack on the erosion of parental responsibility and the breakdown of society.

The argument is an anti-big-government one instead, an effort to exploit fears of creeping nannyism and of an erosion of personal responsibility and freedom.

The erosion of personal responsibility has crept upon us to the level of national malaise, regardless of particular interest or preoccupation.

Libertarian solutions favored by the political right have contributed even more directly to the erosion of social responsibilities and valued forms of communal life, particularly in the UK and the US.

Far from a sign of sanity and realism, the insistence on probable results as a precursor for moral choices is an immature evasion of responsibility that over time may lead to an erosion of collective values and norms.

With the erosion of local authority responsibility for education, more power has been handed to Nicky Morgan and her department.

The first component, which can be summarised as a move from a community-based approach to professional-based primary care, has led to problems such as a separation of primary care from public health, a lack of teamwork, and erosion in the perception of responsibility for the whole community.

"Chaytor only bears a small part of responsibility for that erosion of confidence and the public anger.

The things that especially bother him are the erosion of the state's responsibilities, the maniacal rush towards market solutions, the bogus ethical concerns of corporations and the potentially catastrophic competing demands of multiculturalism, as opposed to the mutually beneficial interdependence of pluralism.

Role Erosion: a decrease in one's level of responsibility or a feeling of not being fully utilized.