Threats of globalization for youths' morals

Abstract

Globalization is one of the events that has affected the current life. One of the dimensions of human life which is influenced by globalization process is culture and youths' morals followed by that. Therefore, the recognition of youths' moral position is of high significance in the globalization period. In this article, the researcher attempts to investigate the threats of globalization event on youths' moral position. Globalization also has several opportunities, but in this article the purpose is the investigation of threats. Therefore, at first globalization is explained and described. Then the impact of globalization instruments (e.g. Internet, satellite, etc.) on youths' morals is investigated. After analyzing the collected data, it was concluded that globalization creates the following threats for youths' morals including: Not being virtuous in the realm of sexual affairs, the decrease of religious idealism, the decrease of motivation for marriage, lack of respect for parents, the change of reference groups from inside the country towards foreign countries, the identity disorder, and the change of social norms.