Placing the Blame for a Lack of Moral Fiber

I read with interest your article on the lack of moral fiber in today’s youth (“Did We Rear a Bunch of ‘Moral Mutants’ ?” Oct. 11). Having just turned 30, I have something in common with those past 30 as well as with many young adults in their 20s. Josephson’s study is particularly timely because we face hard economic truths these days caused in large part by the lack of moral commitment of an older generation to the needs and concerns of society’s next leaders.

A lack of commitment to education, technological innovation, social cares and fiscal responsibility over the last decade in pursuit of personal wealth and material satisfaction has set the stage for a period of political ferment in the next decade.

FRANK ANTONIDES

Pasadena