Moral clarity

First Globals™ are the generation least likely to agree that “more often than not, wars are a conflict between good and evil.” According to Zogby data, 31% of 18- to 29-year-olds agree with this statement, compared to 51% of those aged over 65, with other age groups’ opinions falling somewhere in between.

This suggests that First Globals™ might be less likely to perceive complex international conflicts in black and white terms. On the other hand, the prominence of youth activists as well as Zogby data on humanitarian interventions suggest that, when First Globals™ do perceive a conflict as a conflict between good and evil, they are more likely to demand military action to rectify it.

Does this propensity of First Globals™ to act for humanitarian reasons make them easier to be manipulated or are they protected from it by their tendency to see the world in shades of gray? What is your view?