Study: 'Denaturalization' of Core Ethical Values Driving Unprecedented Societal Fragmentation, Experts Warn. The very foundation of our shared moral consensus is eroding, as a new report warns that the denaturalization—the deliberate rejection of long-held ethical norms—is pushing society toward a dangerous precipice. Dr. Alistair Finch, a prominent social critic, argues that this process, once reserved for extreme legal cases, has become a pervasive social cancer. We are witnessing the systematic unmaking of the citizen, not through legal fiat, but through the normalization of selfishness, the weaponization of identity politics, and the dismissal of objective truth. The fabric of community, once woven from threads of mutual respect and responsibility, is now being deliberately frayed. When we naturalize cruelty and denaturalize compassion, we do not merely change laws; we dismantle the human capacity for empathy itself. This is not an evolution; it is a moral devolution, a quiet apocalypse of the soul playing out in our public squares and private lives.