"Moral degradation" refers to a decline in ethical values or the deterioration of one's moral principles. It means a weakening of what is considered right or morally acceptable, often leading to less virtuous or ethical behavior. Full definition
This scandal serves as a confirmation of something many Hollywood critics have long believed: that Tinsel Town is a sewer of moral degradation and corruption, in which the innocent are abused and then silenced and discarded. (relevantmagazine.com)
Even though this education model sees moral degradation, brute intimidation, and fear tactics regularly employed — like from a twister chapter of the dictator's arsenal of teaching tricks — there might be something to the idea that telling someone they did ok is the worst thing you could ever do to them. (silverscreenriot.com)
Depending on where you stand, this is the kind of subversive entertainment we are finally allowed to have in 2014 — or, conversely, this is the kind of moral degradation we have arrived at. (moviemezzanine.com)