Atlas Moral Acceptability Poll

[Santander]

Gay Relations: Acceptable
Having a baby outside of marriage: Mostly unacceptable
Sex outside of marriage: Mostly acceptable
Divorce: Mostly acceptable
Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Unacceptable
Polygamy: Unacceptable
Cloning humans: Unacceptable
Doctor-assisted suicide: Extremely unacceptable
Suicide: Unacceptable
Gambling: Virtue
Abortion: Unacceptable for non-Jews
Cloning animals: Moderately unacceptable
Fur: Acceptable
Affairs: No comment, but better than open "marriages"
Death Penalty: Acceptable, but mostly undesirable
Medical Testing on Animals: Mostly acceptable

[Santander]

Gay Relations: Acceptable
Having a baby outside of marriage: Mostly unacceptable
Sex outside of marriage: Mostly acceptable
Divorce: Mostly acceptable
Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Unacceptable
Polygamy: Unacceptable
Cloning humans: Unacceptable
Doctor-assisted suicide: Extremely unacceptable
Suicide: Unacceptable
Gambling: Virtue
Abortion: Unacceptable for non-Jews
Cloning animals: Moderately unacceptable
Fur: Acceptable
Affairs: No comment, but better than open "marriages"
Death Penalty: Acceptable, but mostly undesirable
Medical Testing on Animals: Mostly acceptable

What??

Let me clarify - I did not mean that unrestricted abortion was morally acceptable for Jews, I just meant to say that Judaism has important theological distinctions from Christianity regarding abortion that affect the moral acceptability of therapeutic abortions including at least life of the mother, and probably also rape, incest and early-stage abortion. I do not want to impose moral judgement based on Christian theology upon Jews.

[Santander]

Doctor-assisted suicide: Acceptable, particularly for those with a terminal and debilitating illness.

I can't even imagine your moral justification for assisted suicide under any other circumstance...

[Santander]

Why does lack of consent make something immoral? It is morally justifiable to kill in self-defense, even if the attacker is not culpable. Most would consider attempting to help drug or gambling addicts against their will to be not only morally acceptable, but morally necessary. Parents have a certain degree of absolute authority over their minor children, even if they have reached an age where the state has determined that they can be held responsible for their actions.

And most of all - one cannot say that lack of consent automatically makes something immoral and simultaneously support abortion.

[Santander]

I'll repeat this point: why do so many people consider fur to be acceptable? Do you guys know nothing about the process of obtaining it? Because the idea that you do know about it yet simply don't give a sh**t is really too disturbing.

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Hello? 60 (!) people voted that this is acceptable.

I'm sure even more would say it is acceptable if you replaced the world "fur" with "leather".

[Santander]

Polygamy
Acceptable: 53.0%

Only on Atlas...

Yeah, I mean... Jesus.