Atlas Moral Acceptability Poll

[JA]

These questions were derived from a Gallup survey from 2015 found here.



My answers:

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[JA]

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??

[JA]

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.

Ah, I understand what you mean now. In that case, shouldn't such exceptions be applied to anyone who is non-Christian or not belonging to a religious faith that claims abortion is morally unacceptable? I know most irreligious people find abortion acceptable; as do most Muslims, based on most Islamic scholars' interpretation of the Hadith.

[JA]

These are the results as of 1:37am EST with 57 votes cast...

Gay or lesbian relations
Acceptable: 80.7% - 19.3%

Having a baby outside of marriage
Acceptable: 70.9% - 29.1%

Sex between an unmarried man and woman
Acceptable: 82.1% - 17.9%

Divorce
Acceptable: 86.0% - 14.0%

Medical research using stem cells obtained from human embryos
Acceptable: 71.4% - 28.6%

Polygamy
Tied: 50.0% - 50.0%

Cloning humans
Unacceptable: 61.1% - 38.9%

Doctor-assisted suicide
Acceptable: 74.1% - 25.9%

Suicide
Acceptable: 50.9% - 49.1%

Gambling
Acceptable: 90.7% - 9.3%

Abortion
Acceptable: 61.4% - 38.6%

Cloning animals
Acceptable: 71.4% - 28.6%

Buying and wearing clothing made of animal fur
Acceptable: 74.5% - 25.5%

Married men and women having an affair
Unacceptable: 77.8% - 22.2%

The death penalty
Unacceptable: 58.2% - 41.8%

Medical testing on animals
Acceptable: 67.3% - 32.7%

[JA]

These are the results as of 3:00pm EST with 103 votes cast...

Gay or lesbian relations
Acceptable: 85.4%

Having a baby outside of marriage
Acceptable: 79.2%

Sex between an unmarried man and woman
Acceptable: 86.3%

Divorce
Acceptable: 88.2%

Medical research using stem cells obtained from human embryos
Acceptable: 76.2%

Polygamy
Acceptable: 53.0%

Cloning humans
Unacceptable: 60.8%

Doctor-assisted suicide
Acceptable: 76.8%

Suicide
Tied: 50.0%

Gambling
Acceptable: 89.8%

Abortion
Acceptable: 63.1%

Cloning animals
Acceptable: 73.7%

Buying and wearing clothing made of animal fur
Acceptable: 67.0%

Married men and women having an affair
Unacceptable: 79.4%

The death penalty
Unacceptable: 63.4%

Medical testing on animals
Acceptable: 69.7%