Atlas Moral Acceptability Poll

[Goldwater]

My opinion on most of these issues are more complicated and nuanced than this poll allows, but I voted acceptable to all except suicide and having an affair.

[Goldwater]

Regarding the part asking whether I find it acceptable or unacceptable that married men and women have affairs -is this strictly asking within the context of a monogamous relationship in which the other partner has an affair without the other's consent?  Or are you extending this to swinging/polyamory which can be regarded as consensual affairs? 

I interpreted it as the former. I wouldn't consider it to be an "affair" if it's consensual, and there is also a separate question for polygamy.

[Goldwater]

Why does consent matter in terms of morality? Is it acceptable to take drugs, because you consented to it. Is it acceptable to have a sword fight to the death if both parties consented to it? Consent matters jack shyte, in laws or morality.

Well, I would say that the lack of consent matters a very great deal to morality and laws...

[Goldwater]

Gay Relations: Usually unacceptable
Having a baby outside of marriage: Acceptable
Sex outside of marriage: Unacceptable
Divorce: Usually unacceptable.
Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Unacceptable
Polygamy: Unacceptable
Cloning humans: Unacceptable
Doctor-assisted suicide: Usually unacceptable
Suicide: Usually unacceptable
Gambling: Acceptable
Abortion: Unacceptable
Cloning animals: Acceptable
Fur: Acceptable
Affairs: Unacceptable
Death Penalty: Acceptable, should be expanded
Medical Testing on Animals: Acceptable

Could you elaborate on what you mean by that? I presume you don't find gay relations morally acceptable for religious reasons, but it's the "usually" part that's throwing me off. What makes gay relationships acceptable in some situations? What are those situations?

[Goldwater]

I suppose an argument could be made about abortion being the superior choice to raising a child out of wedlock, though that's not quite the same as saying that not aborting is morally unacceptable.

[Goldwater]

I suppose an argument could be made about abortion being the superior choice to raising a child out of wedlock, though that's not quite the same as saying that not aborting is morally unacceptable.

Nah, I like being alive thank you very much

Hey, I'm not the one making that argument.