Your Opinion of Moral Issues

[nicholas.slaydon]

Birth Control: Completely Moral
Divorce: Totally Immoral
Premarital Sex: Depends (it can be, though most often isn't)
Gambling: Immoral
Homosexual Relations: Moral (with all the conditions that pertain to the morality of heterosexual relations applied)
Having a baby out of wedlock: Moral (under certain circumstances)
Stem cell Research: Moral
Death Penalty: Completely Moral
Physician Assisted Suicide:Completely Moral (as long as it is regulated)
Animal Fur Clothing: Completely Moral
Medical Testing on Animals: Completely Moral (so long as it is properly regulated)
Abortion: Immoral? (I'm really not sure about this one)
Sex between Teenagers: Depends (usually not moral)
Pornography: In theory it is morally acceptable, though most often not in practice
Animal Cloning: Moral
Suicide: Moral (under certain conditions)
Polygamy: 100% Immoral
Human Cloning: 100% Immoral
Adultery: 1000% Immoral, should be criminal

[Person Man]

Birth Control: Completely Moral
Divorce: Totally Immoral
Premarital Sex: Depends (it can be, though most often isn't)
Gambling: Immoral
Homosexual Relations: Moral (with all the conditions that pertain to the morality of heterosexual relations applied)
Having a baby out of wedlock: Moral (under certain circumstances)
Stem cell Research: Moral
Death Penalty: Completely Moral
Physician Assisted Suicide:Completely Moral (as long as it is regulated)
Animal Fur Clothing: Completely Moral
Medical Testing on Animals: Completely Moral (so long as it is properly regulated)
Abortion: Immoral? (I'm really not sure about this one)
Sex between Teenagers: Depends (usually not moral)
Pornography: In theory it is morally acceptable, though most often not in practice
Animal Cloning: Moral
Suicide: Moral (under certain conditions)
Polygamy: 100% Immoral
Human Cloning: 100% Immoral
Adultery: 1000% Immoral, should be criminal

I can agree with you on pornography. In principle, it’s moral but perhaps it is immoral if the sex workers are treated poorly.

[Red Velvet]

Birth Control (91%): Acceptable
Divorce (73%): Acceptable
Pre-Marital Sex (69%): Acceptable
Gambling (65%): Acceptable
Gay or Lesbian Relations (63%): Acceptable
Having a Baby out of Marriage (62%): Acceptable
Human Embryo Stem-Cell Research (61%): Acceptable
The Death Penalty (58%): Unacceptable
Doctor-Assisted Suicide (57%): Acceptable
Animal Fur Clothing (57%): Acceptable
Medical Testing on Animals (51%): Depends of the tests and each circumstances, so mostly Acceptable in general
Abortion (43%): Acceptable
Sex Between Teenagers (36%): Acceptable
Pornography (36%): Acceptable
Cloning Animals (32%): Acceptable
Suicide (18%): Wouldn’t recommend, but Acceptable. Or what, are you going to prosecute the person who did it? lmao
Polygamy (17%): Acceptable
Cloning humans (14%): Acceptable
Extramarital Affairs (9%): Acceptable

Basically everything is acceptable minus Death Penalty, with also restrictions on Animal testing.

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

Birth Control (91%): Obviously Acceptable
Divorce (73%): Obviously Acceptable
Pre-Marital Sex (69%): Obviously Acceptable
Gambling (65%): Obviously Acceptable
Gay or Lesbian Relations (63%): Obviously Acceptable
Having a Baby out of Marriage (62%): Obviously Acceptable
Human Embryo Stem-Cell Research (61%): Obviously Acceptable
The Death Penalty (58%): 100% Unacceptable
Doctor-Assisted Suicide (57%): Obviously Acceptable
Animal Fur Clothing (57%): mildly unacceptable, but I don't care all that much for other people's individual choices in this regard (the same applies to leather or food choices)
Medical Testing on Animals (51%): Acceptable but not a fan
Abortion (43%): Obviously Acceptable
Sex Between Teenagers (36%): Obviously Acceptable
Pornography (36%): Obviously Acceptable
Cloning Animals (32%): Obviously Acceptable
Suicide (18%): Acceptable
Polygamy (17%): Obviously Acceptable (within s legal system that doesn't suck like those used for most countries that accept polygamy)
Cloning Humans (14%): Obviously Acceptable
Extramartial Affairs (9%): Acceptable

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Birth Control (91%): Depends on form of birth control
Divorce (73%): Unacceptable without fault
Pre-Marital Sex (69%): Partially acceptable in a relationship that is clearly headed towards marriage, unacceptable as simply casual sex
Gambling (65%): Acceptable
Gay or Lesbian Relations (63%): Unacceptable
Having a Baby out of Marriage (62%): Preferable to abortion, but not ideal
Human Embryo Stem-Cell Research (61%): Unacceptable
The Death Penalty (58%): Acceptable
Doctor-Assisted Suicide (57%): Unacceptable
Animal Fur Clothing (57%): Acceptable
Medical Testing on Animals (51%): Acceptable
Abortion (43%): Massively unacceptable
Sex Between Teenagers (36%): Usually unacceptable based on my answer on pre-marital sex, but some exceptions would apply for very serious relationships/married couples
Pornography (36%): Unacceptable
Cloning Animals (32%): Acceptable
Suicide (18%): Unacceptable
Polygamy (17%): Unacceptable, except for Mormons
Cloning Humans (14%): Unacceptable
Extramartial Affairs (9%): Unacceptable

Wow, I've changed in five years.  May 14, 2017 (the date of the previous post) was actually the first Sunday that I voluntarily went to church without being asked to by friends/family.  Jesus would soon change my life.

Here are the ones I'd change now:

Birth Control (91%): Barrier methods are fine for married couples, but I don't believe in traditional birth control
Divorce (73%): Only in the case of sexual immorality
Pre-Marital Sex (69%): Wow, was I misguided there.  I thank God that I never had pre-marital sex though.  100% unacceptable.
Gambling (65%): I'd advise against it.  Less of a clear-cut Biblical issue than others. My conviction is that I won't go out of my way to gamble, but also won't refuse to play in a fantasy football league/March Madness pool just because it has an entry fee.
The Death Penalty (58%): Unsure
Sex Between Teenagers (36%): Unacceptable (I suppose with the caveat for married teenagers, but that doesn't really happen now-a-days)
Cloning Animals (32%): Unsure
Polygamy (17%): Unacceptable (deleted the "except for Mormons" part because Truth is absolute, not relative to your belief set)

[Schiff for Senate]

The Death Penalty (58%): Unsure

If you're truly pro-life and have a CONSISTENT life ethic (which would track with your opposition to abortion and doctor-assisted suicide), then this shouldn't be any question for you and you shouldn't need to equivocate. If you truly are pro-life and consistently so, you should vehemently and principally oppose the death penalty for all purposes and all its forms.


I personally support limited use of the death penalty (only for certain heinous crimes and where guilt has been established beyond any doubt - for instance, for the white supremacist Buffalo shooter), but then again, I'm closer to 'consistent death ethic' than I am to consistent life ethic (moderate on abortion but definitely don't want it banned, and mostly in favour of assisted suicide and the right to die). Based on your piety, and your stances on abortion and assisted suicide, you should hold a consistent life ethic, which would entail staunch, principled and unequivocal opposition to the death penalty.

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

Divorce (73%): Only in the case of sexual immorality

But not physical or emotional abuse?

[YE]

(%): Morally Acceptable Rate

Birth Control (91%): Acceptable
Divorce (73%): Acceptable
Pre-Marital Sex (69%): Unacceptable
Gambling (65%): Unacceptable
Gay or Lesbian Relations (63%): Acceptable
Having a Baby out of Marriage (62%): Unacceptable
Human Embryo Stem-Cell Research (61%): Acceptable
The Death Penalty (58%): Unacceptable
Doctor-Assisted Suicide (57%): Unacceptable
Animal Fur Clothing (57%): Unacceptable
Medical Testing on Animals (51%): Acceptable
Abortion (43%): Unacceptable
Sex Between Teenagers (36%): Unacceptable
Pornography (36%): Acceptable
Cloning Animals (32%): Unacceptable
Suicide (18%): Unacceptable
Polygamy (17%): Unacceptable
Cloning Animals (14%): Unacceptable
Extramartial Affairs (9%): Unacceptable

[Aurelius]

Birth Control (91%): Acceptable
Divorce (73%): Unacceptable without a very good reason if there are minor children. Acceptable otherwise.
Pre-Marital Sex (69%): Acceptable
Gambling (65%): Acceptable, but often distasteful
Gay or Lesbian Relations (63%): Acceptable
Having a Baby out of Marriage (62%): Unacceptable
Human Embryo Stem-Cell Research (61%): Acceptable
The Death Penalty (58%): Acceptable
Doctor-Assisted Suicide (57%): Unacceptable
Animal Fur Clothing (57%): Acceptable
Medical Testing on Animals (51%): Acceptable
Abortion (43%): Acceptable in first trimester, or later if life/health of mother is at risk. Unacceptable otherwise.
Sex Between Teenagers (36%): Acceptable
Pornography (36%): Acceptable, but often distasteful
Cloning Animals (32%): Unacceptable
Suicide (18%): Not really a moral question, but unacceptable if forced to pick one or the other.
Polygamy (17%): Unacceptable
Cloning Humans (14%): Unacceptable
Extramartial Affairs (9%): Unacceptable

[Aurelius]

To all the people saying extramarital affairs are acceptable.. what the hell?

[Kahane's Grave Is A Gender-Neutral Bathroom]

Birth Control (91%): Acceptable (We don't want to be China)
Divorce (73%): Acceptable (I mean discourage it obviously)
Pre-Marital Sex (69%): Acceptable (I don't see a reason to interfere)
Gambling (65%): Unacceptable
Gay or Lesbian Relations (63%): Acceptable (DUH, anyone who says otherwise is wrong)
Having a Baby out of Marriage (62%): Acceptable (Although we should shift to an income-based system of encouragement so less children are born in poverty. A single executive is probably better than two McDonalds workers)
Human Embryo Stem-Cell Research (61%): Acceptable (Of course. Embryos are less advanced then the smallest bug, and nobody has problems with that.
The Death Penalty (58%): Unacceptable (Problems mentioned earlier)
Doctor-Assisted Suicide (57%): Meh (Acceptable in some conditions but we shouldn't allow random suicide for otherwise normal people).
Animal Fur Clothing (57%): Unacceptable
Medical Testing on Animals (51%): Unacceptable
Abortion (43%): Acceptable (Of course, probably up to the fetal pain threshold)
Sex Between Teenagers (36%): Acceptable
Pornography (36%): Acceptable (Not my thing but I don't see why others should be blocked from viewing it).
Cloning Animals (32%): Acceptable
Suicide (18%): Unacceptable (Exhaust all avenues before)
Polygamy (17%): Unacceptable (Sane, Normal)
Cloning Humans (14%): Unacceptable (Sane, Normal)
Extramarital Affairs (9%): Unacceptable (If you want to sleep around then just don't get married FFS)

[LBJer]

To all the people saying extramarital affairs are acceptable.. what the hell?

The right to have consensual sex with whom one chooses is a pretty important personal freedom.  If someone promises to stay married to their spouse for the rest of their life and subsequently breaks that promise by divorcing them, I wouldn't say that was immoral because a promise isn't sufficient, IMO, to forfeit the right to leave a marriage one doesn't want to be in anymore.  I'd say the same about having an affair. 

[Kahane's Grave Is A Gender-Neutral Bathroom]

The Death Penalty (58%): Unsure

If you're truly pro-life and have a CONSISTENT life ethic (which would track with your opposition to abortion and doctor-assisted suicide), then this shouldn't be any question for you and you shouldn't need to equivocate. If you truly are pro-life and consistently so, you should vehemently and principally oppose the death penalty for all purposes and all its forms.


I personally support limited use of the death penalty (only for certain heinous crimes and where guilt has been established beyond any doubt - for instance, for the white supremacist Buffalo shooter), but then again, I'm closer to 'consistent death ethic' than I am to consistent life ethic (moderate on abortion but definitely don't want it banned, and mostly in favour of assisted suicide and the right to die). Based on your piety, and your stances on abortion and assisted suicide, you should hold a consistent life ethic, which would entail staunch, principled and unequivocal opposition to the death penalty.

He doesn't have one. Remember, the bible says we can stone women to death (and since America is a Christian country per the constitution), his views make sense.

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

Birth Control (91%): Acceptable(not crazy)
Divorce (73%): Acceptable(not crazy)
Pre-Marital Sex (69%): Acceptable(not crazy)
Gambling (65%):  Acceptable(not crazy)
Gay or Lesbian Relations (63%):  Acceptable(not crazy)
Having a Baby out of Marriage (62%): Acceptable, though often not a good idea
Human Embryo Stem-Cell Research (61%): Acceptable, individual cells don't have any form of consciousness
The Death Penalty (58%): Unacceptable in all cases
Doctor-Assisted Suicide (57%): Acceptable for things like terminal illnesses
Animal Fur Clothing (57%): Unacceptable, killing animals is wrong
Medical Testing on Animals (51%): Unacceptable, unless its the kind of thing we'd be willing to do on humans
Abortion (43%): Acceptable in all cases until the fetus develops the capacity of sapience, unacceptable unless the mother is endangered afterward.
Sex Between Teenagers (36%): Acceptable(not crazy)
Pornography (36%): Acceptable when not exploitative, IIRC most "mainstream" porn is pretty bad about this
Cloning Animals (32%): Unacceptable unless you can guarantee it won't go wrong
Suicide (18%): EDIT(forgot to fill this one in) It is cruel to judge people for falling victim to suicide. No vote
Polygamy (17%): Acceptable
Cloning Humans (14%): Same as cloning animals
Extramarital Affairs (9%): Depends on the situation

[Kleine Scheiße]

Birth Control (91%): Acceptable
Divorce (73%): Acceptable
Pre-Marital Sex (69%): Mostly acceptable
Gambling (65%): Mostly acceptable
Gay or Lesbian Relations (63%): Acceptable
Having a Baby out of Marriage (62%): Mostly acceptable
Human Embryo Stem-Cell Research (61%): Acceptable
The Death Penalty (58%): Unacceptable
Doctor-Assisted Suicide (57%): Mostly acceptable
Animal Fur Clothing (57%): Unacceptable
Medical Testing on Animals (51%): Mostly acceptable
Abortion (43%): Acceptable
Sex Between Teenagers (36%): Neither acceptable nor unacceptable
Pornography (36%): Neither acceptable nor unacceptable
Cloning Animals (32%): Mostly unacceptable
Suicide (18%): Neither acceptable or unacceptable
Polygamy (17%): Depends on circumstances
Cloning Humans (14%): Unacceptable outside of embryonic research contexts
Extramartial Affairs (9%): Unacceptable, assuming "affair" implies deception

[OSR stands with Israel]

Note when I say unacceptable that does not mean I think they should be illegal:

Birth Control : Acceptable
Divorce: Acceptable 
Pre-Marital Sex: Unacceptable
Gambling : Acceptable if in small amounts and for fun , but unacceptable if for big amounts and for the purpose of getting money
Gay or Lesbian Relations : Acceptable
Having a Baby out of Marriage: Unacceptable
Human Embryo Stem-Cell Research : Acceptable
Death Penalty: Acceptable as punishment for certain crimes and obviously unacceptable for others
Doctor-Assisted Suicide: Unacceptable
Animal Fur Clothing: Unacceptable
Medical Testing on Animals : Acceptable
Abortion: Unacceptable aside from the basic exceptions
Sex Between Teenagers: Unacceptable
Pornography: Unacceptable
Cloning Animals : Acceptable
Suicide: Unacceptable
Polygamy: Unacceptable
Cloning Humans: Unacceptable
Extramarital Affairs : Unacceptable

[Person Man]

Birth Control is morally acceptable.

Divorce is unacceptable except for when one spouse is committing crimes against the other and for when one spouse commits Adultery against the other spouse.

Adultery is generally unacceptable because it is fundamentally fraud unless both spouses agree to allow it, both spouses are allowed to do it, AND they still primarily have sex with with their spouse   

 Pre-Marital Sex is morally acceptable given that it is usually a necessity in finding marriage in an industrial and liberal neolocal society.

Gambling is morally acceptable given that in a liberal society, whenever possible, individuals need to be responsible for their resources.

Homosexuality is against my my morals but is ethical and probably has an important function in social complex life, and because I don't consider someone to be a bad person just because they are gay, I will say that being gay is acceptable despite the fact that orthodox view in my religion prohibits it.

Having a bastard child is morally unacceptable but under no circumstances should a child be discriminated against or any civil consequences taken against the parents.   

HESCR/SNCT technology/advanced regenerative medicine- Acceptable. I just don't think there are any moral considerations until there is an actual pregnancy.

Death Penalty- Unacceptable even against the Buffalo Shooter but perhaps acceptable for Osama Bin Laden or Vladimir Putin.

Doctor-Assisted Suicide- I don't think I would ever choose this for myself but I consider it  acceptable if consent is free of outside influence, death is reasonably certain, and palliative care can be reasonably  considered less humane than no treatment at all.

Animal Fur/Meat- Acceptable. That's how people have lived for 95% since the first person has lived and there haven't been any changes in circumstances that would cause me to revisit it.

Medical Testing on Animals- Acceptable, but excessive cruelty is unacceptable

Abortion- Same with homosexuality where I would only consider it personally (if I were a woman) acceptable if its a dangerous situation, or in self-defense but I consider it an ethically acceptable choice for other people to do it so long as abortion for a non-acute scenario is done as quickly as practicable.

Sex between teenagers- It depends

Pornography- If premarital sex is acceptable then so is pornography and even prostitution. It becomes unacceptable when it is done under duress or fraud.

Cloning Animals- Probably a good technology to have. Acceptable.

Suicide- Unacceptable unless done in the defense of another

Polygamy- It's socially abhorrent but I don't think it violates some universal notion of right or wrong. There are times when polygamy is a good idea and historically Christians, Jews, and Muslims have all practiced polygamy, many of whom were only introduced to monogamy by the Classical Europeans.

Human Cloning- Given the state of the art, it is unacceptable. If they were able to reset the biological age of the clone and there were assurances that the clone would be its own person, I think this should be reconsidered but am not sure what good it would do.

[satsuma]

Reordering for hot take efficiency.

Birth Control (91%), Gay or Lesbian Relations (69%), Having a Baby out of Marriage (62%), Sex Between Teenagers (36%), Pornography (36%): Neither. All fairly common behaviors, but filing these all under "possible sexual immorality" and waiting for a workable code of sexual morality before judging further.
Doctor-Assisted Suicide (57%): Neither, Suicide (18%): Mostly unacceptable. In any case, acceptable for the terminally ill, unacceptable for people with gas in the tank. The former is mostly mercy for the terminally ill, but there are slippery slopes.
Abortion (43%): Neither. Should be considered bad if entirely elective.
Divorce (73%): Mostly acceptable. A painful but unavoidable part of marriage is that they sometimes go sour.
Gambling (65%): Mostly unacceptable. Wasteful and addictive.
Human Embryo Stem-Cell Research (61%): Acceptable
The Death Penalty (58%): Acceptable
Animal Fur Clothing (57%): Acceptable
Medical Testing on Animals (51%): Acceptable
Cloning Animals (32%): Acceptable. I am not an animal rights activist, nor of embryos or convicted murderers.
Polygamy (17%): Unacceptable
Cloning Humans (14%): Unacceptable (slippery slope reasons)
Extramartial Affairs (9%): Unacceptable. No exception for consensual affairs / polygamy.

[West_Midlander]

Acceptable ≠ Good, necessarily and Unacceptable ≠ Should be illegal, necessarily

Birth Control (91%): Acceptable
Divorce (73%): Acceptable, but should obviously be avoided if possible
Pre-Marital Sex (69%): Acceptable, but not ideal
Gambling (65%): Unacceptable, but much more of the blame falls on the game organizers rather than the players, especially for small-stakes gambling (e.g., the education lottery)
Gay or Lesbian Relations (63%): Acceptable
Having a Baby out of Marriage (62%): Acceptable, but not ideal
Human Embryo Stem-Cell Research (61%): Ideal end goal but we have only morally questionable means to get there
The Death Penalty (58%): Acceptable
Doctor-Assisted Suicide (57%): Unacceptable
Animal Fur Clothing (57%): Acceptable as long as it's not being produced in an environmentally destructive way
Medical Testing on Animals (51%): Acceptable
Abortion (43%): Acceptable only in very rare circumstances
Sex Between Teenagers (36%): Don't know; it is also not ideal but inevitable
Pornography (36%): Acceptable when ethically produced
Cloning Animals (32%): Acceptable
Suicide (18%): Unacceptable, but no punishments should be put on the family/deceased for doing so
Polygamy (17%): Acceptable only if all partners are willing; polygamy and polyandry should have the same legal status regardless...polygamy/polyandry, especially polygamy, is usually not an ideal situation
Cloning Humans (14%): Unacceptable
Extramarital Affairs (9%): Acceptable only if both partners consent

I copied scutosaurus's template just ftr.

[Kahane's Grave Is A Gender-Neutral Bathroom]

Divorce (73%): Only in the case of sexual immorality

But not physical or emotional abuse?

Because ER follows a weird interpretation of the bible where women are subhuman.

[lividnyx]

Obvious disclaimer: Acceptable doesn't mean positive, unacceptable doesn't mean "should be criminal" or "something should be done about it"

Birth Control (91%): Acceptable
Divorce (73%): Acceptable, I think it'd be ridiculous to force people to remain in an unhappy marriage, and if we only got married when we were certain that we would be happy in the marriage for the rest of our lives, there wouldn't be marriage
Pre-Marital Sex (69%): Acceptable
Gambling (65%): Unacceptable, blame lies with the house
Gay or Lesbian Relations (63%): Acceptable
Having a Baby out of Marriage (62%): Unacceptable (assuming it was planned and that the marriage is moral)
Human Embryo Stem-Cell Research (61%): Acceptable
The Death Penalty (58%): Unacceptable
Doctor-Assisted Suicide (57%): Acceptable
Animal Fur Clothing (57%): Unacceptable
Medical Testing on Animals (51%): Acceptable
Abortion (43%): Acceptable
Sex Between Teenagers (36%): Depends more heavily on the ages involved
Pornography (36%): Acceptable (though much of the current industry is unacceptable)
Cloning Animals (32%): Can be acceptable for newborns/fetuses or reversing extinction and probably something else I've not thought of
Suicide (18%): Unacceptable, but blame often lies with society or specific people rather than the victim
Polygamy (17%): Acceptable
Cloning humans (14%): Unacceptable
Extramarital Affairs (9%): Unacceptable

[GregTheGreat657]

Where do you guys get these numbers from?

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

Polygamy (17%): Unacceptable
Cloning Humans (14%): Unacceptable (slippery slope reasons)
Extramartial Affairs (9%): Unacceptable. No exception for consensual affairs / polygamy.

But why?

[Cassandra]

Polygamy (17%): Unacceptable
Cloning Humans (14%): Unacceptable (slippery slope reasons)
Extramartial Affairs (9%): Unacceptable. No exception for consensual affairs / polygamy.

But why?

Not the OP, but polygamy is generally associated with a lack of women's rights.

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

Polygamy (17%): Unacceptable
Cloning Humans (14%): Unacceptable (slippery slope reasons)
Extramartial Affairs (9%): Unacceptable. No exception for consensual affairs / polygamy.

But why?

Not the OP, but polygamy is generally associated with a lack of women's rights.

The thing about consensual affairs makes it clear that it isn't just that association.