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« Reply #75 on: May 20, 2017, 07:25:34 AM »
« edited: May 20, 2017, 07:30:43 AM by Lok1999 »

Birth Control (91%): Acceptable
Divorce (73%): Acceptable
Pre-Marital Sex (69%): Acceptable
Gambling (65%): Acceptable
Gay or Lesbian Relations (63%): Acceptable (duh)
Having a Baby out of Marriage (62%): Acceptable (it's the 21st century, who the hell cares...)
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%): I don't have a problem with it, because it's not my relationship.
Pornography (36%): Acceptable, but I wouldn't do it for a living
Cloning Animals (32%): Unacceptable
Suicide (18%): If someone did do it, if I don't know anything about their life, it is not my problem, but If it was someone I know, I would feel horrible
Polygamy (17%): Acceptable
Cloning Animals (14%): Unacceptable (Why is this here twice?)
Extramartial Affairs (9%): Unacceptable

My reaction to a few of these was 'Seriously, it's the 21st century...'

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-Using marijuana: I would not do it, but I don't care if someone else does.
-Drinking alcohol: acceptable
-Tattoos: See Marijuana, but replace do with get
-Piercings (apart from female earlobes): acceptable
-Cursing: Acceptable (of course this comes from the Australian)
-Transgenderism: Why is this placed with moral issues?
-Prostitution: Acceptable
-Casual/meaningless sex (not necessarily the same thing as sex outside marriage): As long as it's safe
-Kissing outside of a relationship: well, people do this in a lot of countries as greeting, so I think it's fine
-Using hard drugs: Unacceptable
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« Reply #76 on: May 20, 2017, 08:24:00 PM »

Birth Control (91%): Acceptable
Divorce (73%): Acceptable
Pre-Marital Sex (69%): Acceptable
Gambling (65%): Acceptable
Gay or Lesbian Relations (63%): Acceptable (duh)
Having a Baby out of Marriage (62%): Acceptable (it's the 21st century, who the hell cares...)
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%): I don't have a problem with it, because it's not my relationship.
Pornography (36%): Acceptable, but I wouldn't do it for a living
Cloning Animals (32%): Unacceptable
Suicide (18%): If someone did do it, if I don't know anything about their life, it is not my problem, but If it was someone I know, I would feel horrible
Polygamy (17%): Acceptable
Cloning Animals (14%): Unacceptable (Why is this here twice?)
Extramartial Affairs (9%): Unacceptable

My reaction to a few of these was 'Seriously, it's the 21st century...'

EXTRA

-Using marijuana: I would not do it, but I don't care if someone else does.
-Drinking alcohol: acceptable
-Tattoos: See Marijuana, but replace do with get
-Piercings (apart from female earlobes): acceptable
-Cursing: Acceptable (of course this comes from the Australian)
-Transgenderism: Why is this placed with moral issues?
-Prostitution: Acceptable
-Casual/meaningless sex (not necessarily the same thing as sex outside marriage): As long as it's safe
-Kissing outside of a relationship: well, people do this in a lot of countries as greeting, so I think it's fine
-Using hard drugs: Unacceptable


That second one is supposed to be "cloning humans."

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« Reply #77 on: May 20, 2017, 08:45:14 PM »

Birth Control (91%): Acceptable
Divorce (73%): Acceptable
Pre-Marital Sex (69%): Acceptable
Gambling (65%): Acceptable
Gay or Lesbian Relations (63%): Acceptable (duh)
Having a Baby out of Marriage (62%): Acceptable (it's the 21st century, who the hell cares...)
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%): I don't have a problem with it, because it's not my relationship.
Pornography (36%): Acceptable, but I wouldn't do it for a living
Cloning Animals (32%): Unacceptable
Suicide (18%): If someone did do it, if I don't know anything about their life, it is not my problem, but If it was someone I know, I would feel horrible
Polygamy (17%): Acceptable
Cloning Animals (14%): Unacceptable (Why is this here twice?)
Extramartial Affairs (9%): Unacceptable

My reaction to a few of these was 'Seriously, it's the 21st century...'

EXTRA

-Using marijuana: I would not do it, but I don't care if someone else does.
-Drinking alcohol: acceptable
-Tattoos: See Marijuana, but replace do with get
-Piercings (apart from female earlobes): acceptable
-Cursing: Acceptable (of course this comes from the Australian)
-Transgenderism: Why is this placed with moral issues?
-Prostitution: Acceptable
-Casual/meaningless sex (not necessarily the same thing as sex outside marriage): As long as it's safe
-Kissing outside of a relationship: well, people do this in a lot of countries as greeting, so I think it's fine
-Using hard drugs: Unacceptable


#cheat on your gf, because it's the 21st century.
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« Reply #78 on: May 30, 2017, 03:57:37 PM »

Retro's ratings:

Birth control: Very highly support. An unwanted, and for that matter, even a wanted child uses up so much money, time, effort, space, and stress. Birth control should be extremely cheap and possibly free at colleges and high schools.

Divorce: Not that I support, but more that I acknowledge that it is a necessary option. People and couples change over time and it makes no sense to bind them together forever if one is unhappy.

Pre-marital sex: Very highly support. It's fun, not harmful and it spares you the embarrassment of not knowing what to do on your wedding night.

Gambling: Unsure. I don't really have a position on this, other than it appears to bring more libertarian nonsense like smoking and drinking. I think limiting it to specific zones *cough* Nevada is the best plan.

Gay or lesbian relations: Agents of the devil! Jk, how is this a question? It's as if someone asked "left-handed people?" They're not doing anything wrong and it's biologically normal to have a spectrum of sexual orientations.

Having a baby outside of marriage: It depends on if it's a successful single parent (which I have no problem with) or an irresponsible trash couple who now find themselves with a new problem (disapprove). Sometimes I wonder if it's best to have a permit system where you have to meet several requirements in order to have a child. It's really not fair to the child if they're going to grow up unloved and in difficult circumstances.

Human embryo stem cell research: Highly support! The more research the better!

The death penalty: Oppose. I used to support, but now I find it archaic and inhumane. It is unusual for a first-world country to support it.

Doctor-assisted suicide: Highly support! I should go to a health care protest with a sign that says "We need more death panels!" At some point, a person will become so ill that continuing their suffering is just inhumane. I'm not saying round up all the sick people, I'm saying give those in serious cases the option to end their lives with dignity. This also saves money since less is spent keeping them alive.

Animal fur clothing:
I don't have a problem with this unless the animal is endangered.

Medical testing on animals: Acceptable but only if it's necessary and testing cannot be performed without an animal.

Abortion: Something I find myself very conflicted about. On the one hand, the little fetus isn't doing anything wrong. But then again if it's early then it's just a collection of unthinking cells. But also it has the potential to become a great human being. But that is less likely if they are unwanted from the beginning. What tips the scale for me, is that if abortion is banned, women will resort to illegal abortions which is a dangerous health hazard. Protecting the lives of alive women is more important than protecting the chance that a group of cells might turn into a great person. There's too many people in the world anyway. Also, in some cases, I would go so far to favor that abortion should be required in situations of severe birth defects or disabilities. People may deny it, but everyone who wants a child most importantly wants them to be healthy and not a useless tumor.

Sex between teenagers: I don't necessarily support, because I believe they are not old enough to understand these feelings and situations, but I recognize that they are curious and any normal teenager would jump at the chance to get laid without getting caught. The best policy then is to educate them on safe sex and to make birth control available. Abstinence is stupid and unnatural.

Pornography: Acceptable as long as it doesn't become a chronic addiction and your buddies are wondering why you have terabytes of hot babes on your computer and your room is littered with tissues. I just see it as entertainment that can also be educational in some ways. Let's face it, if it wasn't for porn most of us wouldn't know what to do or be aware of fun activities. I will say that pornography shouldn't become a lifestyle, simply because having fun in person is far better and enjoyable.

Cloning animals: Acceptable. I want wholly mammoths!

Suicide: Unacceptable unless of a medical issue as discussed above. So many people are more valued than they give themselves credit for.

Polygamy: I'm not opposed, I just find it very unstable. If you can find a way to make it work be my guest, but it appears to be a complicated situation. That's for marriage though. If it's just for fun, then it's fine.

Cloning humans: Highly support! We can have brainless clones of ourselves to act as spare organ farms!

Extramarital affairs: Wrong! Marriage is a commitment. If you can't commit, don't get married.
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« Reply #79 on: May 31, 2017, 02:55:16 PM »


Abortion: Something I find myself very conflicted about. On the one hand, the little fetus isn't doing anything wrong. But then again if it's early then it's just a collection of unthinking cells. But also it has the potential to become a great human being. But that is less likely if they are unwanted from the beginning. What tips the scale for me, is that if abortion is banned, women will resort to illegal abortions which is a dangerous health hazard. Protecting the lives of alive women is more important than protecting the chance that a group of cells might turn into a great person. There's too many people in the world anyway. Also, in some cases, I would go so far to favor that abortion should be required in situations of severe birth defects or disabilities. People may deny it, but everyone who wants a child most importantly wants them to be healthy and not a useless tumor.

Just going to point out that forcing a woman to abort when she doesn't want to is effectively rape.
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« Reply #80 on: May 31, 2017, 02:56:57 PM »

It's good to know the seriously disabled people I went to an after-school program with when I was about ten were "useless tumors".
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« Reply #81 on: May 31, 2017, 03:18:38 PM »

It's good to know the seriously disabled people I went to an after-school program with when I was about ten were "useless tumors".

This is one of the big, largely unremarked stains on Western society. Even human life itself is expendable in our quest for self-actualization.
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« Reply #82 on: May 31, 2017, 03:24:46 PM »
« Edited: May 31, 2017, 03:26:54 PM by kyc0705 »

My unwritten asterisk for most of these is "As long as you're being sensible about it."

Birth Control (91%): Acceptable
Divorce (73%): Acceptable
Pre-Marital Sex (69%): Acceptable
Gambling (65%): Somewhat 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 under particular circumstances
Animal Fur Clothing (57%): Acceptable under particular circumstances
Medical Testing on Animals (51%): Acceptable under particular circumstances
Abortion (43%): Acceptable under particular circumstances
Sex Between Teenagers (36%): Acceptable
Pornography (36%): Acceptable under particular circumstances
Cloning Animals (32%): Acceptable under particular circumstances
Suicide (18%): As has been said elsewhere in the thread, this is not a moral issue.
Polygamy (17%): Acceptable under particular circumstances
Cloning Animals (14%): Jury's out
Extramartial Affairs (9%): If it's in the context of an open relationship where the main partners are responsible, open, and honest with each other about it, acceptable. Otherwise, unacceptable.
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« Reply #83 on: May 31, 2017, 08:47:29 PM »


Abortion: Something I find myself very conflicted about. On the one hand, the little fetus isn't doing anything wrong. But then again if it's early then it's just a collection of unthinking cells. But also it has the potential to become a great human being. But that is less likely if they are unwanted from the beginning. What tips the scale for me, is that if abortion is banned, women will resort to illegal abortions which is a dangerous health hazard. Protecting the lives of alive women is more important than protecting the chance that a group of cells might turn into a great person. There's too many people in the world anyway. Also, in some cases, I would go so far to favor that abortion should be required in situations of severe birth defects or disabilities. People may deny it, but everyone who wants a child most importantly wants them to be healthy and not a useless tumor.

oh for f**k's sake
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« Reply #84 on: June 01, 2017, 12:37:07 AM »

I had a rant about the whole topic of this thread on Page 1, and I can see it went over like a lead balloon. I bring it up again because, given how I feel the SCOTUS has been abusing the meaning of the 14th Amendment, these three topics are pretty closely related.

Retro's ratings:

Birth control: Very highly support. An unwanted, and for that matter, even a wanted child uses up so much money, time, effort, space, and stress. Birth control should be extremely cheap and possibly free at colleges and high schools.

Gay or lesbian relations: Agents of the devil! Jk, how is this a question? It's as if someone asked "left-handed people?" They're not doing anything wrong and it's biologically normal to have a spectrum of sexual orientations.

Having a baby outside of marriage: It depends on if it's a successful single parent (which I have no problem with) or an irresponsible trash couple who now find themselves with a new problem (disapprove). Sometimes I wonder if it's best to have a permit system where you have to meet several requirements in order to have a child. It's really not fair to the child if they're going to grow up unloved and in difficult circumstances.


The Supreme Court's rulings on contraceptives -- Griswold v. Connecticut, Eisenstadt v. Baird, and Carey v. Population Services Int'l -- were a crucial precedents that led the way to, and were cited by the Court in, Lawrence v. Texas, which declared that "sodomy" is a constitutional right (for everyone). But, there's also a line of several Supreme Court cases on the topic of equal rights for illegitimate children -- Levy v. Louisiana, Glona v. American Guaranty and Liability Co., Labine v. Vincent, Weber v. Aetna Casualty and Surety Co., and several more cases that were handed down through the 1970s and into the early 1980s -- and without those precedents, it would have been unlikely that the Court would have ever addressed gay rights at all. Not favorably. After all, there is something in common between being gay and being an illegitimate children: you can't help it that you have these descriptions, you were born that way, it's not your fault if you are. But there is also an issue of sexual mores that is at stake with both categories (gayness and illegitimacy of childbirth). If you care to see Labine v. Vincent -- especially the dissenting opinion by Justice Brennan, first paragraph -- you'll see a remarkable degree of similarity between being gay and being an illegitimate child. I noticed the similarity about 23 years ago, the first time I read Brennan's dissent in Labine.
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« Reply #85 on: June 01, 2017, 02:58:14 AM »

What are your moral opinions for the following moral issues, here are mine

(%): Morally Acceptable Rate

Birth Control (91%): Acceptable
Divorce (73%): Unacceptable
Pre-Marital Sex (69%): Unacceptable
Gambling (65%): Acceptable
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%): Acceptable
Animal Fur Clothing (57%): Unacceptable
Medical Testing on Animals (51%): Acceptable
Abortion (43%): Acceptable
Sex Between Teenagers (36%): Unacceptable
Pornography (36%): Unacceptable
Cloning Animals (32%): Unacceptable
Suicide (18%): Unacceptable
Polygamy (17%): Unacceptable
Cloning Animals (14%): Unacceptable
Extramartial Affairs (9%): Unacceptable

Generally sad results.



All acceptable except extramartial affairs. Affairs should only be held in the context of martial activities.

More seriously, they're all acceptable except extramarital affairs, and even then it's fine as long as everybody's in the know and consenting.
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« Reply #86 on: June 01, 2017, 06:39:47 PM »

What I struggle with here - and sure others have pointed this out already but what the Hell - is this presumption that the moral standards that I might chose to hold myself to are ones that I would seek to impose on wider society. There are things on this list that I would regard as personally immoral but which I would vehemently oppose any attempt to ban and for which - at least in certain circumstances - I would not judge others for practicing.
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« Reply #87 on: June 02, 2017, 07:41:40 PM »

I'm purely giving my opinion on each of these, but honestly I could care less about most of them. For example: I don't personally approve of adultery but someone's relationship is not my business.

Birth Control: Acceptable
Divorce : Acceptable
Pre-Marital Sex: Acceptable
Gambling : Acceptable
Gay or Lesbian Relations: 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%): Unacceptable
Medical Testing on Animals (51%): Acceptable
Abortion (43%): Acceptable
Sex Between Teenagers (36%): Acceptable
Pornography (36%): Unacceptable
Cloning Animals (32%): Acceptable
Suicide (18%): Unacceptable
Polygamy (17%): Acceptable
Extramartial Affairs (9%): Unacceptable
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« Reply #88 on: June 03, 2017, 06:23:39 AM »

What I struggle with here - and sure others have pointed this out already but what the Hell - is this presumption that the moral standards that I might chose to hold myself to are ones that I would seek to impose on wider society. There are things on this list that I would regard as personally immoral but which I would vehemently oppose any attempt to ban and for which - at least in certain circumstances - I would not judge others for practicing.

I’m purely giving my opinion on each of these, but honestly I could care less about most of them. For example: I don’t personally approve of adultery but someone’s relationship is not my business.

I think there is a important difference between saying that you don't want to ban behavior you regard as immoral and that you see the futility of trying to ban it, because society often just can't discover most instances of the banned behavior being performed by individuals, and without consistent enforcement of a law, the law won't be respected. Closely related to this concept is the saying by Ben Franklin: laws which are too strict are seldom enforced and laws which are too lenient are seldom obeyed.

This issue is being discussed on a political website, so why not assume that the original post is asking us what conduct would we want to ban?
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« Reply #89 on: June 03, 2017, 07:11:59 AM »


Abortion: Something I find myself very conflicted about. On the one hand, the little fetus isn't doing anything wrong. But then again if it's early then it's just a collection of unthinking cells. But also it has the potential to become a great human being. But that is less likely if they are unwanted from the beginning. What tips the scale for me, is that if abortion is banned, women will resort to illegal abortions which is a dangerous health hazard. Protecting the lives of alive women is more important than protecting the chance that a group of cells might turn into a great person. There's too many people in the world anyway. Also, in some cases, I would go so far to favor that abortion should be required in situations of severe birth defects or disabilities. People may deny it, but everyone who wants a child most importantly wants them to be healthy and not a useless tumor.

Just going to point out that forcing a woman to abort when she doesn't want to is effectively rape.
That's basically what banning it is, too and what banning it could lead to. It's all basically socialized rape.
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« Reply #90 on: June 08, 2017, 01:24:00 PM »
« Edited: June 08, 2017, 01:25:52 PM by Redefeatbush04 »

Birth Control (91%): Acceptable
Divorce (73%): Acceptable
Pre-Marital Sex (69%): Acceptable
Gambling (65%): Acceptable but stupid
Gay or Lesbian Relations (63%): Acceptable
Having a Baby Out of Marriage (62%): Acceptable
Human Embryo Stem-Cell Research (61%): Accpetable
The Death Penalty (58%): Mixed feelings
Doctor-Assisted Suicide (57%): Acceptable
Animal Fur Clothing (57%): Acceptable
Medical Testing on Animals (51%): Acceptable
Abortion (43%): Mixed feelings but pro-choice
Sex Between Teenagers (36%): Acceptable
Pornography (36%): Acceptable
Cloning Animals (32%): Mixed feelings
Suicide (18%): Acceptable but stupid
Polygamy (17%): Acceptable but stupid
Extramartial Affairs (9%): Unacceptable
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« Reply #91 on: June 08, 2017, 01:32:10 PM »

What are your moral opinions for the following moral issues, here are mine

(%): Morally Acceptable Rate

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


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« Reply #92 on: June 08, 2017, 09:08:57 PM »

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%): Acceptable
Doctor-Assisted Suicide (57%): Acceptable
Animal Fur Clothing (57%): Acceptable
Medical Testing on Animals (51%): Acceptable
Abortion (43%): Acceptable
Sex Between Teenagers (36%): Acceptable
Pornography (36%): Acceptable
Cloning Animals (32%): Acceptable
Polygamy (17%): Acceptable
Extramartial Affairs (9%): Unacceptable

Removed suicide since I don't see it as a moral issue.
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« Reply #93 on: March 29, 2018, 05:46:07 PM »


Birth Control: Acceptable
Divorce: Depends on the situation.
Pre-Marital Sex: Unacceptable
Gambling: unsure
Gay or Lesbian Relations: Unacceptable
Having a Baby out of Marriage: Better than abortion, but still not good.
Human Embryo Stem-Cell Research: Acceptable
The Death Penalty: Acceptable, as long as 100% sure they did it.
Doctor-Assisted Suicide: Unacceptable
Animal Fur Clothing: Acceptable
Medical Testing on Animals: Depends
Abortion: Unacceptable, unless to save the mom's life.
Sex Between Teenagers: Unacceptable, unless over 18-19 and married
Pornography: Unacceptable
Cloning Animals: Acceptable, why not?
Suicide: Unacceptable
Polygamy: Unacceptable
Cloning Humans: Unacceptable
Extramarital Affairs: Unacceptable
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« Reply #94 on: March 29, 2018, 05:56:45 PM »

Birth control: 100% acceptable
Divorce: 100% acceptable
Pre-marital sex: 100% acceptable (I know no one who actually waited until marriage)
Gambling: It's your money, do whatever the hell you want with it
Gay or lesbian relations: Just as acceptable as straight sexual relations
Having a child out of wedlock: I've known single mothers who are much better than some fathers
Stem Cell Research: I'm a big proponent of it
The death penalty: 100% unacceptable in every circumstance. it's not the Government's job to decide who lives or who dies, and it also doesn't deter crime and costs the US more money than just giving someone life without parole.
Medical testing on animals: I agree it depends on the circumstances
Abortion: I'm pro-choice, but oppose partial birth abortion obviously.
Sex between teenagers: acceptable and entirely natural
Pornography: Very acceptable unless the actors are being physically harmed or coerced into appearing in it, in which case it's closer to snuff than porn
Cloning animals (and humans): both acceptable, I don't really care.
Suicide: Obviously not a good thing, but I can't judge someone's motives. there are extreme circumstances where a reasonable person could see suicide as their only option.
Polygamy: I'm a big fan of it, and it should be 100% legal
Extramarital affairs: Sleazy thing to do, but again it's human nature. it's hard to be faithful to a single person over the course of years.
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« Reply #95 on: March 29, 2018, 05:59:23 PM »

Birth Control (91%): Completely Acceptable
Divorce (73%): Acceptable
Pre-Marital Sex (69%): Completely Acceptable
Gambling (65%): Completely Acceptable
Gay or Lesbian Relations (63%): Completely 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%): Unacceptable
Animal Fur Clothing (57%): Unacceptable
Medical Testing on Animals (51%): Acceptable
Abortion (43%): Unacceptable
Sex Between Teenagers (36%): Completely Acceptable
Pornography (36%): Completely Acceptable
Cloning Animals (32%): Acceptable
Suicide (18%): Unacceptable
Polygamy (17%): Unsure
Cloning Humans (14%): Unacceptable
Extramartial Affairs (9%): Unacceptable
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« Reply #96 on: March 29, 2018, 06:14:16 PM »

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%): Unacceptable
Medical Testing on Animals (51%): Acceptable
Abortion (43%): Acceptable
Sex Between Teenagers (36%): Acceptable (depends on the ages of course)
Pornography (36%): Acceptable
Cloning Animals (32%): Acceptable
Suicide (18%): Agreed that it's not a moral question.
Polygamy (17%): Unacceptable
Cloning Animals (14%): Acceptable
Cloning Humans: Unacceptable
Extramartial Affairs (9%): Unacceptable

Slightly changing mine:

Birth Control (91%): Completely Acceptable and moral.
Divorce (73%): Acceptable if one or both sides feel it's necessary, but obviously unfortunate
Pre-Marital Sex (69%): Completely Acceptable and encouraged. No one should wait until marrying, it's ridiculous.
Gambling (65%): Acceptable to some degree but not a fun and if you economically hurt your family it's definitely not acceptable.
Gay or Lesbian Relations (63%): Completely Acceptable and awesome (I really need a boyfriend pls)
Having a Baby out of Marriage (62%): Acceptable if the parents choose to but I personally wouldn't be comfortable with it.
Human Embryo Stem-Cell Research (61%): Acceptable and very useful and encouraged.
The Death Penalty (58%): Unacceptable in everything but thr most extreme of cases. Must be abolished.
Doctor-Assisted Suicide (57%): Completely Acceptable for hopelessly sick and suffering people, and imo the state is morally obligated to provide this service.
Animal Fur Clothing (57%): Unacceptable generally but ok if the animal died naturally or if he was consumed for meat.
Medical Testing on Animals (51%): Acceptable if necessary because humans are more important.
Abortion (43%): Completely Acceptable in almost all cases, though not late term. Should be kept legal, safe snd rare.
Sex Between Teenagers (36%): Acceptable if both are above 14 or so and are close in age.
Pornography (36%): Acceptable if there's consent, though some parts of the industry are bad and it's kinda corrupting.
Cloning Animals (32%): Acceptable, don't see any problem with it.
Suicide (18%): Agreed that it's not a moral question.
Polygamy (17%): Unacceptable
Cloning Humans (14%): Unacceptable, seems creepy and like a dangerous precedent to me.
Extramartial Affairs (9%): Unacceptable and disgusting. being faithful is easy and just requires you to be decent and honest.

I'd also love to hear any reasons people who called pre-marital sex unacceptable might have, especially the OP and other not-very-religious posters. I mean, it's so ridiculous in today's world, and I'd say directly harmful to a human's personal development.
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« Reply #97 on: May 15, 2022, 09:24:26 PM »

Key: OA = Obviously Acceptable; LA = Lean Acceptable; N/D = Neutral/Depends; LU = Lean Unacceptable; OU: Obviously Unacceptable

Birth Control (91%): OA
Divorce (73%): OA
Pre-Marital Sex (69%): OA
Gambling (65%): LA
Gay or Lesbian Relations (63%): OA
Having a Baby out of Marriage (62%): LA or OA
Human Embryo Stem-Cell Research (61%): OA
The Death Penalty (58%): LA
Doctor-Assisted Suicide (57%): LA
Animal Fur Clothing (57%): N/D (in theory I'm kind of against but in practice...)
Medical Testing on Animals (51%): N/D (in theory I'm kind of against but in practice...)
Abortion (43%): LA (safe, legal and rare)
Sex Between Teenagers (36%): N/D (depends on their ages)
Pornography (36%): OA
Cloning Animals (32%): OA
Suicide (18%): N/D
Polygamy (17%): LU or OU
Cloning Humans (14%): N/D
Extramartial Affairs (9%): OU
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« Reply #98 on: May 15, 2022, 09:30:55 PM »

Birth Control: Acceptable
Divorce : Acceptable
Pre-Marital Sex : Acceptable
Gambling : Acceptable
Gay or Lesbian Relations : Acceptable
Having a Baby out of Marriage : Acceptable
Human Embryo Stem-Cell Research : Acceptable
The Death Penalty : Unacceptable
Doctor-Assisted Suicide : Acceptable
Animal Fur Clothing : Acceptable
Medical Testing on Animals : Unacceptable
Abortion : Acceptable
Sex Between Teenagers: Acceptable
Pornography : Acceptable
Cloning Animals : Acceptable
Suicide : Acceptable
Polygamy : Acceptable if the rules are the same for both sexes/genders, Unacceptable if not.
Cloning humans : Acceptable
Extramartial Affairs : Acceptable in an open marriage, Unacceptable if not.
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« Reply #99 on: May 15, 2022, 11:58:10 PM »

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 as government policy--too much danger of innocent people being executed.  However, killing someone as retribution is sometimes morally justified in particular circumstances. 
Doctor-Assisted Suicide (57%): Acceptable
Animal Fur Clothing (57%): Unacceptable
Medical Testing on Animals (51%): Unacceptable
Abortion (43%): Acceptable
Sex Between Teenagers (36%): Acceptable
Pornography (36%): Acceptable
Cloning Animals (32%): Acceptable
Suicide (18%): Acceptable
Polygamy (17%): Acceptable
Cloning Humans (14%): Unacceptable
Extramarital Affairs (9%): Acceptable
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