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Mark you answer to each statement and print the form
when you are done. Click here
for a discussion of your answers.
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1. What is right depends on the culture you are in.
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2. No one has the right to judge what is right or wrong for another person
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3. No one has the right to intervene when he or she thinks someone else has
done something morally wrong.
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4. It is hopeless to try to arrive at a final answer to ethical questions.
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5. Ultimately, there is one and only one right standard of moral evaluation.
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6. What is right depends on what God says is right.
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7. There is only one true religion.
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8. What my religion says (in the Bible, the Qur'an, or whatever its sacred
text is) is literally true.
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9. All major religions have something important to tell us about what is
right and what is wrong.
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10. We do not need to depend on religion in order to have a solid foundation
for our moral lives.
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11. Everyone is just out for himself or herself.
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12. Some people think they are genuinely concerned about the welfare of
others, but are just deceiving themselves.
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13. People are not really free. They are just products of their environment,
upbringing and other factors.
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14. All persons should watch out just for themselves.
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15. I do not care what motivates other people; I judge them solely on the
basis of what they do.
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16. When I am trying to decide the right thing to do, I look at the
consequences of the various alternatives open to me.
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17. The right thing to do is whatever is best for everyone.
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18. We should look at the overall consequences of our actions in each and
every case.
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19. If people try to do the right thing, but it works out badly, they have
not acted morally.
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20. Pleasure is the most important thing in life.
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21. Happiness is the most important thing in life.
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22. If people try to do the right thing, but it works out badly, they still
deserve credit for trying.
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23. It is important to do the right thing for the right reason.
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24. Morality is primarily a matter of doing your duty.
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25. What is fair for one is fair for all.
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26. People should always be treated with respect.
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27. We should never use other people merely as a means to our own goals
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28. Morality is basically a matter of respecting people's rights.
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29. Some rights are absolute.
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30. I have a right to do whatever I want as long as it does not impinge on
other people's rights.
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31. People have a right to health care, even if they can't afford to pay for
it.
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32. Animals have rights.
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33. In personal relationships, rights usually are very important.
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34. We should always strive to do what is best, not just the moral minimum.
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35. Morality applies to your friends in just the same way as it applies to
strangers.
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36. Morality is a matter of what kind of person you are.
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37. Sometimes courage seems to go too far.
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38. Compassion for the suffering of others is an important character trait.
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39. It is important to care about yourself.
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40. Men and women often view morality differently.
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41. Emotions have no place in morality.
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42. Morality is primarily a matter of following the rules.
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43. Morality should reflect an individual's ethnic and cultural background.
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44. Moral disagreement is a good thing in society.
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45. Compromise on issues of
morality is bad.
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46. Minorities have special rights by virtue of their status as minorities.
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