Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: November 27, 2024, 7:22 pm

Thread Rating:
  • 1 Vote(s) - 5 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Do religious beliefs actually have any significant bearing on moral decision making?
#57
RE: Do religious beliefs actually have any significant bearing on moral decision making?
(April 15, 2013 at 9:14 am)student1992 Wrote: Hi everyone I am doing research as to whether religious beliefs actually do affect the amount of pro-social behaviours engaged in and moral decision making. I would really appreciate it if you take the time to fill out this survey, I need a lot of participants.
Comments are also welcome on whether you would expect moral decision making to actually be more affected by the society in which the individual operates and thus little correlation or whether religious individuals will act in more "irrational" ways in order to adhere to scripture as Richard Dawkins has suggested.


Please - State your Gender
The current educational level you are studying for or highest attained.
Your religious beliefs(denomination of Christianity if applicable) / If not religious then whether atheist or agnostic
How strong you consider these beliefs from 1-9 (9 highest)
Do your parents have any religious beliefs?
To what extent do you think they influenced you morally? (1-9)

To what extent do you agree with the following statements from 1-9 (9 completely agree)
"Different types of morality cannot be compared as to 'rightness.'
Rigidly codifying an ethical position that prevents certain types of actions could stand in the way of better human relations and adjustment.
Whether a lie is judged to be moral or immoral depends upon the circumstances surrounding the action.
No rule concerning lying can be formulated; whether a lie is permissible or not permissible totally depends upon the situation.
What is ethical varies from one situation and society to
another.
If an action could harm an innocent other, then it should not be done.
Deciding whether or not to perform an act by balancing the positive consequences of the act against the negative consequences of the act is immoral.


Please answer yes or no to these situations.

1.You are standing on a bridge when an out-of-control mining cart comes into view. You can see 5 workers on the track who you suppose will be instantly killed unless you push a large rock off the bridge to stop the cart. However if you do this the cart driver will be killed. Do you push the rock?
2.This time instead of a rock there is a large man you could push. He and the cart driver will die but 5 workers will survive. Do you push the man?
3. In a separate instance you can throw yourself in front of the cart, killing you and the cart driver but 5 workers will survive. Do you jump?


Please answer every question as it is part of my dissertation/thesis research. I will post the full data results afterwards. Please feel free to comment on any similar topics.

1 yes
2 no
3 no

I don't have any religious beliefs I just have self preservation instincts and feel sorry for fat people.


Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.

Impersonation is treason.





Reply



Messages In This Thread
RE: Do religious beliefs actually have any significant bearing on moral decision making? - by paulpablo - April 16, 2013 at 6:37 am

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  How often do your beliefs change? Ahriman 37 4020 January 23, 2022 at 10:03 pm
Last Post: paulpablo
  How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? Rhondazvous 87 10678 August 22, 2021 at 10:23 am
Last Post: brewer
  Satan and Making Mock zwanzig 24 3264 May 21, 2021 at 7:58 pm
Last Post: Fireball
  My views on religious doctrine and beliefs robvalue 9 1294 October 2, 2018 at 7:06 am
Last Post: Cod
  A friendly religious discussion with theists without any fallacies! ignoramus 18 3875 May 14, 2018 at 5:07 pm
Last Post: Pat Mustard
  I have a question about religious parents Der/die AtheistIn 22 4335 January 25, 2018 at 7:56 pm
Last Post: brewer
  Why is religion in the business of moral policing? NuclearEnergy 85 19066 August 13, 2017 at 2:51 pm
Last Post: The Grand Nudger
  Why Do Atheists Criticize People's Beliefs? Rhondazvous 225 60456 June 5, 2017 at 9:48 am
Last Post: The Grand Nudger
  If there are no gods, doesn't making one's self a god make one a theist? Silver 13 4136 May 26, 2017 at 5:28 pm
Last Post: TheoneandonlytrueGod
  What would you call my new beliefs? Won2blv 88 14624 March 6, 2017 at 2:22 pm
Last Post: Nonpareil



Users browsing this thread: 2 Guest(s)