Morality Play

[Alanlvsjudy 0]

Your Moral Parsimony Score is 92%

[Reba 2]

Your Moral Parsimony Score is 69%

Geographical 100%

Family 83%

Acts & Omissions 67%

Scale 27%

[PlatyPius 5]

Your Moral Parsimony Score is 84%

Geographical Distance :: Your score of 100% is significantly higher than the average score of 72% in this category.

Family Relatedness :: Your score of 67% is a bit higher than the average score of 53% in this category.

Acts and Omissions :: Your score of 67% is a little higher than the average score of 60% in this category.

Scale :: Your score of 100% is significantly higher than the average score of 73% in this category.

[mawilson 2,133]

Come on people, who can beat my 38%?

33%

You're bad! I you, welshie!

Edited October 22, 2006 by mawilson

[Welshcookie 17]

I was shocked! .... I wasn't going to post the result til I saw yours...

[mawilson 2,133]

I was shocked! .... I wasn't going to post the result til I saw yours...

Yeah well -- too many moralists around here, methinks.

[PlatyPius 5]

I did a study similar to this one when I was in college. Of course, we didn't have the benefit of the internet then... I had to poll people in person! Shocking, I know. lol.

Since there seems to be some confusion, and the site isn't a lot of help, I'll try to explain a little better what the scores mean.

The higher your percentage, the LESS your morality is influenced by the subject at hand. For instance, if you score 25% for the catagory "Family", it means you are MORE inclined to think that family or community represent a greater moral priority than non-family. On the other hand, someone who scores 100% on "family" does not give higher moral "weight' to a relative or countryman over a stranger or foreigner.

This is the primary goal of this survey. It isn't to say person A is more moral than person B, it merely demonstrates the differing attitudes about what the moral choice is in different situations.

My scores, for example....

Geographical Distance :: 100% :: Means I feel morally obligated to help someone no matter where they live, whereas someone else with a lower percentage might feel more obligated to people in their community/country.

Family Relatedness :: 67% :: Means I feel slightly more morally obligated to help a relative than a stranger.

Acts and Omissions :: 67% :: Means, for the most part, I feel that I am responsible if my actions injure someone else.

Scale :: 100% :: Means I do not take scale into consideration. ie: kill one to save 10 or kill 1,000 to save 10,000 is the same to me.

Hope that explains it a little bit better....

(Good grief.....can you tell I was a Sociology major before I switched to English/History?)

Edited October 22, 2006 by PlatyPius

[Fuzzness 2]

71%

[doodlebugfor_u 0]

Your Moral Parsimony Score is 63%

[Welshcookie 17]

I did a study similar to this one when I was in college. Of course, we didn't have the benefit of the internet then... I had to poll people in person! Shocking, I know. lol.

Since there seems to be some confusion, and the site isn't a lot of help, I'll try to explain a little better what the scores mean.

The higher your percentage, the LESS your morality is influenced by the subject at hand. For instance, if you score 25% for the catagory "Family", it means you are MORE inclined to think that family or community represent a greater moral priority than non-family. On the other hand, someone who scores 100% on "family" does not give higher moral "weight' to a relative or countryman over a stranger or foreigner.

This is the primary goal of this survey. It isn't to say person A is more moral than person B, it merely demonstrates the differing attitudes about what the moral choice is in different situations.

My scores, for example....

Geographical Distance :: 100% :: Means I feel morally obligated to help someone no matter where they live, whereas someone else with a lower percentage might feel more obligated to people in their community/country.

Family Relatedness :: 67% :: Means I feel slightly more morally obligated to help a relative than a stranger.

Acts and Omissions :: 67% :: Means, for the most part, I feel that I am responsible if my actions injure someone else.

Scale :: 100% :: Means I do not take scale into consideration. ie: kill one to save 10 or kill 1,000 to save 10,000 is the same to me.

Hope that explains it a little bit better....

(Good grief.....can you tell I was a Sociology major before I switched to English/History?)

does that mean I am not a woman of low morals after all??

[mawilson 2,133]

does that mean I am not a woman of low morals after all??

Yes...... we care more about our family than a bunch of strangers in Africa, how terrible.

[Jenn! 918]

does that mean I am not a woman of low morals after all??

Yes...... we care more about our family than a bunch of strangers in Africa, how terrible.

Who told you that was terrible? Sounds like someone's feeling guilty about not being as morally parsimonious as the rest of us...

[mawilson 2,133]

Who told you that was terrible? Sounds like someone's feeling guilty about not being as morally parsimonious as the rest of us...

I was being sarcastic.

[Jenn! 918]

Who told you that was terrible? Sounds like someone's feeling guilty about not being as morally parsimonious as the rest of us...

I was being sarcastic.

me too

ETA: Although I'm starting to like using "morally parsimonious". I bet I can make a lot of people feel pretty bad by telling them how morally unparsimonious they are...

Edited October 22, 2006 by jenn3539

[vicki/bala 0]

94 %