Taboo Game »
When speaking of legality and morality, it's a given that we all have differing opinions (perhaps on both counts). What to do, but to find someone who's put together a tool to help you better define those opinions on some sort of common scale? With that said, check out the Taboo Quiz, originally designed for Philosopher's Magazine and updated in some way or another for this implementation.
This short quiz asks only a handful of questions, and then asks for more information on your answers, in order to classify your responses. If you don't want any sort of spoiling, try the quiz, then come back and read my scores below.
Your Moralising Quotient of 0.20 compares to an average Moralising Quotient of 0.28. This means that as far as the events depicted in the scenarios featured in this activity are concerned you are more permissive than average.
Your Interference Factor of 0.00 compares to an average Interference Factor of 0.16. This means that as far as the events depicted in the scenarios featured in this activity are concerned you are less likely to recommend societal interference in matters of moral wrongdoing, in the form of prevention or punishment, than average.
Your Universalising Factor of 0.50 compares to an average Universalising Factor of 0.42. This means you are more likely than average to see moral wrongdoing in universal terms - that is, without regard to prevailing cultural norms and social conventions (at least as far as the events depicted in the scenarios featured in this activity are concerned).
No surprise, really. I tend to see right and wrong in fairly straightforward terms, many of which are based on my Christian faith, so they are more universal and not necessarily dependent on who catches you in the act. Just because no one saw you steal that car doesn't make it right.
It's also very unlikely that I'd recommend that society get involved (at least in the questions posed) as it is none of society's business. While we could certainly stand a bit more moral fiber today, I don't think it's the government's job to provide it by adding more and more laws, where they already have trouble enforcing the ones we have.
