Survey Results

Correlations

Normative Ethics

Note: For philosophical questions with only two main suggested answers, only one answer (randomly selected) can be looked up for correlations.

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Strongest correlations with philosophical questions

r: 0.2
Moral principles: moral generalism
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 164 60
No 364 323
n: 911
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 210 113
No 630 646
n: 1599
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Moral judgment: cognitivism
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 286 56
No 812 346
n: 1500
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Meaning of life: objective
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 145 128
No 395 682
n: 1350
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Other minds: plants
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 6 220
No 72 733
n: 1031
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 90 109
No 159 340
n: 698
p: 0.0006
r: 0.12
Propositions: simple entities
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 9 96
No 45 558
n: 708
p: 0.0011
r: -0.12
Well-being: desire satisfaction
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 37 181
No 139 490
n: 847
p: 0.0004
r: 0.12
Meta-ethics: moral realism
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 249 79
No 787 432
n: 1547
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 124 141
No 636 414
n: 1315
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Experience machine: yes
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 32 305
No 185 977
n: 1499
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Free will: no free will
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 22 319
No 174 1079
n: 1594
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 111 201
No 280 914
n: 1506
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Propositions: acts
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 10 95
No 55 547
n: 707
p: 0.0039
r: -0.11
Practical reason: Humean
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 51 140
No 215 391
n: 797
p: 0.0023
r: -0.11
Political philosophy: libertarianism
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 32 259
No 170 835
n: 1296
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Trolley problem: switch
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 260 52
No 813 296
n: 1421
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 11 106
No 43 542
n: 702
p: 0.005
r: -0.11
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 140 191
No 683 587
n: 1601
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Practical reason: Kantian
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 58 132
No 107 498
n: 795
p: 0.0038
r: 0.1
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 173 116
No 488 523
n: 1300
p: 0.0003
r: -0.1
Political philosophy: communitarianism
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 78 211
No 330 678
n: 1297
p: 0.0003
r: -0.1
Morality: error theory
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 8 215
No 44 669
n: 936
p: 0.0025
r: -0.1
Meaning of life: nonexistent
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 37 228
No 233 836
n: 1334
p: 0.0005
r: 0.1
Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 92 239
No 226 1041
n: 1598
p < 0.0001
r: -0.09
Normative concepts: fit
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 14 175
No 49 488
n: 726
p: 0.0115
r: 0.09
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 140 176
No 391 807
n: 1514
p: 0.0003
r: 0.09
Propositions: sets
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 10 95
No 57 545
n: 707
p: 0.0142
r: 0.09
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 144 49
No 467 281
n: 941
p: 0.0049
r: -0.09
Footbridge: push
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 74 249
No 297 846
n: 1466
p: 0.0005
r: 0.09
Well-being: objective list
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 155 63
No 353 275
n: 846
p: 0.0086
r: -0.09
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 28 190
No 91 535
n: 844
p: 0.0096
r: -0.09
Morality: expressivism
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 20 202
No 88 629
n: 939
p: 0.0066
r: 0.09
Logic: classical
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 134 64
No 603 364
n: 1165
p: 0.0027
r: 0.09
Aesthetic experience: pleasure
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 27 98
No 68 395
n: 588
p: 0.0341
r: 0.08
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 225 87
No 813 442
n: 1567
p: 0.0008
r: 0.08
Race: social
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 228 68
No 795 361
n: 1452
p: 0.0018
r: 0.08
A priori knowledge: yes
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 280 53
No 963 312
n: 1608
p: 0.0011
r: 0.08
Response to external-world skepticism: dogmatist
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 27 136
No 94 570
n: 827
p: 0.0207
r: 0.08
Perceptual experience: qualia theory
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 42 160
No 152 759
n: 1113
p: 0.0075
r: 0.08
Consciousness: dualism
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 51 123
No 169 545
n: 888
p: 0.0174
r: -0.08
Time travel: metaphysically possible
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 71 115
No 320 365
n: 871
p: 0.0205
r: -0.08
Perceptual experience: representationalism
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 75 127
No 441 477
n: 1120
p: 0.0086
r: 0.08
Truth: correspondence
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 187 104
No 640 502
n: 1433
p: 0.0032
r: 0.08
Normative ethics: deontology
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 147 162
No 395 768
n: 1472
p: 0.003
r: 0.08
Ought implies can: yes
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 157 65
No 513 275
n: 1010
p: 0.0142
r: 0.08
Free will: compatibilism
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 236 105
No 777 477
n: 1595
p: 0.0022
r: 0.08
Theory of reference: descriptive
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 35 94
No 159 476
n: 764
p: 0.0348
r: 0.08
Race categories: revise
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 69 105
No 233 425
n: 832
p: 0.0282
r: 0.08
Justification: coherentism
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 53 124
No 170 478
n: 825
p: 0.0312
r: -0.07
Moral motivation: internalism
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 127 180
No 441 501
n: 1249
p: 0.0084
r: 0.07
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 122 46
No 438 249
n: 855
p: 0.0317
r: -0.07
Truth: deflationary
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 61 230
No 328 811
n: 1430
p: 0.0057
r: 0.07
Response to external-world skepticism: abductive
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 45 117
No 159 511
n: 832
p: 0.0393
r: -0.07
Race categories: eliminate
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 65 108
No 310 348
n: 831
p: 0.0457
r: 0.07
True contradictions: impossible
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 133 34
No 515 178
n: 860
p: 0.0459
r: 0.07
External world: non-skeptical realism
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 310 31
No 1056 195
n: 1592
p: 0.0067
r: 0.07
Politics: capitalism
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 80 114
No 238 481
n: 913
p: 0.0432
r: 0.07
Perceptual experience: sense-datum theory
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 13 189
No 50 857
n: 1109
p: 0.0268
r: 0.07
Aim of philosophy: happiness
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 56 251
No 158 1013
n: 1478
p: 0.0109
r: -0.07
Philosophical progress: none
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 6 333
No 61 1200
n: 1600
p: 0.0082
r: 0.07
Immortality: yes
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 126 110
No 366 421
n: 1023
p: 0.0365
r: 0.06
Mental content: internalism
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 78 166
No 310 772
n: 1326
p: 0.0191
r: 0.06
Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 256 67
No 947 329
n: 1599
p: 0.012
r: 0.06
Zombies: metaphysically possible
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 83 202
No 302 794
n: 1381
p: 0.0226
r: -0.06
Race: unreal
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 40 249
No 203 930
n: 1422
p: 0.0272
r: -0.06
Gender: biological
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 84 207
No 383 749
n: 1423
p: 0.0285
r: 0.06
Science: scientific realism
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 257 46
No 932 274
n: 1509
p: 0.0311
r: -0.06
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 188 135
No 831 445
n: 1599
p: 0.0267
r: -0.05
External world: idealism
AOS: Normative Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 13 329
No 101 1152
n: 1595
p: 0.038

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.23
Philosopher: Parfit
AOS: Normative Ethics Yes No
Yes 31 225
No 15 986
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Philosopher: Rawls
AOS: Normative Ethics Yes No
Yes 36 220
No 35 966
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Philosopher: Mill
AOS: Normative Ethics Yes No
Yes 32 224
No 35 966
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Philosopher: Kant
AOS: Normative Ethics Yes No
Yes 65 191
No 120 881
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Philosopher: Aristotle
AOS: Normative Ethics Yes No
Yes 76 180
No 154 847
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Philosopher: Sidgwick
AOS: Normative Ethics Yes No
Yes 7 249
No 0 1001
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Williams
AOS: Normative Ethics Yes No
Yes 5 251
No 0 1001
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Tradition: Analytic
AOS: Normative Ethics Yes No
Yes 322 27
No 1083 249
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Philosopher: Quine
AOS: Normative Ethics Yes No
Yes 6 250
No 101 900
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Tradition: Continental
AOS: Normative Ethics Yes No
Yes 5 344
No 107 1225
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Philosopher: Frege
AOS: Normative Ethics Yes No
Yes 5 251
No 88 913
n: 1257
p: 0.0002
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Anscombe
AOS: Normative Ethics Yes No
Yes 16 240
No 22 979
n: 1257
p: 0.0007
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Lewis
AOS: Normative Ethics Yes No
Yes 10 246
No 106 895
n: 1257
p: 0.001
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Moore
AOS: Normative Ethics Yes No
Yes 15 241
No 23 978
n: 1257
p: 0.003
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Hobbes
AOS: Normative Ethics Yes No
Yes 8 248
No 8 993
n: 1257
p: 0.003
r: 0.08
Region of nationality: United States
AOS: Normative Ethics Yes No
Yes 201 133
No 636 629
n: 1599
p: 0.0013
r: -0.08
Region of affiliation: Europe
AOS: Normative Ethics Yes No
Yes 37 319
No 236 1124
n: 1716
p: 0.0014
r: -0.07
Region of nationality: Europe
AOS: Normative Ethics Yes No
Yes 48 286
No 275 990
n: 1599
p: 0.0028
r: 0.07
Region of PhD: United States
AOS: Normative Ethics Yes No
Yes 194 66
No 617 315
n: 1192
p: 0.0101
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Socrates
AOS: Normative Ethics Yes No
Yes 16 240
No 31 970
n: 1257
p: 0.0176
r: -0.06
Region of PhD: Europe
AOS: Normative Ethics Yes No
Yes 17 243
No 102 830
n: 1192
p: 0.0362
r: -0.06
Tradition: Other tradition
AOS: Normative Ethics Yes No
Yes 22 327
No 142 1190
n: 1681
p: 0.0146
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Kierkegaard
AOS: Normative Ethics Yes No
Yes 8 248
No 13 988
n: 1257
p: 0.0419
r: -0.06
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
AOS: Normative Ethics Yes No
Yes 15 241
No 99 902
n: 1257
p: 0.0451
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Aquinas
AOS: Normative Ethics Yes No
Yes 17 239
No 38 963
n: 1257
p: 0.0471
r: 0.06
Other demographics: YOB
AOS: Normative Ethics Yes No
Yes 168 162
No 581 670
n: 1581
p: 0.0269