Survey Results

Correlations

Category

Answer

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: 0.42	Normative ethics: consequentialism
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Accept	230	115
Reject	252	730

n: 1327

p < 0.0001

r: 0.33	Trolley problem: switch
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Accept	370	7
Reject	690	334

n: 1401

p < 0.0001

r: -0.3	Normative ethics: deontology
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Accept	55	286
Reject	444	542

n: 1327

p < 0.0001

r: -0.29	Cosmological fine-tuning: design
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Accept	11	173
Reject	121	366

n: 671

p < 0.0001

r: 0.27	Practical reason: Humean
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Accept	91	100
Reject	148	364

n: 703

p < 0.0001

r: -0.25	Well-being: objective list
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Accept	91	116
Reject	376	187

n: 770

p < 0.0001

r: 0.25	Experience machine: yes
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Accept	82	256
Reject	105	900

n: 1343

p < 0.0001

r: 0.23	Human genetic engineering: permissible
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Accept	191	35
Reject	416	212

n: 854

p < 0.0001

r: 0.23	Mind uploading: survival
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Accept	94	112
Reject	163	445

n: 814

p < 0.0001

r: 0.23	Abortion: permissible
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Accept	239	13
Reject	547	143

n: 942

p < 0.0001

r: 0.22	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
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Accept	230	92
Reject	440	399

n: 1161

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	God: theism
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Accept	37	325
Reject	249	805

n: 1416

p < 0.0001

r: 0.22	Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
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Accept	44	163
Reject	61	501

n: 769

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Mind: physicalism
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Accept	252	98
Reject	546	470

n: 1366

p < 0.0001

r: -0.21	Meaning of life: objective
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Accept	83	223
Reject	401	494

n: 1201

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Consciousness: dualism
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Accept	27	185
Reject	178	415

n: 805

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Normative ethics: virtue ethics
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Accept	84	259
Reject	445	539

n: 1327

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Other minds: future AI systems
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Accept	130	106
Reject	245	427

n: 908

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Material composition: restrictivism
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Accept	32	80
Reject	154	177

n: 443

p: 0.0002

r: -0.17	Temporal ontology: presentism
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Accept	20	139
Reject	96	341

n: 596

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Belief or credence: credence
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Accept	86	89
Reject	141	337

n: 653

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Temporal ontology: eternalism
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Accept	91	68
Reject	179	258

n: 596

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Material composition: universalism
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Accept	51	61
Reject	97	234

n: 443

p: 0.0006

r: 0.16	Chinese room: understands
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Accept	60	162
Reject	97	513

n: 832

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Meta-ethics: moral realism
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Accept	216	137
Reject	734	298

n: 1385

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
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Accept	72	153
Reject	110	492

n: 827

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Principle of sufficient reason: true
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Accept	62	148
Reject	230	343

n: 783

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Teletransporter: survival
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Accept	152	147
Reject	343	556

n: 1198

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Free will: libertarianism
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Accept	38	328
Reject	253	801

n: 1420

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Personal identity: psychological view
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Accept	181	112
Reject	431	458

n: 1182

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Morality: error theory
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Accept	22	200
Reject	22	603

n: 847

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Response to external-world skepticism: dogmatist
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Accept	24	181
Reject	94	441

n: 740

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Arguments for theism: moral
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Accept	7	184
Reject	70	479

n: 740

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Practical reason: Aristotelian
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Accept	58	132
Reject	228	284

n: 702

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Free will: no free will
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Accept	70	296
Reject	100	956

n: 1422

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Grounds of intentionality: primitive
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Accept	14	144
Reject	70	342

n: 570

p: 0.0005

r: -0.14	Aesthetic value: objective
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Accept	135	205
Reject	517	451

n: 1308

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Time: A-theory
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Accept	56	167
Reject	218	431

n: 872

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Time travel: metaphysically possible
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Accept	112	87
Reject	257	333

n: 789

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Personal identity: further-fact view
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Accept	35	257
Reject	180	702

n: 1174

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Laws of nature: Humean
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Accept	128	196
Reject	286	655

n: 1265

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Moral judgment: cognitivism
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Accept	224	115
Reject	786	227

n: 1352

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Well-being: desire satisfaction
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Accept	60	148
Reject	98	465

n: 771

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Causation: primitive
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Accept	24	171
Reject	140	383

n: 718

p: 0.0003

r: -0.13	Normative concepts: ought
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Accept	17	159
Reject	94	395

n: 665

p: 0.0005

r: 0.13	Knowledge: empiricism
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Accept	203	104
Reject	441	404

n: 1152

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Meaning of life: nonexistent
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Accept	76	227
Reject	156	728

n: 1187

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
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Accept	49	132
Reject	106	380

n: 667

p: 0.0007

r: 0.13	Units of selection: genes
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Accept	95	52
Reject	171	195

n: 513

p: 0.003

r: -0.13	Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
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Accept	44	113
Reject	161	251

n: 569

p: 0.0022

r: -0.13	Belief or credence: belief
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Accept	43	132
Reject	167	311

n: 653

p: 0.0013

r: -0.13	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
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Accept	159	200
Reject	607	436

n: 1402

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Normative concepts: value
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Accept	96	82
Reject	198	292

n: 668

p: 0.0014

r: -0.12	Arguments for theism: cosmological
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Accept	35	157
Reject	157	397

n: 746

p: 0.0008

r: -0.12	Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
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Accept	21	235
Reject	149	598

n: 1003

p < 0.0001

r: -0.12	Kant: one world
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Accept	53	69
Reject	226	213

n: 561

p: 0.0048

r: -0.12	Hard problem of consciousness: yes
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Accept	141	103
Reject	413	190

n: 847

p: 0.0008

r: 0.12	Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
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Accept	42	141
Reject	66	423

n: 672

p: 0.0028

r: 0.11	Consciousness: functionalism
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Accept	100	113
Reject	207	387

n: 807

p: 0.0011

r: -0.11	Morality: non-naturalism
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Accept	50	170
Reject	200	426

n: 846

p: 0.0012

r: -0.11	Other minds: newborn babies
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Accept	197	39
Reject	599	73

n: 908

p: 0.0009

r: 0.11	Consciousness: eliminativism
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Accept	23	190
Reject	19	573

n: 805

p: 0.0022

r: 0.11	Law: legal positivism
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Accept	69	66
Reject	148	227

n: 510

p: 0.0159

r: 0.1	Meaning of life: subjective
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Accept	144	163
Reject	344	553

n: 1204

p: 0.0004

r: -0.1	Practical reason: Kantian
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Accept	20	168
Reject	123	389

n: 700

p: 0.0071

r: 0.1	Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
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Accept	40	93
Reject	61	264

n: 458

p: 0.0296

r: 0.1	Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
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Accept	103	93
Reject	196	334

n: 726

p: 0.0067

r: -0.1	Theory of reference: causal
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Accept	97	94
Reject	272	225

n: 688

p: 0.0087

r: 0.1	External world: skepticism
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Accept	26	334
Reject	46	1013

n: 1419

p: 0.0002

r: 0.1	Gender categories: eliminate
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Accept	45	167
Reject	93	487

n: 792

p: 0.0067

r: 0.09	Possible worlds: concrete
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Accept	19	205
Reject	26	619

n: 869

p: 0.0061

r: -0.09	Propositions: acts
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Accept	6	163
Reject	48	420

n: 637

p: 0.0203

r: -0.09	Concepts: nativism
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Accept	51	115
Reject	166	311

n: 643

p: 0.0197

r: -0.09	Metaontology: heavyweight realism
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Accept	53	92
Reject	200	213

n: 558

p: 0.0304

r: -0.09	A priori knowledge: yes
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Accept	268	86
Reject	854	212

n: 1420

p: 0.0006

r: -0.09	Values in science: can be either
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Accept	59	153
Reject	212	377

n: 801

p: 0.0107

r: 0.09	Consciousness: identity theory
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Accept	41	170
Reject	76	518

n: 805

p: 0.011

r: 0.09	Truth: deflationary
Footbridge: push	Accept	Reject
Accept	103	234
Reject	226	719

n: 1282

p: 0.0014

r: 0.09	Perceptual experience: representationalism
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Accept	139	117
Reject	326	425

n: 1007

p: 0.0051

r: -0.09	Vagueness: metaphysical
Footbridge: push	Accept	Reject
Accept	47	253
Reject	204	653

n: 1157

p: 0.0028

r: 0.08	Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
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Accept	32	128
Reject	52	359

n: 571

p: 0.0429

r: 0.08	Metaontology: anti-realism
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Accept	22	121
Reject	50	362

n: 555

p: 0.0474

r: -0.08	Personal identity: biological view
Footbridge: push	Accept	Reject
Accept	56	237
Reject	214	675

n: 1182

p: 0.0039

r: 0.08	Interlevel metaphysics: supervenience
Footbridge: push	Accept	Reject
Accept	49	108
Reject	114	294

n: 565

p: 0.0489

r: -0.08	Political philosophy: libertarianism
Footbridge: push	Accept	Reject
Accept	40	263
Reject	144	704

n: 1151

p: 0.005

r: -0.08	Temporal ontology: growing block
Footbridge: push	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	129
Reject	78	358

n: 594

p: 0.0479

r: -0.08	Causation: process/production
Footbridge: push	Accept	Reject
Accept	39	157
Reject	136	392

n: 724

p: 0.0308

r: 0.08	Morality: expressivism
Footbridge: push	Accept	Reject
Accept	30	191
Reject	57	570

n: 848

p: 0.0199

r: -0.08	Truth: correspondence
Footbridge: push	Accept	Reject
Accept	183	154
Reject	578	368

n: 1283

p: 0.005

r: -0.08	Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Footbridge: push	Accept	Reject
Accept	223	129
Reject	714	312

n: 1378

p: 0.0037

r: -0.08	Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Footbridge: push	Accept	Reject
Accept	177	190
Reject	549	501

n: 1417

p: 0.0034

r: 0.08	Moral principles: moral generalism
Footbridge: push	Accept	Reject
Accept	141	72
Reject	356	253

n: 822

p: 0.0273

r: -0.08	Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Footbridge: push	Accept	Reject
Accept	93	241
Reject	354	643

n: 1331

p: 0.0054

r: -0.08	Gender categories: preserve
Footbridge: push	Accept	Reject
Accept	40	172
Reject	139	438

n: 789

p: 0.0331

r: -0.08	Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
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Accept	60	271
Reject	272	723

n: 1326

p: 0.0058

r: 0.08	Philosophical knowledge: none
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Accept	6	217
Reject	20	659

n: 902

p: 0.0237

r: 0.07	Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Footbridge: push	Accept	Reject
Accept	251	108
Reject	653	390

n: 1402

p: 0.005

r: -0.07	Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Footbridge: push	Accept	Reject
Accept	44	151
Reject	183	369

n: 747

p: 0.0451

r: 0.07	Mental content: internalism
Footbridge: push	Accept	Reject
Accept	102	206
Reject	244	644

n: 1196

p: 0.0131

r: -0.07	Other minds: adult humans
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Accept	232	4
Reject	665	7

n: 908

p: 0.0343

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.16	Philosopher: Hume
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	77	181
Reject	120	683

n: 1061

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Philosopher: Kant
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	16	242
Reject	142	661

n: 1061

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Philosopher: Mill
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	33	225
Reject	30	773

n: 1061

p < 0.0001

r: -0.12	AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	15	356
Reject	113	982

n: 1466

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	Philosopher: Carnap
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	29	229
Reject	42	761

n: 1061

p: 0.0002

r: 0.1	Gender: male
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	329	43
Reject	840	249

n: 1461

p < 0.0001

r: -0.1	Gender: female
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	42	330
Reject	246	843

n: 1461

p < 0.0001

r: 0.1	AOS: Decision Theory
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	23	348
Reject	21	1074

n: 1466

p: 0.0002

r: -0.1	Philosopher: Aristotle
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	36	222
Reject	161	642

n: 1061

p: 0.0014

r: -0.09	Philosopher: Rawls
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	11	247
Reject	54	749

n: 1061

p: 0.0029

r: -0.09	AOS: Normative Ethics
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	74	297
Reject	249	846

n: 1466

p: 0.0005

r: -0.08	AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	52	319
Reject	180	915

n: 1466

p: 0.0012

r: 0.08	Philosopher: Sidgwick
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	5	253
Reject	2	801

n: 1061

p: 0.0072

r: 0.08	Region of PhD: Oceania
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	19	255
Reject	28	749

n: 1051

p: 0.0128

r: -0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Action
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	17	354
Reject	80	1015

n: 1466

p: 0.0049

r: 0.07	Philosopher: James
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	15	243
Reject	24	779

n: 1061

p: 0.0213

r: 0.07	Philosopher: Popper
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	7	251
Reject	8	795

n: 1061

p: 0.0215

r: 0.07	Philosopher: Hobbes
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	7	251
Reject	7	796

n: 1061

p: 0.0247

r: 0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	23	348
Reject	29	1066

n: 1466

p: 0.0098

r: 0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Language
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	69	302
Reject	178	917

n: 1466

p: 0.0115

r: 0.06	Philosopher: Quine
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	31	227
Reject	67	736

n: 1061

p: 0.0347

r: 0.06	Philosopher: Lewis
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	36	222
Reject	78	725

n: 1061

p: 0.0351

r: 0.06	AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	47	324
Reject	114	981

n: 1466

p: 0.0155

r: 0.06	Philosopher: Merleau-Ponty
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	8	250
Reject	11	792

n: 1061

p: 0.0458

r: 0.06	Philosopher: Du Bois
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	5	253
Reject	4	799

n: 1061

p: 0.0489

r: -0.06	AOS: Meta-Ethics
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	46	325
Reject	161	934

n: 1466

p: 0.0209

r: -0.06	Other demographics: YOB
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	159	187
Reject	512	505

n: 1363

p: 0.0262

r: -0.06	Region of nationality: United States
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	175	180
Reject	564	465

n: 1384

p: 0.0271

r: 0.06	AOS: Aesthetics
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	23	348
Reject	52	1043

n: 1466

p: 0.0258

r: -0.05	AOS: Philosophy of Law
Footbridge: push	Yes	No
Accept	8	363
Reject	37	1058

n: 1466

p: 0.046