Survey Results

Correlations

Moral principles: moral generalism

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Strongest correlations with philosophical questions

r: -0.4
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 132 356
Reject 187 137
n: 812
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 150 178
Reject 55 173
n: 556
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Practical reason: Kantian
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 107 250
Reject 25 232
n: 614
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 119 240
Reject 132 126
n: 617
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Truth: correspondence
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 315 160
Reject 146 179
n: 800
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Truth: deflationary
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 104 370
Reject 121 204
n: 799
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 54 316
Reject 64 200
n: 634
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 103 310
Reject 112 195
n: 720
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 151 127
Reject 68 132
n: 478
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 252 162
Reject 130 178
n: 722
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Logic: classical
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 279 98
Reject 152 122
n: 651
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
True contradictions: actual
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 41 348
Reject 49 221
n: 659
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 56 251
Reject 87 148
n: 542
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Wittgenstein: early
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 118 231
Reject 54 238
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Science: scientific realism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 421 72
Reject 241 95
n: 829
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 108 294
Reject 39 257
n: 698
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 108 300
Reject 129 164
n: 701
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
True contradictions: impossible
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 316 73
Reject 185 85
n: 659
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Knowledge: empiricism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 210 205
Reject 186 112
n: 713
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 190 117
Reject 112 123
n: 542
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Analysis of knowledge: other analysis
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 160 248
Reject 75 218
n: 701
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 382 124
Reject 218 140
n: 864
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Propositional attitudes: representational
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 184 144
Reject 103 137
n: 568
p: 0.0005
r: 0.14
A priori knowledge: yes
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 434 77
Reject 275 93
n: 879
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Normative concepts: fit
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 21 350
Reject 30 195
n: 596
p: 0.0004
r: 0.14
Normative ethics: deontology
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 224 267
Reject 94 228
n: 813
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 138 155
Reject 87 133
n: 513
p: 0.0017
r: 0.14
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 262 99
Reject 167 109
n: 637
p: 0.0005
r: -0.14
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 155 230
Reject 149 137
n: 671
p: 0.0004
r: -0.14
Material composition: restrictivism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 86 139
Reject 73 80
n: 378
p: 0.0079
r: 0.14
Belief or credence: credence
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 125 203
Reject 65 160
n: 553
p: 0.0013
r: 0.14
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 50 171
Reject 27 140
n: 388
p: 0.0073
r: -0.14
Metaontology: anti-realism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 26 250
Reject 40 160
n: 476
p: 0.003
r: 0.13
Concepts: nativism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 119 185
Reject 77 179
n: 560
p: 0.0017
r: 0.13
Values in science: necessarily value-free
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 78 307
Reject 37 249
n: 671
p: 0.0006
r: -0.13
Political philosophy: libertarianism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 61 351
Reject 55 250
n: 717
p: 0.0005
r: 0.13
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 258 222
Reject 147 202
n: 829
p: 0.0003
r: 0.12
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 213 278
Reject 96 224
n: 811
p: 0.0004
r: 0.12
Law: legal positivism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 129 159
Reject 61 114
n: 463
p: 0.0076
r: -0.12
Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 99 228
Reject 100 139
n: 566
p: 0.0033
r: 0.12
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 109 169
Reject 68 137
n: 483
p: 0.0067
r: 0.12
Propositions: structured entities
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 147 156
Reject 83 147
n: 533
p: 0.0047
r: 0.12
Response to external-world skepticism: abductive
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 108 259
Reject 55 215
n: 637
p: 0.0022
r: -0.12
Philosophical knowledge: none
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 6 426
Reject 16 298
n: 746
p: 0.001
r: -0.12
Theory of reference: deflationary
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 44 294
Reject 57 183
n: 578
p: 0.0041
r: -0.12
Vagueness: metaphysical
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 77 352
Reject 79 228
n: 736
p: 0.0013
r: -0.12
Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 60 226
Reject 59 144
n: 489
p: 0.0096
r: -0.12
Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 35 191
Reject 36 130
n: 392
p: 0.0206
r: 0.12
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 301 202
Reject 175 191
n: 869
p: 0.0006
r: -0.11
External world: skepticism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 23 490
Reject 33 327
n: 873
p: 0.0009
r: 0.11
Properties: transcendent universals
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 80 217
Reject 37 180
n: 514
p: 0.0118
r: -0.11
Quantum mechanics: epistemic
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 18 203
Reject 33 133
n: 387
p: 0.03
r: 0.11
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 390 111
Reject 229 136
n: 866
p: 0.0014
r: -0.11
Truth: epistemic
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 41 433
Reject 43 280
n: 797
p: 0.0027
r: 0.11
External world: non-skeptical realism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 460 53
Reject 295 63
n: 871
p: 0.0018
r: 0.11
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 327 176
Reject 203 163
n: 869
p: 0.0018
r: -0.1
Belief or credence: neither
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 63 264
Reject 56 168
n: 551
p: 0.0138
r: 0.1
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 287 123
Reject 172 119
n: 701
p: 0.0059
r: 0.1
Units of selection: genes
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 127 122
Reject 87 98
n: 434
p: 0.0336
r: -0.1
External world: idealism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 23 490
Reject 31 329
n: 873
p: 0.0026
r: 0.1
Perceptual experience: representationalism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 188 184
Reject 108 157
n: 637
p: 0.0109
r: -0.1
Propositions: nonexistent
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 40 262
Reject 49 180
n: 531
p: 0.0219
r: 0.1
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 416 93
Reject 247 104
n: 860
p: 0.0043
r: -0.1
Other minds: plants
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 22 413
Reject 28 292
n: 755
p: 0.0078
r: -0.1
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 76 201
Reject 63 137
n: 477
p: 0.0353
r: 0.1
Philosophical knowledge: a lot
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 279 154
Reject 183 131
n: 747
p: 0.0092
r: 0.09
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 113 178
Reject 68 134
n: 493
p: 0.0363
r: -0.09
Propositions: acts
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 20 283
Reject 32 197
n: 532
p: 0.0297
r: -0.09
Properties: tropes
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 51 246
Reject 41 176
n: 514
p: 0.0354
r: 0.09
Immortality: yes
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 225 209
Reject 134 178
n: 746
p: 0.0118
r: -0.09
Morality: error theory
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 20 417
Reject 17 290
n: 744
p: 0.0123
r: 0.09
Personal identity: psychological view
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 235 200
Reject 145 155
n: 735
p: 0.0137
r: 0.09
Arguments for theism: design
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 93 274
Reject 45 217
n: 629
p: 0.0237
r: -0.09
Consciousness: eliminativism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 15 378
Reject 18 252
n: 663
p: 0.0207
r: -0.09
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 17 372
Reject 13 257
n: 659
p: 0.0222
r: 0.09
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 56 282
Reject 29 200
n: 567
p: 0.0347
r: 0.09
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 102 266
Reject 69 192
n: 629
p: 0.028
r: -0.09
Extended mind: yes
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 191 188
Reject 156 117
n: 652
p: 0.0262
r: 0.08
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 144 275
Reject 92 232
n: 743
p: 0.0208
r: -0.08
Other minds: worms
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 103 332
Reject 89 231
n: 755
p: 0.0217
r: -0.08
Morality: expressivism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 44 396
Reject 42 265
n: 747
p: 0.024
r: -0.08
Normative concepts: reasons
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 104 268
Reject 63 161
n: 596
p: 0.0452
r: 0.08
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 125 242
Reject 69 202
n: 638
p: 0.0385
r: 0.08
Mental content: internalism
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 140 303
Reject 87 222
n: 752
p: 0.0263
r: 0.08
Ought implies can: yes
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 319 123
Reject 202 117
n: 761
p: 0.0262
r: -0.08
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 77 292
Reject 71 200
n: 640
p: 0.0443
r: -0.08
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 76 351
Reject 75 236
n: 738
p: 0.0313
r: 0.08
Footbridge: push
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 141 356
Reject 72 253
n: 822
p: 0.0273
r: 0.08
Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 401 102
Reject 252 114
n: 869
p: 0.0234
r: -0.08
Aim of philosophy: understanding
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 287 191
Reject 235 116
n: 829
p: 0.0307
r: -0.07
Laws of nature: Humean
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 127 337
Reject 117 204
n: 785
p: 0.0456
r: -0.07
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Moral principles: moral generalism Accept Reject
Accept 154 310
Reject 137 207
n: 808
p: 0.0466

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.2
Philosopher: Kant
Moral principles: moral generalism Yes No
Accept 83 316
Reject 22 273
n: 694
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Moral principles: moral generalism Yes No
Accept 19 380
Reject 44 251
n: 694
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
AOS: Normative Ethics
Moral principles: moral generalism Yes No
Accept 164 364
Reject 60 323
n: 911
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Philosopher: Rawls
Moral principles: moral generalism Yes No
Accept 38 361
Reject 4 291
n: 694
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Philosopher: Parfit
Moral principles: moral generalism Yes No
Accept 29 370
Reject 3 292
n: 694
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
AOS: Applied Ethics
Moral principles: moral generalism Yes No
Accept 95 433
Reject 34 349
n: 911
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Philosopher: Davidson
Moral principles: moral generalism Yes No
Accept 6 393
Reject 19 276
n: 694
p: 0.0008
r: -0.13
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Moral principles: moral generalism Yes No
Accept 22 506
Reject 40 343
n: 911
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Philosopher: Anscombe
Moral principles: moral generalism Yes No
Accept 6 393
Reject 16 279
n: 694
p: 0.0012
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Sidgwick
Moral principles: moral generalism Yes No
Accept 7 392
Reject 0 295
n: 694
p: 0.0015
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Mill
Moral principles: moral generalism Yes No
Accept 33 366
Reject 13 282
n: 694
p: 0.008
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Nietzsche
Moral principles: moral generalism Yes No
Accept 6 393
Reject 10 285
n: 694
p: 0.0091
r: -0.1
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Moral principles: moral generalism Yes No
Accept 35 493
Reject 45 338
n: 911
p: 0.004
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Putnam
Moral principles: moral generalism Yes No
Accept 9 390
Reject 15 280
n: 694
p: 0.0142
r: 0.09
AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Moral principles: moral generalism Yes No
Accept 104 424
Reject 51 332
n: 911
p: 0.0082
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Popper
Moral principles: moral generalism Yes No
Accept 9 390
Reject 0 295
n: 694
p: 0.0341
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Moore
Moral principles: moral generalism Yes No
Accept 19 380
Reject 9 286
n: 694
p: 0.041
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Heidegger
Moral principles: moral generalism Yes No
Accept 5 394
Reject 9 286
n: 694
p: 0.0415
r: -0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Moral principles: moral generalism Yes No
Accept 40 488
Reject 43 340
n: 911
p: 0.0195
r: -0.08
Tradition: Continental
Moral principles: moral generalism Yes No
Accept 16 504
Reject 21 359
n: 900
p: 0.0206
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Aristotle
Moral principles: moral generalism Yes No
Accept 72 327
Reject 65 230
n: 694
p: 0.0444
r: 0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Law
Moral principles: moral generalism Yes No
Accept 22 506
Reject 8 375
n: 911
p: 0.029
r: 0.07
AOS: Meta-Ethics
Moral principles: moral generalism Yes No
Accept 98 430
Reject 51 332
n: 911
p: 0.0343
r: 0.07
Tradition: Analytic
Moral principles: moral generalism Yes No
Accept 464 56
Reject 326 54
n: 900
p: 0.0379
r: 0.07
AOS: Decision Theory
Moral principles: moral generalism Yes No
Accept 25 503
Reject 8 375
n: 911
p: 0.0396