Survey Results

Correlations

Normative ethics: consequentialism

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: 0.49
Practical reason: Humean
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 151 114
Reject 78 369
n: 712
p < 0.0001
r: 0.42
Footbridge: push
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 230 252
Reject 115 730
n: 1327
p < 0.0001
r: 0.29
Mind: physicalism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 366 123
Reject 410 449
n: 1348
p < 0.0001
r: -0.29
Well-being: objective list
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 126 158
Reject 332 144
n: 760
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 19 232
Reject 105 300
n: 656
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Trolley problem: switch
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 437 54
Reject 536 263
n: 1290
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 76 188
Reject 230 218
n: 712
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Meaning of life: objective
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 117 303
Reject 381 405
n: 1206
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
God: theism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 56 442
Reject 243 679
n: 1420
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 311 126
Reject 351 383
n: 1171
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 60 224
Reject 38 436
n: 758
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 268 62
Reject 323 197
n: 850
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Experience machine: yes
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 104 364
Reject 86 784
n: 1338
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Free will: libertarianism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 52 454
Reject 234 681
n: 1421
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Knowledge: empiricism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 300 127
Reject 358 383
n: 1168
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Law: legal positivism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 99 90
Reject 108 214
n: 511
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Aesthetic value: objective
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 187 290
Reject 485 348
n: 1310
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Other minds: future AI systems
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 181 161
Reject 191 374
n: 907
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Laws of nature: Humean
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 185 254
Reject 227 601
n: 1267
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Abortion: permissible
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 325 23
Reject 459 128
n: 935
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Consciousness: dualism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 49 264
Reject 155 317
n: 785
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Causation: primitive
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 40 233
Reject 121 306
n: 700
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 306 193
Reject 651 242
n: 1392
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Material composition: restrictivism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 42 89
Reject 134 147
n: 412
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Belief or credence: credence
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 110 135
Reject 107 274
n: 626
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Units of selection: genes
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 125 83
Reject 123 183
n: 514
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Mind uploading: survival
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 115 173
Reject 132 375
n: 795
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Free will: no free will
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 95 410
Reject 70 846
n: 1421
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Consciousness: functionalism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 146 168
Reject 141 332
n: 787
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Normative concepts: value
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 135 106
Reject 163 267
n: 671
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 145 131
Reject 148 285
n: 709
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 82 204
Reject 71 404
n: 761
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Chinese room: understands
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 81 213
Reject 79 445
n: 818
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Meaning of life: subjective
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 215 208
Reject 276 509
n: 1208
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 371 136
Reject 520 381
n: 1408
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Morality: non-naturalism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 61 252
Reject 182 345
n: 840
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 108 98
Reject 146 209
n: 561
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 89 193
Reject 211 276
n: 769
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Time: A-theory
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 72 229
Reject 192 353
n: 846
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Belief or credence: belief
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 62 183
Reject 148 233
n: 626
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Teletransporter: survival
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 207 198
Reject 286 476
n: 1167
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Personal identity: psychological view
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 263 149
Reject 360 408
n: 1180
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Temporal ontology: presentism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 27 178
Reject 86 270
n: 561
p: 0.0003
r: 0.15
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 278 208
Reject 375 515
n: 1376
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 220 287
Reject 273 628
n: 1408
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 72 177
Reject 80 323
n: 652
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Abstract objects: Platonism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 161 284
Reject 399 406
n: 1250
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 148 125
Reject 208 287
n: 768
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Material composition: universalism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 54 77
Reject 83 198
n: 412
p: 0.003
r: -0.14
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 327 147
Reject 674 197
n: 1345
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 230 276
Reject 500 416
n: 1422
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 254 253
Reject 339 562
n: 1408
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Possible worlds: concrete
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 27 278
Reject 20 523
n: 848
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Normative concepts: reasons
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 53 188
Reject 142 287
n: 670
p: 0.0007
r: -0.13
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 65 147
Reject 135 199
n: 546
p: 0.0024
r: 0.13
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 348 159
Reject 491 410
n: 1408
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Personal identity: further-fact view
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 50 360
Reject 164 595
n: 1169
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 43 114
Reject 53 223
n: 433
p: 0.0083
r: -0.13
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 187 128
Reject 360 150
n: 825
p: 0.0003
r: 0.13
Morality: error theory
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 22 290
Reject 19 508
n: 839
p: 0.0003
r: 0.12
Moral principles: moral generalism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 213 96
Reject 278 224
n: 811
p: 0.0004
r: 0.12
Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 125 381
Reject 155 758
n: 1419
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Practical reason: Kantian
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 36 227
Reject 115 331
n: 709
p: 0.0009
r: -0.12
Propositions: simple entities
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 9 218
Reject 43 350
n: 620
p: 0.002
r: -0.12
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 42 303
Reject 136 515
n: 996
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Justification: reliabilism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 113 164
Reject 158 300
n: 735
p: 0.0008
r: 0.12
Material composition: nihilism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 19 112
Reject 20 261
n: 412
p: 0.0149
r: 0.12
Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 62 148
Reject 72 261
n: 543
p: 0.0054
r: 0.12
Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 87 221
Reject 87 427
n: 822
p: 0.0006
r: 0.12
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 100 318
Reject 128 644
n: 1190
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
A priori knowledge: yes
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 364 131
Reject 757 174
n: 1426
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Arguments for theism: moral
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 18 248
Reject 70 403
n: 739
p: 0.002
r: 0.11
Morality: naturalist realism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 133 181
Reject 166 363
n: 843
p: 0.001
r: -0.11
Propositions: acts
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 11 216
Reject 44 348
n: 619
p: 0.0049
r: -0.11
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 27 193
Reject 60 289
n: 569
p: 0.0071
r: -0.11
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 67 209
Reject 150 310
n: 736
p: 0.0023
r: -0.11
Hume: skeptic
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 80 174
Reject 185 256
n: 695
p: 0.0034
r: 0.11
Perceptual experience: representationalism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 191 156
Reject 280 374
n: 1001
p: 0.0006
r: 0.11
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 77 126
Reject 90 248
n: 541
p: 0.0129
r: 0.11
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 52 200
Reject 52 352
n: 656
p: 0.0067
r: -0.1
Vagueness: metaphysical
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 72 329
Reject 176 574
n: 1151
p: 0.0004
r: -0.1
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 54 215
Reject 134 341
n: 744
p: 0.0047
r: 0.1
Wittgenstein: early
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 92 192
Reject 109 364
n: 757
p: 0.0046
r: 0.1
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 236 178
Reject 356 394
n: 1164
p: 0.0008
r: 0.1
Morality: expressivism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 43 272
Reject 46 480
n: 841
p: 0.005
r: 0.1
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 105 114
Reject 114 235
n: 568
p: 0.0216
r: -0.09
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 82 123
Reject 164 174
n: 543
p: 0.0276
r: 0.09
Propositions: nonexistent
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 47 180
Reject 55 336
n: 618
p: 0.0218
r: 0.09
Properties: classes
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 36 170
Reject 40 354
n: 600
p: 0.0247
r: 0.09
Free will: compatibilism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 348 158
Reject 561 355
n: 1422
p: 0.0008
r: 0.09
Other minds: cats
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 328 14
Reject 510 55
n: 907
p: 0.0075
r: -0.09
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 58 181
Reject 105 280
n: 624
p: 0.0276
r: -0.09
Aesthetic experience: sui generis
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 66 115
Reject 153 189
n: 523
p: 0.0472
r: -0.09
Consciousness: panpsychism
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 17 296
Reject 50 423
n: 786
p: 0.0149
r: 0.09
Aesthetic experience: pleasure
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 38 145
Reject 44 299
n: 526
p: 0.0469
r: 0.09
Race: biological
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 109 335
Reject 154 693
n: 1291
p: 0.0018
r: 0.09
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 102 149
Reject 126 278
n: 655
p: 0.0281
r: -0.09
Other minds: newborn babies
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 297 45
Reject 503 62
n: 907
p: 0.0101
r: -0.09
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 245 262
Reject 502 399
n: 1408
p: 0.0014
r: 0.08
Other minds: current AI systems
Normative ethics: consequentialism Accept Reject
Accept 14 328
Reject 20 545
n: 907
p: 0.0122

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.26
Philosopher: Hume
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 117 256
Reject 73 650
n: 1096
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Philosopher: Aristotle
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 38 335
Reject 173 550
n: 1096
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Philosopher: Mill
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 39 334
Reject 21 702
n: 1096
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Philosopher: Hobbes
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 13 360
Reject 1 722
n: 1096
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 92 429
Reject 75 876
n: 1472
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Philosopher: Kant
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 34 339
Reject 132 591
n: 1096
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Philosopher: Carnap
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 40 333
Reject 32 691
n: 1096
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Region of nationality: United States
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 223 278
Reject 499 398
n: 1398
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Philosopher: Sidgwick
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 7 366
Reject 0 723
n: 1096
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Philosopher: Popper
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 14 359
Reject 1 722
n: 1096
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Region of affiliation: United States
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 259 266
Reject 588 386
n: 1499
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 78 443
Reject 69 882
n: 1472
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 27 494
Reject 99 852
n: 1472
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Region of PhD: Oceania
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 29 352
Reject 19 646
n: 1046
p: 0.0002
r: 0.12
AOS: Decision Theory
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 29 492
Reject 14 937
n: 1472
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Lewis
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 53 320
Reject 54 669
n: 1096
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Region of PhD: United States
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 238 143
Reject 473 192
n: 1046
p: 0.0005
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Parfit
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 25 348
Reject 16 707
n: 1096
p: 0.0005
r: -0.1
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 19 502
Reject 72 879
n: 1472
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Region of affiliation: Europe
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 110 415
Reject 133 841
n: 1499
p: 0.0002
r: 0.09
Region of nationality: Oceania
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 39 462
Reject 35 862
n: 1398
p: 0.0004
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Rawls
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 13 360
Reject 48 675
n: 1096
p: 0.0022
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Quine
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 39 334
Reject 50 673
n: 1096
p: 0.0038
r: -0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Law
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 9 512
Reject 34 917
n: 1472
p: 0.0011
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 20 353
Reject 79 644
n: 1096
p: 0.005
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Russell
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 32 341
Reject 37 686
n: 1096
p: 0.0066
r: 0.08
Tradition: Analytic
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 453 59
Reject 788 159
n: 1459
p: 0.0024
r: 0.08
Gender: male
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 429 89
Reject 731 223
n: 1472
p: 0.0025
r: 0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 26 495
Reject 20 931
n: 1472
p: 0.0026
r: 0.08
Region of affiliation: Oceania
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 39 486
Reject 40 934
n: 1499
p: 0.0025
r: 0.07
Philosopher: James
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 20 353
Reject 17 706
n: 1096
p: 0.013
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Dewey
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 18 355
Reject 19 704
n: 1096
p: 0.013
r: -0.07
Gender: female
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 88 430
Reject 217 737
n: 1472
p: 0.0046
r: 0.07
Region of PhD: Europe
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 50 331
Reject 52 613
n: 1046
p: 0.0176
r: 0.07
Region of nationality: Europe
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 123 378
Reject 167 730
n: 1398
p: 0.0072
r: 0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 28 493
Reject 27 924
n: 1472
p: 0.0101
r: 0.07
Philosopher: ramsey
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 5 368
Reject 1 722
n: 1096
p: 0.0308
r: 0.06
Region of affiliation: Asia
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 17 508
Reject 25 949
n: 1499
p: 0.0238
r: 0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Physical Science
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 26 495
Reject 24 927
n: 1472
p: 0.0277
r: -0.06
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 19 502
Reject 52 899
n: 1472
p: 0.0307
r: -0.05
Tradition: Other tradition
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 33 479
Reject 92 855
n: 1459
p: 0.0361
r: -0.05
AOS: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 10 511
Reject 36 915
n: 1472
p: 0.0379
r: 0.05
AOS: Philosophy of Mind
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 116 405
Reject 185 766
n: 1472
p: 0.038
r: -0.05
Tradition: Continental
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 26 486
Reject 67 880
n: 1459
p: 0.0419
r: 0.05
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Normative ethics: consequentialism Yes No
Accept 51 470
Reject 75 876
n: 1472
p: 0.0486