Survey Results

Correlations

Normative ethics: virtue 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: 0.5
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 225 91
Reject 84 316
n: 716
p < 0.0001
r: -0.4
Moral principles: moral generalism
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 132 187
Reject 356 137
n: 812
p < 0.0001
r: 0.31
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 303 285
Reject 174 587
n: 1349
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
God: theism
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 200 394
Reject 104 724
n: 1422
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Practical reason: Kantian
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 42 271
Reject 110 290
n: 713
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Practical reason: Humean
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 65 250
Reject 164 237
n: 716
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 228 285
Reject 142 510
n: 1165
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Law: legal positivism
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 59 145
Reject 147 161
n: 512
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 204 146
Reject 384 117
n: 851
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Abortion: permissible
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 283 96
Reject 498 58
n: 935
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Aim of philosophy: happiness
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 130 445
Reject 61 684
n: 1320
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Units of selection: genes
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 85 130
Reject 162 136
n: 513
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 80 187
Reject 46 345
n: 658
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Propositional attitudes: representational
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 96 154
Reject 230 157
n: 637
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Well-being: objective list
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 217 94
Reject 242 208
n: 761
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Mind: physicalism
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 263 295
Reject 509 282
n: 1349
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Footbridge: push
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 84 445
Reject 259 539
n: 1327
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Meaning of life: objective
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 285 246
Reject 215 462
n: 1208
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 204 380
Reject 142 617
n: 1343
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Mind uploading: survival
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 83 248
Reject 164 301
n: 796
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Wittgenstein: early
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 60 259
Reject 140 300
n: 759
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
True contradictions: actual
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 54 246
Reject 47 402
n: 749
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Free will: libertarianism
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 170 423
Reject 120 709
n: 1422
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 160 166
Reject 143 302
n: 771
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 110 140
Reject 109 279
n: 638
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 213 298
Reject 376 280
n: 1167
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Truth: epistemic
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 91 445
Reject 62 689
n: 1287
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Belief or credence: credence
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 59 172
Reject 157 240
n: 628
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Propositions: acts
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 35 205
Reject 20 361
n: 621
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Other minds: particles
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 14 365
Reject 3 524
n: 906
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Trolley problem: switch
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 343 155
Reject 626 166
n: 1290
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Causation: process/production
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 85 181
Reject 92 350
n: 708
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
True contradictions: impossible
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 208 92
Reject 359 90
n: 749
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Material composition: restrictivism
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 78 82
Reject 98 156
n: 414
p: 0.0031
r: -0.14
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 123 201
Reject 235 212
n: 771
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 47 286
Reject 124 368
n: 825
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Aesthetic value: objective
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 323 227
Reject 354 409
n: 1313
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 81 189
Reject 152 205
n: 627
p: 0.0006
r: 0.13
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 185 150
Reject 177 284
n: 796
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 350 245
Reject 380 446
n: 1421
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Consciousness: panpsychism
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 44 251
Reject 23 471
n: 789
p: 0.0002
r: -0.13
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 73 191
Reject 155 238
n: 657
p: 0.0006
r: 0.13
Other minds: plants
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 34 345
Reject 28 499
n: 906
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Normative concepts: fit
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 33 242
Reject 23 369
n: 667
p: 0.0007
r: 0.13
Vagueness: metaphysical
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 122 336
Reject 126 569
n: 1153
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Newcomb's problem: one box
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 112 182
Reject 174 391
n: 859
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Time: A-theory
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 135 212
Reject 132 369
n: 848
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Other minds: worms
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 106 273
Reject 119 408
n: 906
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Gender categories: eliminate
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 48 278
Reject 91 369
n: 786
p: 0.0004
r: 0.12
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 100 327
Reject 80 493
n: 1000
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Material composition: universalism
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 36 124
Reject 101 153
n: 414
p: 0.0123
r: -0.12
Ought implies can: yes
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 222 143
Reject 379 160
n: 904
p: 0.0003
r: -0.12
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 48 262
Reject 105 347
n: 762
p: 0.001
r: 0.12
Gender: psychological
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 171 395
Reject 131 580
n: 1277
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 310 288
Reject 530 282
n: 1410
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 72 449
Reject 155 515
n: 1191
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 85 507
Reject 192 634
n: 1418
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Values in science: necessarily value-free
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 38 297
Reject 101 360
n: 796
p: 0.0009
r: 0.11
Belief or credence: belief
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 94 137
Reject 117 280
n: 628
p: 0.0043
r: -0.11
Other minds: future AI systems
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 139 240
Reject 231 296
n: 906
p: 0.0007
r: -0.11
Personal identity: psychological view
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 247 253
Reject 379 304
n: 1183
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Free will: no free will
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 44 548
Reject 121 709
n: 1422
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 206 122
Reject 297 133
n: 758
p: 0.0024
r: 0.11
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 77 168
Reject 85 294
n: 624
p: 0.006
r: -0.11
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 79 132
Reject 175 180
n: 566
p: 0.0091
r: 0.11
Philosophical knowledge: none
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 21 338
Reject 7 520
n: 886
p: 0.0013
r: 0.11
Gender: biological
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 215 350
Reject 207 505
n: 1277
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 88 206
Reject 93 357
n: 744
p: 0.0037
r: 0.1
Aim of philosophy: understanding
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 392 206
Reject 452 331
n: 1381
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Philosophical progress: none
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 38 546
Reject 19 816
n: 1419
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Personal identity: further-fact view
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 116 378
Reject 102 576
n: 1172
p: 0.0004
r: 0.1
Proper names: Fregean
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 181 214
Reject 225 363
n: 983
p: 0.0012
r: 0.1
Propositions: simple entities
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 26 215
Reject 26 355
n: 622
p: 0.0109
r: -0.1
Propositions: structured entities
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 87 153
Reject 187 195
n: 622
p: 0.011
r: 0.1
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 16 284
Reject 20 429
n: 749
p: 0.0054
r: -0.1
Perceptual experience: representationalism
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 174 255
Reject 297 279
n: 1005
p: 0.0018
r: 0.1
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 26 224
Reject 23 356
n: 629
p: 0.0137
r: 0.1
Theory of reference: deflationary
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 50 203
Reject 55 352
n: 660
p: 0.0118
r: -0.1
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 93 174
Reject 198 244
n: 709
p: 0.0103
r: -0.1
Consciousness: identity theory
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 36 257
Reject 87 408
n: 788
p: 0.0071
r: -0.1
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 247 349
Reject 405 376
n: 1377
p: 0.0004
r: 0.1
Moral motivation: internalism
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 248 238
Reject 268 387
n: 1141
p: 0.0013
r: 0.09
Extended mind: yes
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 202 111
Reject 232 232
n: 777
p: 0.0082
r: 0.09
Metaontology: anti-realism
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 31 188
Reject 38 284
n: 541
p: 0.0303
r: -0.09
Philosophical progress: a lot
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 227 357
Reject 420 416
n: 1420
p: 0.0005
r: -0.09
Science: scientific realism
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 433 130
Reject 647 139
n: 1349
p: 0.0008
r: 0.09
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 120 220
Reject 135 374
n: 849
p: 0.0084
r: 0.09
Zombies: inconceivable
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 120 414
Reject 105 608
n: 1247
p: 0.0016
r: 0.09
Normative concepts: reasons
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 84 191
Reject 112 284
n: 671
p: 0.0254
r: -0.09
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 256 250
Reject 405 263
n: 1174
p: 0.0032
r: 0.09
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 98 214
Reject 91 343
n: 746
p: 0.0199
r: -0.08
Zombies: metaphysically possible
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 142 393
Reject 205 507
n: 1247
p: 0.0028
r: 0.08
Arguments for theism: moral
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 53 259
Reject 35 394
n: 741
p: 0.0228
r: -0.08
Chinese room: understands
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 57 282
Reject 104 376
n: 819
p: 0.0176
r: -0.08
Experience machine: yes
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 65 501
Reject 124 649
n: 1339
p: 0.0024
r: -0.08
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 363 214
Reject 576 231
n: 1384
p: 0.0025
r: 0.08
Other minds: flies
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 136 243
Reject 191 336
n: 906
p: 0.015
r: 0.08
Gender categories: preserve
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 94 230
Reject 87 372
n: 783
p: 0.0254
r: 0.08
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 421 164
Reject 539 270
n: 1394
p: 0.0032
r: -0.08
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Accept Reject
Accept 36 272
Reject 61 390
n: 759
p: 0.036

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.28
Philosopher: Aristotle
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 151 344
Reject 60 547
n: 1102
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Philosopher: Aquinas
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 44 451
Reject 7 600
n: 1102
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Tradition: Analytic
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 482 138
Reject 759 81
n: 1460
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Philosopher: Mill
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 10 485
Reject 50 557
n: 1102
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Philosopher: Lewis
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 25 470
Reject 82 525
n: 1102
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 66 559
Reject 25 825
n: 1475
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 36 589
Reject 10 840
n: 1475
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Philosopher: Kierkegaard
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 17 478
Reject 2 605
n: 1102
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Philosopher: Anscombe
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 31 464
Reject 6 601
n: 1102
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Philosopher: Kant
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 59 436
Reject 109 498
n: 1102
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Philosopher: Rawls
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 16 479
Reject 46 561
n: 1102
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Tradition: Other tradition
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 81 539
Reject 45 795
n: 1460
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Heidegger
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 22 473
Reject 7 600
n: 1102
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Philosopher: Moore
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 6 489
Reject 28 579
n: 1102
p: 0.0004
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Parfit
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 8 487
Reject 32 575
n: 1102
p: 0.0005
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Hume
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 64 431
Reject 126 481
n: 1102
p: 0.0005
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Augustine
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 16 479
Reject 5 602
n: 1102
p: 0.0007
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 62 433
Reject 37 570
n: 1102
p: 0.0007
r: 0.1
Tradition: Continental
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 57 563
Reject 36 804
n: 1460
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Russell
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 15 480
Reject 54 553
n: 1102
p: 0.001
r: 0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 76 549
Reject 52 798
n: 1475
p: 0.0003
r: -0.09
AOS: Epistemology
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 119 506
Reject 228 622
n: 1475
p: 0.0004
r: 0.09
Gender: female
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 159 465
Reject 147 703
n: 1474
p: 0.0004
r: -0.09
Gender: male
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 463 161
Reject 698 152
n: 1474
p: 0.0006
r: -0.09
AOS: Meta-Ethics
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 67 558
Reject 122 728
n: 1475
p: 0.001
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Merleau-Ponty
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 19 476
Reject 7 600
n: 1102
p: 0.0046
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Socrates
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 28 467
Reject 15 592
n: 1102
p: 0.0055
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Whitehead
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 6 489
Reject 0 607
n: 1102
p: 0.008
r: 0.07
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 44 581
Reject 33 817
n: 1475
p: 0.0061
r: -0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Law
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 12 613
Reject 31 819
n: 1475
p: 0.0063
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Peirce
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 17 478
Reject 7 600
n: 1102
p: 0.0182
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Husserl
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 17 478
Reject 11 596
n: 1102
p: 0.0184
r: 0.07
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 68 557
Reject 51 799
n: 1475
p: 0.0082
r: 0.07
AOS: Asian Philosophy
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 19 606
Reject 8 842
n: 1475
p: 0.0083
r: -0.07
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 54 571
Reject 113 737
n: 1475
p: 0.0099
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Carnap
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 17 478
Reject 55 552
n: 1102
p: 0.0281
r: -0.06
Region of PhD: Oceania
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 13 419
Reject 35 579
n: 1046
p: 0.041
r: -0.06
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 37 588
Reject 91 759
n: 1475
p: 0.0187
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Foucault
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 13 482
Reject 5 602
n: 1102
p: 0.0458
r: 0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Action
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 47 578
Reject 43 807
n: 1475
p: 0.0225
r: -0.06
Region of nationality: Europe
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 99 486
Reject 190 623
n: 1398
p: 0.0319
r: 0.05
Region of affiliation: United States
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 391 247
Reject 459 404
n: 1501
p: 0.0347
r: -0.05
Other demographics: YOB
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 261 315
Reject 405 400
n: 1381
p: 0.0462
r: -0.05
Region of affiliation: Europe
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 81 557
Reject 160 703
n: 1501
p: 0.0379
r: 0.05
Region of nationality: United States
Normative ethics: virtue ethics Yes No
Accept 328 257
Reject 398 415
n: 1398
p: 0.0463