A Pew Research poll was taken to determine what percentage of Americans found the following behaviors to be moral:

http://pewresearch.org/social/pack.php?PackID=7

I only find 3 of these to be morally wrong, cheating on yours spouse, cheating on your taxes, and abortion (in most cases).

The other 7 are either morally acceptable, or not moral issues at all, unless its a case where that action is harming others (such as drinking excessively when others rely on you, or gambling away money you need to feed your family).

I think cheating on a spouce is wrong.

Causing harm to another is the only morally wrong thing we can cause.

Cheating on taxes :D cracks me up like the taxes they scam out of us aren't used in a wrong manner.

I think there are a few things that are wrong, but cheating in general is one of the most important ones....

Cheating on your spouse is the only morally wrong one that I see. Most of the rest of them are probably just not good ideas.

Causing harm to another is the only morally wrong thing we can cause.
I agree with that, which is why I think that cheating on your spouse and lying on your taxes are the only things immoral on that list, since they can both cause harm. I might also include abortion, but my morality jury is still out on that one.

I see five of them as being morally wrong but I don't see them as being morally wrong with equal intensity. I see cheating on your spouse and abortion as the most morally wrong.

I don't think the examples given really tell us much about our morality.

On another note, why would you compare drinking alcohol excessively to smoking marijuana (presumably non-excessively)?

I mean, I don't think either one, or gambling for that matter, is morally wrong, but if done to excess they can be immoral.

On another note, why would you compare drinking alcohol excessively to smoking marijuana (presumably non-excessively)?

I mean, I don't think either one, or gambling for that matter, is morally wrong, but if done to excess they can be immoral.

I didn't understand that either.

bwahahahaaaaa...

Being gay and smoking pot are considered on par for morality. Of course I guess both are considered bad out of histeria so it makes sense.

Drinking excessively and cheating on your partner are definately morally wrong. (drinking excessively as in everyday, not 8 in one night I am assuming).

Cheating on taxes would be morally wrong if the government didn't use it for morally wrong purposes, like mass murder(war) and incarceration for non-violent offenders.

cheating and having on an abortion are at the top of my list.

Abortion can be taken in different ways. What happens if it's a rape? A very young girl? I'd even say a slip of the moment? The world is allready over populated, so why bring another unwanted child into it, we can't take care of the ones we have now. I don't think it should be used as a birth control, but sometimes sh** just happens.

There is nothing wrong on this list. I don't even think cheating is wrong.

Aboration and telling the truth to the IRS are indefenceable practices

Cheating on your spouse and cheating on your taxes have got to be the only ones that are moraly wrong. How can you put abortion up there???

Aboration is a vile practice,and illegal in this country,the only place I know of in Europe that it is,rightly so.Its common practice to lie to the taxman,everything is estimated here to allow for it..

Cheating on your spouse and taxes are immoral, but why would excessive drinking be immoral? If you don't cause harm to anyone or anything (except your liver), is there something wrong with it?

I guess it rests on how you define 'excessive'.

Abortions up until the baby is 'alive' are perfectly moral, since you are just preventing a process - you are not actually killing anything

Yea,you arnt allowed to get a bad liver when u grow old,your not allowed to smoke,gives you cancer,in fact your encouraged not to do anything excessively apart from work all your life,and with some luck die at your retirement party,so your not a burden on the state..in your old age..

but why would excessive drinking be immoral? If you don't cause harm to anyone or anything (except your liver), is there something wrong with it?Morals don't rest purely on others. If you drank so much that your life becomes a waste I would consider that morally wrong because everyone has something they can contribute to society. But then again you may not so...

I guess it rests on how you define 'excessive'. I would say if it interferes with your life/routine. ie: you drink at work or miss it often because of a hangover; drunk driving; ruining your mind/psyche.

Cheating on your spouse is the only morally wrong one that I see. Most of the rest of them are probably just not good ideas.Yes i agree with this one also :)

Morals don't rest purely on others. If you drank so much that your life becomes a waste I would consider that morally wrong because everyone has something they can contribute to society. But then again you may not so...

Then if you are not contributing all that you can to society, is that also immoral behavior? What about if you're not working as hard as you possibly could. Under the same reasoning it would be immoral behavior as well.

I would consider actions that detract from society as immoral, but now we're just arguing over the definition of a word (one that has like 50 definitions too)

Alcoholism is not a choice. It is an addiction and a medically recognized illness, albeit with behavioral aspects. Excessive drinking for drinking's sake - again considering the resulting behavior, may be seen as repulsive, and may be immoral as well, but the two don't always go hand-in-hand.

A Pew Research poll was taken to determine what percentage of Américans found the following behaviors to be moral:

http://pewresearch.org/social/pack.php?PackID=7 .

Cheating, lying in general, especially mass cheating and lying, tell Bush about this research ....