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Tuesday, June 26. 2007

Moral Sense Test

How can I instruct someone to be truthful when taking a Moral Sense Test? Anyhow, you can try the Harvard test here. (h/t, Drezner). Then you can lie about your test results.
Posted by Bird Dog in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 10:56 | Comments (10) | Trackbacks (0)

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I am astounded. The test asks for your idea of fines to be paid to the GOVERNMENT when an individual hurts another individual. HUH?

Since when is giving the local government an average of $75,000 or so for accidentally breaking someone's nose:
A) a moral obligation
B) Prudent
C) any of government's business
???

I suggest that the people doing this test get an F for stupidity and overt socialist mindset.
#1 phil on 2007-06-26 15:13 (Reply)
Well, it is from Harvard. Whaddaya expect?
#2 BD on 2007-06-26 15:21 (Reply)
OK , now I'm worried.

I have had occasion in my life to terminate an enemy. It didn't bother me a bit.

I have used a sniper rifle to great effect. No problem

What the hell am I suppose to make out of handing out an average of $63 in fines vs. $72,491 that the test group handed out?
#3 Habu on 2007-06-26 16:08 (Reply)
uh-oh. $31. I am way below average. I fined the girl who burned the guys hand $250.
#4 Patina on 2007-06-26 17:04 (Reply)
I'm lower than you, Patina. I scored "0".

Those weren't crimes. All were mistakes with an absence of malice.
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#5 Phoenix on 2007-06-26 22:21 (Reply)
Ditto with Phoenix on the score. The worst that could be said is that the offenders were ignorant. Even if they were in the wrong there's no way I'm giving money to the government. Screw them.
#6 sean on 2007-06-27 00:02 (Reply)
Zero for me two. And did anyone else notice all the grammatical mistakes and misspellings? These folks are from Harvard? I'm sure there's an agenda here but I don't know what it is.
#7 steve on 2007-06-27 00:15 (Reply)
also zero after I read that the fine goes to the govenment . This is where the best and brightest come from ? Shudder, Did you also notice under occupation there wasn't any slot for for-profit jobs? you know the ones that pay for all the other ones.
#8 grant1863 on 2007-06-27 11:08 (Reply)
So much for my reading comprehension. I skipped over the intro and just went for the test and missed the part where the money went to the government. It wouldn't have changed my score, though.

What dufuses. And the grammar and misspellings were bad. But weird - that people scored enough points to equal something around $75K. Yikes.
#9 Phoenix on 2007-06-27 13:08 (Reply)
I gave $0 dollars across the board, but what does that have to do with morality?
#10 G-Dub on 2007-06-28 13:06 (Reply)

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