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Breaking Morality

A poll to see what it would take for people to break the law, ignore common morality, or disregard their own principles.
Gender
Male
Female
Age
15-19
20-24
25-29
30+
As a baseline which of the following would you be willing to do, fully knowing the consequences and being very likely to get caught:
Minor theft - shoplifting, pickpocketing etc
Violent theft - armed robbery, mugging
Illegal drugs of any sort
White collar crime - piracy, embezzling, cheating on taxes etc
Assault resulting in minor injury
Assault resulting in major injury
Assault with a deadly weapon
2nd degree murder - to kill out of anger, jealousy etc
1st degree murder - to plan out and execute the death of another
Mass murder
Be a serial killer
Which of the above would you do willingly if it were guaranteed you wouldn't get caught/was suddenly legal
Minor theft
Violent theft
Drugs
White collar crime
Minor assault
Major assault
Assault with a deadly weapon
2nd degree murder
1st degree murder
Mass murder
Be a serial killer
Which would you do for a small amount of money compared to the crime, eg $5 to shoplift, $1000 to kill, knowing you would likely be caught
Minor theft
Violent theft
Drugs
White collar crime
Minor Assault
Major Assault
Assault with a deadly weapon
2nd degree murder
1st degree murder
Mass murder
Serial killer
For a moderate amount of money - $50 to shoplift, $50k to kil
Minor theft
Violent theft
Drugs
White collar crime
Minor assault
Major assault
Assault with a deadly weapon
2nd degree murder
1st degree murder
Mass murder
Serial killer
For a large amount of money - the sky's the limit
Minor theft
Violent theft
Drugs
White collar crime
Minor assault
Major assault
Assault with a deadly weapon
2nd degree murder
1st degree murder
Mass murder
Serial killer
We often hear the excuse that a person was forced to commit crimes by others. Same choices under threat of pain/torture
Minor theft
Violent theft
Drugs
White collar crime
Minor assault
Major assault
Assault with a deadly weapon
2nd degree murder
1st degree murder
Mass murder
Serial killer
Under threat of death
Minor theft
Violent theft
Drugs
White collar crime
Minor assault
Major assault
Assault with a deadly weapon
2nd degree murder
1st degree murder
Mass murder
Serial killer
Would your answer to the above question change if the threat of death was to someone else?
Stranger - less likely
Stranger - more likely
Acquaintance - less likely
Acquaintance - more likely
Loved one - less likely
Loved one - more likely
I'd like to hear your thoughts/suggestions on the comments page, and look out for a similar sexual morality poll coming up in a couple of weeks
This poll was created on 2011-03-01 22:46:08 by ozwolf01