Cigarette Quiz
1. Do you think smoking cigarettes is morally bad in part because it is knowingly self-destructive?
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1. Do you think smoking cigarettes is morally bad in part because it is knowingly self-destructive?
2. Do you think it is wrong when smokers model cigarette use to their children and normalize a harmful, addictive behavior?
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2. Do you think it is wrong when smokers model cigarette use to their children and normalize a harmful, addictive behavior?
3. Do you think smoking is morally wrong because it increases public healthcare costs, insurance premiums, and burdens society as a whole?
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3. Do you think smoking is morally wrong because it increases public healthcare costs, insurance premiums, and burdens society as a whole?
4. If everyone smoked cigarettes, would that make smoking morally acceptable?
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4. If everyone smoked cigarettes, would that make smoking morally acceptable?
5. Does smoking become morally relevant once it harms other people or beings, even if it began as a personal choice?
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5. Does smoking become morally relevant once it harms other people or beings, even if it began as a personal choice?
6. If someone says they need cigarettes to function, reduce stress, or feel normal, does that justify the harms caused by smoking?
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6. If someone says they need cigarettes to function, reduce stress, or feel normal, does that justify the harms caused by smoking?
7. If cigarettes are addictive, does addiction excuse continuing a behavior known to cause harm?
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7. If cigarettes are addictive, does addiction excuse continuing a behavior known to cause harm?
8. If tobacco is a natural plant, does that make smoking morally acceptable?
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8. If tobacco is a natural plant, does that make smoking morally acceptable?
9. If humans have smoked for centuries, does historical precedent make smoking morally right?
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9. If humans have smoked for centuries, does historical precedent make smoking morally right?
10. If someone enjoys smoking, does pleasure alone justify the harms associated with it?
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10. If someone enjoys smoking, does pleasure alone justify the harms associated with it?
11. If one smoker claims their individual choice makes no difference, does that reasoning still hold when many people think the same way?
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11. If one smoker claims their individual choice makes no difference, does that reasoning still hold when many people think the same way?
12. If a harmful practice has been part of someone’s life for many years, does that make it less wrong to continue?
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12. If a harmful practice has been part of someone’s life for many years, does that make it less wrong to continue?
13. If an industry causes widespread harm, can individual consumers absolve themselves by blaming the industry alone?
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13. If an industry causes widespread harm, can individual consumers absolve themselves by blaming the industry alone?
14. If there are worse harmful behaviors than smoking, does that make smoking morally acceptable?
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14. If there are worse harmful behaviors than smoking, does that make smoking morally acceptable?
15. If someone dismisses criticism of smoking as “extreme” or “overreacting,” does that address whether the harm itself is justified?
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15. If someone dismisses criticism of smoking as “extreme” or “overreacting,” does that address whether the harm itself is justified?
16. Slavery used to be legal — does the fact that it was legal at the time mean it was morally acceptable at the time?
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16. Slavery used to be legal — does the fact that it was legal at the time mean it was morally acceptable at the time?
17. If someone purchases Child Porn from a child abuser but did not personally abuse a child, are they morally innocent of the harm involved?
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17. If someone purchases Child Porn from a child abuser but did not personally abuse a child, are they morally innocent of the harm involved?
18. Do you think it is morally wrong to knowingly contribute to environmental destruction that is preventable, harms ecosystems, animals, and future generations, even if your individual contribution seems small?
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18. Do you think it is morally wrong to knowingly contribute to environmental destruction that is preventable, harms ecosystems, animals, and future generations, even if your individual contribution seems small?
19. Do you think it is more important to fit in culturally than to do what’s right?
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19. Do you think it is more important to fit in culturally than to do what’s right?
20. Do you think it is wrong for someone to deliberately avoid or ignore relevant facts in order to justify their own behavior?
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20. Do you think it is wrong for someone to deliberately avoid or ignore relevant facts in order to justify their own behavior?
21. If you realized that a single behavior you engage in satisfies many of these conditions that you consider morally wrong, do you think that is something you should seriously reflect on and work to change?
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21. If you realized that a single behavior you engage in satisfies many of these conditions that you consider morally wrong, do you think that is something you should seriously reflect on and work to change?
