"Thou Shall Not Kill": Abortion, Euthanasia, Suicide, and Religious Context

Religion has been found to be an important predictor in public opinions about life related issues. Because, religion serves as setting the moral rules to determine attitudes about what is right and wrong, people who value religion as important are more likely to have disapproving attitudes about san...

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Main Author: Cassady M Pitt (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: David Publishing Company 2014
In: Cultural and religious studies
Year: 2014, Volume: 2, Issue: 4, Pages: 244-256
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Summary:Religion has been found to be an important predictor in public opinions about life related issues. Because, religion serves as setting the moral rules to determine attitudes about what is right and wrong, people who value religion as important are more likely to have disapproving attitudes about sanctity of life, e.g., euthanasia, suicide, and abortion. This study draws on data from the fourth wave of the World Values Survey and multilevel models to explain the micro and macro influences of religion for public opinion about abortion, euthanasia, and suicide. Results found that more religious people and people in more religious countries are more disapproving of abortion, euthanasia, and suicide.
ISSN:2328-2177
Contains:Enthalten in: Cultural and religious studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.17265/2328-2177/2014.04.007