Sources of guidance on right and wrong by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of adults who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong
Religious tradition | Religion | Philosophy/reason | Common sense | Science | Don't know | Sample size |
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Buddhist | 8% | 28% | 44% | 16% | 5% | 264 |
Catholic | 30% | 10% | 48% | 10% | 2% | 7,202 |
Evangelical Protestant | 60% | 5% | 30% | 3% | 2% | 8,593 |
Hindu | 6% | 19% | 50% | 24% | 1% | 199 |
Historically Black Protestant | 47% | 6% | 41% | 4% | 2% | 1,916 |
Jehovah's Witness | 78% | 1% | 14% | 3% | 4% | 245 |
Jewish | 17% | 17% | 50% | 14% | 3% | 847 |
Mainline Protestant | 29% | 10% | 51% | 6% | 3% | 6,083 |
Mormon | 64% | 4% | 25% | 4% | 3% | 664 |
Muslim | 37% | 9% | 36% | 13% | 4% | 237 |
Orthodox Christian | 27% | 14% | 48% | 8% | 3% | 186 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 7% | 18% | 57% | 17% | 2% | 7,556 |
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