Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who say that there are clear standards for what is right and wrong by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say that there are clear standards for what is right and wrong by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of adults who say that there are clear standards for what is right and wrong 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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Catholic | 40% | 9% | 41% | 8% | 2% | 2,385 |
Evangelical Protestant | 73% | 3% | 20% | 2% | 2% | 4,563 |
Historically Black Protestant | 60% | 4% | 31% | 4% | 1% | 585 |
Jehovah's Witness | 85% | < 1% | 7% | 2% | 5% | 140 |
Jewish | 32% | 18% | 34% | 13% | 4% | 188 |
Mainline Protestant | 40% | 8% | 45% | 4% | 2% | 2,013 |
Mormon | 74% | 3% | 17% | 3% | 3% | 382 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 12% | 16% | 57% | 14% | 2% | 1,520 |
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