> Fortunately morality is neither relative nor determined by the outcomes of polls. Not being relative or determined by polls... ...does not imply easily accessible answers. In regard to the poll whether they would choose to be saved (for 15 minutes) or not, I do not think their answer is to weigh in on the moral issue, but I do think their answer does carry weight in the scenario, which I guess does weigh in on the moral issue. That is, this moral issue involves them, so to that extent, their opinion weighs in on this moral issue. In India at the time of Swami Vivekananda, there was a social issue of the day, about whether widow women were allowed to get remarried. Swami Vivekananda said something like, how about we ask them their opinion on this? So there... It's not like widowed women are qualified moral experts. But since this moral issue involved them, perhaps some weight ought be given to their opinion. @Chiro @KingOfWhiteAmerica