“Morality is a term used to refer to certain codes of conduct put forward by a society or a group (such as a religion), or accepted by an individual for her own behavior.” (Gert, 2002) In this sense, the individual is reflecting the beliefs of the most prominent or loudest belief system. In this Social Experiment, my partner and I tested the morality of students within a Christian environment. Past experiments have occurred on the subject of morality. Lawrence Kohlberg experimented on seventy-five boys for a period of twelve years. Starting the experiment when they were around ten to twelve years old, and noted their views of morality. From this experiment he found that humans maintain three levels of moral thinking. The levels are basic moral steps that one takes as time passes on. (Kohlberg,) My experiment is to test subjects on the level of most influence. I will ask subjects if they would want to get nude and my partner, Hans, will record the results. After I ask the first question, I will unveil a candy box with “Nude” printed on the cover. My hypothesis is that the dominant Christian value on campus will influence the moral of the students. …show more content…
I proceeded to tell Example A the aforementioned question and he responded with surprise and shocked “No”. While slowly backing away, he asks if we were gay. Before showing him the candy box, I asked if he was absolutely certain of his decision. Once shown the box he was upset for being tricked and grabs the box. After catching up to Example A, I caught him trying to use the same question on another student, but quickly halted the trick. Sometime later, Example A approached me and asked to get nude, but ran away with my phone instead. I concluded from this, that after Example A realized that it was a joke, he acted jokingly to cover up his embarrassment. Example A’s shame could be attributed to the Christian moral taught on