Moral Responsibility Alienation Scale, MD-24 Test - the question form

1. It is perfectly acceptable to spread gossip to protect people you care about.

2. It is OK to lie to keep your friends out of trouble.

3. Sometimes it is necessary to act dishonestly in order to achieve noble goals.

4. Taking something without the owner's permission is acceptable if you are only borrowing it temporarily.

5. It is perfectly acceptable to conceal certain facts in order to prove one's point.

6. When you negotiate to get what you really want, not telling all the details is just part of the game.

7. Given how often people misjudge themselves, a small exaggeration about one’s own achievements can hardly be considered wrong.

8. Compared with other illegal things people do, taking something small from a store without paying is not worth worrying about.

9. Damaging someone’s property is not a serious matter if you consider that others actually attack people.

10. People should not be held responsible for doing questionable things when they were just doing what an authority figure told them to do.

11. People cannot be blamed for behaving badly if they do so under pressure from their friends.

12. People should not be blamed for breaking rules if their leaders taught them to do so.

13. People should not be blamed for doing things that are technically wrong when all their friends are doing the same thing.

14. It is acceptable to lie if those around you agree that it is the best way to handle the situation.

15. In situations where most people cheat, there is no reason not to do the same.

16. Presenting someone else’s ideas as your own is not really a serious wrongdoing.

17. There is no harm in leaving a store with extra change.

18. It is normal to tell a small lie during negotiations, since no one will be harmed.

19. Some people have to be treated roughly because they do not have feelings that can be hurt.

20. It is perfectly acceptable to treat someone badly if they behave like a scoundrel.

21. People who commit violent crimes do not deserve to be treated like normal people.

22. People who are mistreated usually do something that brings it on themselves.

23. If a commercial company makes a calculation error in your favor, it is acceptable not to tell them about it, because it was their mistake.

24. If someone’s privacy is invaded, it may be because those people did not take adequate steps to protect it.