8 behaviors most Americans find morally unacceptable: list

4. Suicide

Suicide, which has slightly declined from record rates in 2022, is another behavior most Americans find morally unacceptable. Some 70% of U.S. adults oppose the act of killing oneself, while 21% find it morally acceptable.

A clip from a livestream video featuring Philip Nitschke, the creator of the SARCO assisted suicide pod, speaking in Venice, Italy, 2019.
A clip from a livestream video featuring Philip Nitschke, the creator of the SARCO assisted suicide pod, speaking in Venice, Italy, 2019. | Screebgrab/Exit International

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