More Than 80 Percent of the Respondents to a Survey

Multiple Choice

More than 80 percent of the respondents to a survey said that buying a stolen television set is morally wrong.Yet 50 percent admitted they would buy a stolen set if guaranteed they would not be caught.These data indicate:

A) preconventional moral reasoning.
B) that social prohibitions are more potent than moral ones.
C) that purchasing stolen property is an accepted social convention.
D) that for many people,moral belief does not predict moral behavior.