ABSTRACT
The barometer of public ethics oscillates widely if the population is subdivided according to religious convictions and attitudes. Religious faith is confirmed as an added value in regard to forming citizens' who are responsible and respectful of the public good; this goes also for the more moderate political vision that has always characterized the majority of religious believers and churchgoers. The tendencies relative to civil and social ethics observed here are largely reproduced in the field of individual and family morality, with the difference that apart from the age and religious convictions of the subjects other variables such as gender, education plays an important role. The orientations most distant from traditional morality are more widespread among men and in more secularized areas of the country, but particularly increase with generational turnover and increase in educational level. The orientations most distant from traditional morality are more widespread among men and in more secularized areas of the country.
