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« on: January 15, 2005, 01:42:17 pm »
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Ethical Philosophy Test

My results:

1.    Kant   (100%)
2.    Stoics   (76%)
3.    Aquinas   (73%)
4.    Ayn Rand   (73%)
5.    Jeremy Bentham   (72%)
6.    John Stuart Mill   (69%)
7.    Spinoza   (67%)
8.    Cynics   (63%)
9.    Prescriptivism   (63%)
10.    St. Augustine   (58%)
11.    Ockham   (52%)
12.    Aristotle   (51%)
13.    Plato   (51%)
14.    Jean-Paul Sartre   (44%)
15.    Epicureans   (39%)
16.    Nietzsche   (35%)
17.    David Hume   (27%)
18.    Nel Noddings   (25%)
19.    Thomas Hobbes   (23%)

They sound about right, but I don't think the stoics should've been that high. Anyways, I don't agree at all with the interpretation hegel and his buddies did of Kant, I'm much more of a Schopenhauerian.
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« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2005, 02:27:01 pm »

1.    Jean-Paul Sartre   (100%)
2.    David Hume   (66%)
3.    Ayn Rand   (66%) 
4.    Spinoza   (57%) 
5.    Stoics   (57%) 
6.    Thomas Hobbes   (56%) 
7.    Nietzsche   (55%) 
8.    John Stuart Mill   (54%)
9.    Kant   (54%)
10.    Aquinas   (48%)
11.    Prescriptivism   (42%)
12.    Cynics   (38%)
13.    Jeremy Bentham   (38%) 
14.    Aristotle   (32%)
15.    Nel Noddings   (32%) 
16.    Plato   (31%)
17.    St. Augustine   (31%) 
18.    Epicureans   (31%)
19.    Ockham   (26%)
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« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2005, 02:33:39 pm »
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I don't know who hardly any of these guys are so I really don't know what these results mean:

1. Spinoza   (100%)
2. Aquinas   (91%)
3. Nietzsche   (88%)
4. Epicureans   (86%)
5. Jeremy Bentham   (83%)
6. St. Augustine   (78%)
7. Jean-Paul Sartre   (77%)
8. Aristotle   (75%)
9. Nel Noddings   (73%)
10. Thomas Hobbes   (72%)
11. David Hume   (68%)
12. Kant   (65%)
13. Stoics   (65%)
14. John Stuart Mill   (55%)
15. Ayn Rand   (52%)
16. Cynics   (47%)
17. Ockham   (34%)
18. Plato   (34%)
19. Prescriptivism   (34%)

I'll just be happy Ayn Rand is fairly low.
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« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2005, 02:34:08 pm »

I don't know who hardly any of these guys are so I really don't know what these results mean:

1. Spinoza   (100%)
2. Aquinas   (91%)
3. Nietzsche   (88%)
4. Epicureans   (86%)
5. Jeremy Bentham   (83%)
6. St. Augustine   (78%)
7. Jean-Paul Sartre   (77%)
8. Aristotle   (75%)
9. Nel Noddings   (73%)
10. Thomas Hobbes   (72%)
11. David Hume   (68%)
12. Kant   (65%)
13. Stoics   (65%)
14. John Stuart Mill   (55%)
15. Ayn Rand   (52%)
16. Cynics   (47%)
17. Ockham   (34%)
18. Plato   (34%)
19. Prescriptivism   (34%)

I'll just be happy Ayn Rand is fairly low.

You can click on "more info" if you're confused.

Sartre, my top result, for example:

# When we choose something, we affirm the value of our choice because we have chosen it above other choices
# When we choose something for ourselves, we should choose it for all people.
# We must be consistent in our interpretations of moral situations regardless of whom the agent is.
# Logic cannot help us specific situations
# Making conscious moral choices is more significant than consistently following moral guidelines
# The conflict between the interests of two people is in the end, irresolvable
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« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2005, 02:48:39 pm »
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1.    Jean-Paul Sartre   (100%)
2.    Aquinas   (94%)
3.    John Stuart Mill   (88%)
4.    Ayn Rand   (65%)
5.    Kant   (64%)
6.    Plato   (63%)
7.    Jeremy Bentham   (60%)
8.    Aristotle   (59%)
9.    Prescriptivism   (51%)
10.    David Hume   (46%)
11.    St. Augustine   (45%)
12.    Ockham   (44%)
13.    Spinoza   (38%)
14.    Cynics   (36%)
15.    Epicureans   (28%)
16.    Stoics   (28%)
17.    Thomas Hobbes   (26%)
18.    Nel Noddings   (19%)
19.    Nietzsche   (17%)
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« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2005, 02:56:30 pm »
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1.  Aquinas   (100%)  
2.  Aristotle   (88%)  
3.  Jeremy Bentham   (67%)  
4.  St. Augustine   (63%)  
5.  Spinoza   (62%)  
6.  Epicureans   (57%)  
7.  Plato   (56%)  
8.  John Stuart Mill  
9.  Ayn Rand   (46%)  
10.  Cynics   (44%)  
11.  Nel Noddings   (44%)  
12.  Jean-Paul Sartre   (39%)  
13.  Nietzsche   (38%)  
14.  Stoics   (34%)  
15.  David Hume   (33%)  
16.  Ockham   (33%)  
17.  Kant   (27%)  
18.  Thomas Hobbes   (24%)
19.  Prescriptivism   (23%)  
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« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2005, 03:00:34 pm »
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1.  Epicureans   (100%)   
2.  John Stuart Mill   (93%)   
3.  Jeremy Bentham   (89%)   
4.  Aquinas   (83%)   
5.  Aristotle   (75%)   
6.  Kant   (75%)   
7.  Ayn Rand   (72%)   
8.  Jean-Paul Sartre   (69%)   
9.  Spinoza   (66%)   
10.  Prescriptivism   (59%)   
11.  St. Augustine   (57%)   
12.  Nietzsche   (50%)   
13.  Stoics   (48%)   
14.  Nel Noddings   (44%)   
15.  Plato   (41%)   
16.  David Hume   (36%)   
17.  Ockham   (35%)   
18.  Cynics   (31%)   
19.  Thomas Hobbes   (31%)   

I still have troubles with what the questions mean.

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« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2005, 03:13:33 pm »
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1.  Aquinas   
2.  Aristotle   
3.  Spinoza   
4.  Stoics 
5.  Ayn Rand
6.  Plato
7.  Epicureans 
8.  St. Augustine 
9.  Nietzsche   
10.  Jeremy Bentham   
11.  Cynics 
12.  David Hume 
13.  Jean-Paul Sartre 
14.  John Stuart Mill   
15.  Ockham 
16.  Thomas Hobbes   
17.  Kant   
18.  Prescriptivism 
19.  Nel Noddings
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« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2005, 03:55:04 pm »
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1.  John Stuart Mill   (100%) 
2.  Jeremy Bentham   (94%) 
3.  Kant   (94%) 
4.  St. Augustine   (88%)   
5.  Aquinas   (83%) 
6.  Prescriptivism   (73%) 
7.  Nel Noddings   (67%) 
8.  Spinoza   (67%) 
9.  Epicureans   (66%) 
10.  Aristotle   (64%) 
11.  Ockham   (60%) 
12.  Jean-Paul Sartre   (58%) 
13.  Ayn Rand   (50%)   
14.  Plato   (44%) 
15.  Cynics   (39%) 
16.  David Hume   (39%)   
17.  Stoics   (32%) 
18.  Nietzsche   (29%) 
19.  Thomas Hobbes   (17%)
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« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2005, 03:56:11 pm »
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So much Sartre going around.
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1.  Ayn Rand   (100%)   
2.  Nietzsche   (82%) 
3.  Jean-Paul Sartre   (78%)   
4.  Stoics   (77%)   
5.  Thomas Hobbes   (77%)   
6.  Kant   (75%)   
7.  David Hume   (74%)   
8.  Cynics   (73%)   
9.  Epicureans   (69%)   
10.  John Stuart Mill   (67%)   
11.  Prescriptivism   (63%)   
12.  Jeremy Bentham   (57%)   
13.  Aristotle   (52%)   
14.  Ockham   (39%)   
15.  Spinoza   (39%)   
16.  Aquinas   (34%)   
17.  Nel Noddings   (26%)   
18.  St. Augustine   (25%) 
19.  Plato   (21%)

I would much rather have come out an Epicurian than a Randian!  But I had a lot of 'doesn't matter' answers, since I simply don't think there's one right or best way.  However I personally do live an Epicurian life.
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1.  Ayn Rand   (100%)   

You know what she said about homosexuality?
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« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2005, 04:16:23 pm »
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New results after answereing a question I missed:

1.    Kant   (100%)
2.    Ayn Rand   (89%)
3.    John Stuart Mill   (82%)
4.    Prescriptivism   (75%)
5.    Stoics   (75%)
6.    Jeremy Bentham   (71%) 
7.    Aquinas   (66%) 
8.    Cynics   (62%)
9.    Spinoza   (57%)
10.    Epicureans   (52%)
11.    Ockham   (52%)
12.    Plato   (50%)
13.    Aristotle   (49%)
14.    St. Augustine   (47%)
15.    Jean-Paul Sartre   (40%)
16.    Thomas Hobbes   (36%)
17.    Nietzsche   (34%)
18.    David Hume   (27%)
19.    Nel Noddings   (11%)

I find it highly ironic that I got Kant and Rand so close.
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1.  Ayn Rand   (100%)   

You know what she said about homosexuality?

No idea.. probably something stupid.  Care to enlighten?
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Ayn Rand, at her Ford Hall appearance, 1971, declared homosexuality to be immoral and disgusting.
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Ayn Rand, at her Ford Hall appearance, 1971, declared homosexuality to be immoral and disgusting.

Actually I find Rand disgusting.  She was always spewing her own particular sexual perversions around like they were supposed to be some ideal. 

As I said I'm really more of an Epicurian, or perhaps a Nihilist, but I don't see them on there.  I was a bit embarrassed by that 100% Randian score, given how ridiculous a person she was.  I think if you consistently answer those questions assuming there is no universal 'right' or 'virtuous' way, you end up Randian.

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On a funnier note, The Truth About Ayn Rand and Gay Porn Stars
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Ayn Rand, at her Ford Hall appearance, 1971, declared homosexuality to be immoral and disgusting.

Actually I find Rand disgusting.  She was always spewing her own particular sexual perversions around like they were supposed to be some ideal. 

As I said I'm really more of an Epicurian..  I was a bit embarrassed by that 100% Randian score, given how ridiculous a person she was.  I think if you consistently answer those questions assuming there is no universal 'right' or 'virtuous' way, you end up Randian.



Wrong. Rand was a strong purpoter of moral absolutism.
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Ayn Rand, at her Ford Hall appearance, 1971, declared homosexuality to be immoral and disgusting.

Actually I find Rand disgusting.  She was always spewing her own particular sexual perversions around like they were supposed to be some ideal. 

As I said I'm really more of an Epicurian..  I was a bit embarrassed by that 100% Randian score, given how ridiculous a person she was.  I think if you consistently answer those questions assuming there is no universal 'right' or 'virtuous' way, you end up Randian.



Wrong. Rand was a strong purpoter of moral absolutism.

Yeah, I know, but the way I answered the quizz was basically to say that I didn't think there was any right way.  Several of the questions I answered doesn'tmatter/don't count.  I was just saying that they way I answered - more Nihilistically - returned a 100% Rand score, oddly enough.
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1.    Nietzsche   (100%)  Click here for info
2.    Jean-Paul Sartre   (95%)  Click here for info
3.    David Hume   (84%)  Click here for info
4.    Thomas Hobbes   (71%)  Click here for info
5.    Stoics   (68%)  Click here for info
6.    Epicureans   (64%)  Click here for info
7.    Spinoza   (64%)  Click here for info
8.    Kant   (60%)  Click here for info
9.    Ayn Rand   (50%)  Click here for info
10.    Prescriptivism   (47%)  Click here for info
11.    John Stuart Mill   (45%)  Click here for info
12.    Nel Noddings   (42%)  Click here for info
13.    St. Augustine   (39%)  Click here for info
14.    Jeremy Bentham   (37%)  Click here for info
15.    Cynics   (35%)  Click here for info
16.    Aristotle   (34%)  Click here for info
17.    Aquinas   (29%)  Click here for info
18.    Plato   (29%)  Click here for info
19.    Ockham   (28%)  Click here for info

Strange.....I consider myself at least partially utilitarian and yet JSM was only a 45% match and Bentham a 37% match.
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1.    John Stuart Mill   (100%)
2.    Epicureans   (83%)
3.    Jean-Paul Sartre   (80%)
4.    Aquinas   (80%)
5.    Jeremy Bentham   (76%)
6.    Ayn Rand   (70%)
7.    Aristotle   (68%)
8.    Kant   (59%)
9.    Nietzsche   (48%)
10.    St. Augustine   (47%)
11.    Spinoza   (47%)
12.    Plato   (46%)
13.    David Hume   (44%)
14.    Thomas Hobbes   (44%)
15.    Cynics   (39%)
16.    Prescriptivism   (37%)
17.    Nel Noddings   (36%)
18.    Stoics   (33%)
19.    Ockham   (31%) 

I can't say I know who any of these people are.  Can anyone help?  Who's John Stuart Mill?
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Aquinas was the highest, Nel Noddings was the lowest
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1.    Nietzsche   (100%)  Click here for info

Scary
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What I find weird is I got Nietzsche and Aquinas so close.
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Now why do you say that? I assume you are making a judgement on the fact that the Nazis adopted and twisted much of his philosophy in order to justify their actions.
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