26-04-2003 23:16									#1
	Test: which moral philosophy is yours (even if you don't know it) Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

Take this test, it will give you a reasonable account of which famous philosophers share your beliefs.

http://selectsmart.com/PHILOSOPHY/

It seems to work pretty well as I got roughly the result I expected excepting Aquinas (since I don't believe in God). In fact as someone who does professional philosophy I think it is one of the better tests I've seen online (you actually have to think about some of the questions).

1. Plato
2. Aquinas
3. Aristotle

At a guess David Floyd will come down very close to Locke.

	26-04-2003 23:25									#2
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1. Aristotle
2. Aquinas
3. Jeremy Bentham
4. John Steward Mill
5. Epicureans
6. Plato

	26-04-2003 23:33									#3
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I came out

Satre (100%! And i have never read a bit he wrote)
Bentham
Kant
Mill
Epicurians
Nietzsche! only 64%

Plato was all the way at the bottom.

	26-04-2003 23:35									#4
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who is this Bentham fella, and what does he believe in?

	26-04-2003 23:37									#5
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A link:

http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/b/bentham.htm

Not that I care to read it, but for info.

edit: the intro:

quote: A leading theorist in Anglo-American philosophy of law and one of the 'founders' of utilitarianism, Jeremy Bentham was born in Houndsditch, in London, on 15 February 1748. He was the son and grandson of attorneys, and his early family life was coloured by a mix of pious superstition (on his mother's side) and Enlightenment rationalism (from his father). Bentham lived during a time of major social, political and economic change. The 'industrial revolution,' with the massive economic and social shifts that it brought in its wake, the rise of the middle class, revolutions in France and America--all were reflected in Bentham's reflections on existing institutions. In 1760 Bentham entered Queen's College, Oxford and, upon graduation in 1764, studied law at Lincoln's Inn. Though qualified to practice law, he never did so. Instead, he devoted most of his life to writing on matters of legal reform--though, curiously, he made little effort to publish much of what he wrote.

	26-04-2003 23:40									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Azazel who is this Bentham fella, and what does he believe in?

The founder of utilitarianism and designer of strange prisons. You can look at him if you visit the University of London since his embalmed body is still on display.

Here he is.

	26-04-2003 23:43									#7
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I guess it is not just for Communist leaders.

Creepy.

	26-04-2003 23:44									#8
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Lovely. I got Ayn Rand as #3, that totally kills me. And Mill as #2! Wheee!

The moral philosopher I usually most identify with (Kant) came out top though, which is nice.

	26-04-2003 23:45									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Buck Birdseed Lovely. I got Ayn Rand as #3, that totally kills me. And Mill as #2! Wheee! The moral philosopher I usually most identify with (Kant) came out top though, which is nice.

Presumably you said something about rationality being essential to ethics.

	26-04-2003 23:45									#10
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Floyd can't be Locke... he's not there for comparison .

1. Satre (same as GePap, never read him)
2. Kant
3. Mill
4. Hobbes
5. Epicurians
6. Hume
7. Nietzsche
8. Perscriptivism
9. Bentham
10. Spinoza
11. Stoics
12. Ayn Rand
13. Aristotle
14. Plato
15. Nel Noddings (who?)
16. Cynics
17. Ockham
18. Aquinas
19. St. Augustine


Hmm... my top 6-7 are very similar to GePap..

	26-04-2003 23:45									#11
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1. Aquinas   (100%)
2.  Spinoza   (100%)
3.  Stoics   (96%)
4.  Nietzsche   (73%)
5.  Aristotle   (71%)

I don't really like the Western-only nature of this test. I've always found Eastern philosophy to be more insightful.

	26-04-2003 23:46									#12
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I am disillusioned: Satre is a big Nietzsche fan, but still, my boy came out sixth... and behind Mills and bentham, folks that Nietzche could not have disgareed much more with.

	26-04-2003 23:46									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Floyd can't be Locke... he's not there for comparison . 1. Satre (same as GePap, never read him)

Hey Imran,

Sartre was a communist!

	26-04-2003 23:47									#14
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Ahh, thanks. I thought the name rang somewhat familiarly to me.


I expected the utilitarianist thinkers to come on top, but that's the nature of web quizes.

	26-04-2003 23:47									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Drake Tungsten I don't really like the Western-only nature of this test. I've always found Eastern philosophy to be more insightful.

But it isn't philosophy.

	26-04-2003 23:47									#16
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Hmm.. .I read the Sartre stuff on that site, and I don't really agree with him that much at all...

	26-04-2003 23:48									#17
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OH MY GOD! I SHARE MORAL PHILOSOPHY WITH IMRAN?

NO!!!!

Well, its not actually that bad.



Drake gets 10% more Nietzche.. and Has Spinoza up there too (if he knew what Nietzsche said of him...)

Weird scale.

	26-04-2003 23:48									#18
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Sartre (100% !)
John Stuart Mill
Bentham
Aquinas
Kant (74% only ? )

I highly reject Spinoza, it seems.

How come I share so much with Az ?

	26-04-2003 23:49									#19
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Hmm.. .I read the Bentham stuff on that site, and I don't really agree with him that much at all...

Your metaethical views on the role of things like happiness and ends and means probably put you in his camp.

All this test does is show you how your conception of what morality is (the nature of the beast) stacks up against these guys. It doesn't commit you to any of their normative beliefs (say their views on the state).

	26-04-2003 23:50									#20
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quote: I am disillusioned

S'alright, I still believe in you, fellow Nietzschean .

	26-04-2003 23:50									#21
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My top five...

1. Ayn Rand (100%)

2. Aristotle (95%)

3. David Hume (84%)

4. Jean-Paul Sartre (82%)

5. John Stuart Mill (81%)

This one may actually be somewhat accurate for a change...

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At least I have a positive attitude about my destructive habits.

	26-04-2003 23:50									#22
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quote: Originally posted by GePap OH MY GOD! I SHARE MORAL PHILOSOPHY WITH IMRAN? NO!!!! Well, its not actually that bad.

Yeah, as I said, Sartre was a communist.

	26-04-2003 23:50									#23
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I don't understand many of the questions

	26-04-2003 23:50									#24
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Satre (100%)
Nietzsche (89%)
Aquinas (82%)

Good thing that Plato is way down the list for me.

	26-04-2003 23:51									#25
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Jeremy Bentham (100%)
Jean-Paul Sartre (91%)
Spinoza (74%)
John Stuart Mill (70%)
Thomas Hobbes (69%)
Aquinas (65%)

Kant 10th, Aristotle 11th, Hume 16th, Plato 18th.

	26-04-2003 23:51									#26
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Agathon, I edited it, I meant Satre, but people were talking about Bentham.

	26-04-2003 23:51									#27
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How did you misquote Imran in your quote Agathon? That's just weird.

What;s with Mills and Sartre being buddy buddy all of a sudden?

EDIT: I guess that answer the question.

PH: how did you get Nietzsche 89%?

	26-04-2003 23:52									#28
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quote: Originally posted by Paul Hanson Good thing that Plato is way down the list for me.

No - that is very bad.

	26-04-2003 23:52									#29
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quote: But it isn't philosophy.

I would disagree strongly.

quote: Drake gets 10% more Nietzche.. and Has Spinoza up there too (if he knew what Nietzsche said of him...) Weird scale.

Nietzsche like me better than you.

	26-04-2003 23:53									#30
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quote: Yeah, as I said, Sartre was a communist.

s'ok... I like communists... I must be hanging around them too much .