Philosophical Match-Making

Whose Ethics Do You Share?

July 13, 2004 2:27 PM from

So here's an interesting site that lets you answer questions and matches your responses to the ethics ideals of famous philosophers.

Link: http://selectsmart.com/PHILOSOPHY

My top 5:
1. Jean-Paul Sartre (100%)
2. Kant (91%) - I rather suspected this result
3. Ayn Rand (77%)
4. Stoics (77%)
5. David Hume (76%)

The site offers a brief synopsis of the philosophers, as well as amazon.com links to their works.

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4,061 views 11 replies

Reply #1 July 13, 2004 2:38 PM from

JoeUser Forums Top

1. Jean-Paul Sartre (100%)
2. Plato (89%)
3. Aquinas (83%)
4. St. Augustine (81%)
5. Jeremy Bentham (70%)
6. John Stuart Mill (70%)
7. Aristotle (67%)
8. Ayn Rand (66%)
9. Kant (58%)
10. Nel Noddings (58%)
11. Ockham (55%)
12. Thomas Hobbes (55%)
13. David Hume (53%)
14. Spinoza (44%)
15. Cynics (41%)
16. Nietzsche (41%)
17. Prescriptivism (40%)
18. Stoics (30%)
19. Epicureans (27%)

Interesting..

Ashlee

Reply #2 July 13, 2004 2:39 PM from

JoeUser Forums Top

1. Jean-Paul Sartre (100%)
2. Kant (97%)
3. Nietzsche (88%)
4. Epicureans (87%)
5. Spinoza (85%)

There's the Top 5

Reply #3 July 13, 2004 2:41 PM from

JoeUser Forums Top

I really don't like my results. I have never thought my views were this rigid!

1. Spinoza (100%)
2. St. Augustine (92%)
3. Aquinas (71%)
4. Stoics (63%)
5. Jean-Paul Sartre (63%)

I guess I feel that these top five, are all very different!

Reply #4 July 13, 2004 2:46 PM from

JoeUser Forums Top

3. Nietzsche (88%)

That's spooky! I would demand a recount!

Reply #5 July 13, 2004 2:47 PM from

JoeUser Forums Top

My top 5:

1. Nietzsche (100%)
2. Stoics (100%)
3. Spinoza (98%)
4. Jean-Paul Sartre (96%)
5. Ayn Rand (89%)

Reply #6 July 13, 2004 2:47 PM from

JoeUser Forums Top

Sartre seems to be a pretty popular fellow.

Reply #7 July 13, 2004 3:05 PM from

JoeUser Forums Top

1.	Nel Noddings (100%)
2.	John Stuart Mill (91%)
3.	Epicureans (89%)
4.	Jeremy Bentham (89%)
5.	Kant (85%)

Pretty much in line with what I would have guessed

Reply #8 July 13, 2004 3:21 PM from

JoeUser Forums Top

Great post, thanks for the link. I'm going to have to read up on some of these:

1. Kant (100%)
2. Aquinas (94%)
3. Jeremy Bentham (86%)
4. John Stuart Mill (84%)
5. St. Augustine (63%)
6. Prescriptivism (61%)
7. Plato (61%)
8. Ockham (59%)
9. Epicureans (53%)
10. Aristotle (52%)
11. Ayn Rand (48%)
12. Spinoza (35%)
13. Jean-Paul Sartre (30%)
14. Stoics (23%)
15. Nel Noddings (22%)
16. Thomas Hobbes (22%)
17. Cynics (15%)
18. Nietzsche (12%)
19. David Hume (0%)

Reply #9 July 13, 2004 3:50 PM from

JoeUser Forums Top

I'm glad I got Nietzsche and Rand, because those are the only two I've really read.

Reply #10 July 13, 2004 3:54 PM from

JoeUser Forums Top

1. John Stuart Mill (100%)
2. Ayn Rand (87%)
3. Stoics (87%)
4. Jean-Paul Sartre (84%)
5. Epicureans (82%)

Reply #11 July 14, 2004 7:18 AM from

JoeUser Forums Top

1. Aquinas 100%
2. Spinoza 94%
3. Kant 89%
4. John Stuart Mill 87%
5. Jeremy Bentham 84%

I'd never heard of Bentham or Spinoza, and never would have guessed that I had anything in common with Aquinas. This is a great quiz!

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