How virtuous is that?
Thanks to Sam at Elizaphanian for pointing this one out: the Ethical Philosophy Selector. It’s one of the more intriguing online quizzes I’ve done, and the final output actually gives links to a quick summary of each philosopher and further resources on them. I seem to have come out with a very clear preference for St Thomas, although I’m not quite sure how I score 100% for him, and only 67% for Aristotle. Must be something to do with God, or the quiz’s bias towards personal choices.
Ethical Philosophy Selector Rankings:
1. Aquinas (100 %)
2. Spinoza (79 %)
3. Kant (68 %)
4. Aristotle (67 %)
5. St. Augustine (67 %)
6. Ockham (62 %)
7. Jeremy Bentham (59 %)
8. John Stuart Mill (52 %)
9. Stoics (52 %)
10. Prescriptivism (51 %)
11. Plato (47 %)
12. Jean-Paul Sartre (45 %)
13. Ayn Rand (41 %)
14. Nietzsche (36 %)
15. Cynics (30 %)
16. Epicureans (30 %)
17. Nel Noddings (29 %)
18. David Hume (27 %)
19. Thomas Hobbes (9 %)
December 15th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
Doug,
In case you care:
1. Aquinas (100%)
2. Spinoza (100%)
3. St. Augustine (99%)
4. Kant (98%)
5. Aristotle (75%)
6. Ockham (75%)
7. Jeremy Bentham (73%)
8. Epicureans (72%)
9. John Stuart Mill (71%)
10. Nietzsche (70%)
11. Jean-Paul Sartre (68%)
12. Stoics (68%)
13. Ayn Rand (55%)
14. Plato (55%)
15. Cynics (48%)
16. David Hume (48%)
17. Prescriptivism (48%)
18. Nel Noddings (46%)
19. Thomas Hobbes (12%)
You can see the deontologist coming out of me, but you can never crush the existentialist.
-JAK
December 15th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
Here are my results: (ouch)
1. Ockham (100%)
2. Aquinas (96%)
3. Jean-Paul Sartre (88%)
4. Spinoza (87%)
5. Nietzsche (83%)
6. St. Augustine (80%)
7. Aristotle (68%)
8. Kant (65%)
9. Stoics (65%)
10. Ayn Rand (63%)
11. John Stuart Mill (61%)
12. Prescriptivism (54%)
13. Cynics (51%)
14. David Hume (50%)
15. Jeremy Bentham (42%)
16. Epicureans (41%)
17. Thomas Hobbes (37%)
18. Plato (35%)
19. Nel Noddings (18%)
December 15th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
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