[alignment, sort of] Which philosophy are you?

[LightPhoenix]

1. Kant (100%)
2. Sartre (98%)
3. Stoics (96%)
4. Hume (93%)
5. Nietzsche (93%)
6. Spinoza (80%)
7. Rand (74%)
8. Hobbes (71%)
9. Cynics (62%)
10. Mill (61%)
11. Epicureans (58%)
12. Prescriptivism (56%)
13. Aristotle (52%)
14. Aquinas (50%)

It doesn't really surprise me that I got the results I did... I've always enjoyed reading Nietzsche, and I agree with a lot of what Sartre says. I'm a little surprised Cynicism isn't higher, but Stoicism is pretty much me to a tee.

 

[Agback]

Here I go. It's a shame the survey so badly neglects Eastern moral philosophers such as Gautama.

1.  Mill   (100%)
2.  Epicureans   (81%)
3.  Bentham   (77%)
4.  Kant   (75%)
5.  Sartre   (72%)
6.  Rand   (71%)
7.  Aquinas   (66%)
8.  Noddings   (66%)
9.  Hobbes   (62%)
10.  Stoics   (61%)
11.  Hume   (58%)
12.  Spinoza   (56%)
13.  Nietzsche   (55%)
14.  Aristotle   (54%)
15.  Prescriptivism   (53%)
16.  Cynics   (47%)
17.  Plato   (39%)
18.  Augustine   (38%)
19.  Ockham   (15%)

 

[beta-ray]

I don't really agree with some of this... plus I didn't like the answers to many...

1.  Mill   (100%)
2.  Stoics   (96%)
3.  Kant   (94%)
4.  Aristotle   (89%)
5.  Aquinas   (82%)
6.  Epicureans   (80%)
7.  Bentham   (75%)
8.  Spinoza   (71%)
9.  Rand   (69%)
10.  Sartre   (69%)
11.  Nietzsche   (67%)
12.  Hume   (64%)
13.  Prescriptivism   (62%)
14.  Plato   (53%)
15.  Hobbes   (48%)
16.  Ockham   (37%)
17.  Cynics   (32%)
18.  Noddings   (32%)
19.  Augustine   (28%)

 

[Agback]

Re: Detect Evil seems a lot simpler

Er, which one is Chaotic Good? If I put on a Helm of Opposite Alignment do I turn into William of Ockham? Does this mean I can finally use a Cloak of Existentialism?

Excellent points. One of the strangest things about the D&D universal is that there is an objective standard of good and evil, that good and evil can be determined mechanically, and that there remains no room for moral philosophy, no room for personal judgement.

Regards,


Agback

 

[Left-handed Hummingbird]

1. Sartre
2. Mill
3. Kant

So what am I? A teleological deontological existentialist? Seems rather eclectic, doesn't it?

Truth is I am neither. How can I be - when those philosophies differ so fundamentally on the question of morality. Unless I should be founding my own school of moral philosophy the likely product of this test is the knowledge that my notions are internally inconsonant and I should give them some more thought.

An important insight, perhaps.

 

[Kesh]

I've never even heard of the first two...

1. Noddings (100%)
"We should use an ethics of care: emphasizing loving others, meeting needs, and nurturing." Makes sense to me.
2. Mill (75%)
"The Utilitarian principle is correct when the quality of pleasures is accounted for." ... come again?
3. Sartre (74%)
"Making conscious moral choices is more significant than consistently following moral guidelines." Chaotic Good, baby!
4. Kant (73%)
"Moral standards must be followed without qualification." [Dr. Evil]Riiiiiiiiight...[/Dr. Evil]
5. Aquinas (72%)
"Morality is derived from human nature and the activities that are objectively suited to it." Yep. 'bout sums it up.
6. Hume (69%)
7. Nietzsche (64%)
8. Stoics (63%)
9. Epicureans (62%)
10. Cynics (60%)
11. Augustine (58%)
12. Spinoza (58%)
13. Bentham (55%)
14. Hobbes (53%)
15. Aristotle (51%)
16. Prescriptivism (36%)
17. Rand (33%) [Personal note: ewww!]
18. Ockham (32%)
19. Plato (32%)

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

1. Aquinas (100%) Click here for info
2. Augustine (81%) Click here for info
3. Mill (81%) Click here for info
4. Kant (75%) Click here for info
5. Bentham (67%) Click here for info
6. Spinoza (67%) Click here for info
7. Ockham (65%) Click here for info
8. Plato (63%) Click here for info
9. Prescriptivism (60%) Click here for info
10. Aristotle (58%) Click here for info
11. Rand (40%) Click here for info
12. Epicureans (40%) Click here for info
13. Sartre (32%) Click here for info
14. Stoics (32%) Click here for info
15. Cynics (25%) Click here for info
16. Noddings (23%) Click here for info
17. Hume (17%) Click here for info
18. Nietzsche (13%) Click here for info
19. Hobbes (3%) Click here for info

I should take the test again and answer it "in character..."


Wulf

 

[The Sigil]

Not too surprising...

1. Augustine (100%) Click here for info
2. Kant (79%) Click here for info
3. Spinoza (75%) Click here for info
4. Rand (68%) Click here for info
5. Aquinas (67%) Click here for info
6. Plato (67%) Click here for info
7. Sartre (58%) Click here for info
8. Bentham (57%) Click here for info
9. Mill (55%) Click here for info
10. Aristotle (51%) Click here for info
11. Ockham (49%) Click here for info
12. Hume (48%) Click here for info
13. Nietzsche (48%) Click here for info
14. Stoics (48%) Click here for info
15. Prescriptivism (44%) Click here for info
16. Cynics (39%) Click here for info
17. Epicureans (39%) Click here for info
18. Noddings (29%) Click here for info
19. Hobbes (22%) Click here for info

 

[willpax]

1.  Aquinas   (100%)  (This only slightly surprised me)
2.  Spinoza   (96%)  
3.  Mill   (86%)  
4.  Augustine   (80%)  (This surprised me much more)
5.  Epicureans   (79%)  
6.  Kant   (78%)  
7.  Aristotle   (76%)  
8.  Prescriptivism   (73%)  
9.  Sartre   (72%)  
10.  Rand   (70%)  (No Way! Yuck!)
11.  Noddings   (56%)  
12.  Ockham   (47%)  (I try to shave every other day at least)
13.  Nietzsche   (46%)  
14.  Plato   (46%)  
15.  Bentham   (44%)  
16.  Stoics   (40%)  
17.  Hume   (26%)  
18.  Hobbes   (21%)  
19.  Cynics   (17%)  

As a communal anarchist, I answered "don't like" to many of these answers as too individualistic. Still, I suppose my own belief that one can achieve contentment through accord with the universe within a human community (a feeling I would think of as Confucian, although it is shared by many traditions) is not terribly far removed from Medieval philosophy. I don't know where the Rand came from.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

1. Kant (100%)
2. Rand (96%)
3. Stoics (96%)
4. Mill (87%)
5. Prescriptivism (76%)
6. Sartre (74%)
7. Hume (70%)
8. Nietzsche (69%)
9. Bentham (66%)
10. Aquinas (61%)
11. Aristotle (61%)
12. Epicureans (57%)
13. Hobbes (53%)
14. Spinoza (50%)
15. Plato (48%)
16. Cynics (43%)
17. Ockham (37%)
18. Augustine (22%)
19. Noddings (22%)