Philosophical Match-Making

Whose Ethics Do You Share?

Published on July 13, 2004 By CS Guy In Philosophy

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.

Comments

Ashlee Ryder

on Jul 13, 2004

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

Sally jacobs

on Jul 13, 2004

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

There's the Top 5

Kayles

on Jul 13, 2004

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!

CS Guy

on Jul 13, 2004

3. Nietzsche (88%)

That's spooky! I would demand a recount!

citahellion

on Jul 13, 2004

My top 5:

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

CS Guy

on Jul 13, 2004

Sartre seems to be a pretty popular fellow.

greywar

on Jul 13, 2004

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

David St Hubbins

on Jul 13, 2004

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%)

citahellion

on Jul 13, 2004

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

Abe cubbage

on Jul 13, 2004

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

cactoblasta

on Jul 14, 2004

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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