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Ethical Philosophy Quiz
Topic Started: Nov 4 2009, 12:38 PM (1,004 Views)
East Anarx
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The quiz is here.

My results are here:
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Rhadamanthus
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Ethical Philosophy Selector Rankings:

1. Aquinas (100 %)
2. St. Augustine (95 %)
3. Spinoza (94 %)
4. Plato (77 %)
5. John Stuart Mill (73 %)
6. Aristotle (72 %)
7. Kant (71 %)
8. Jeremy Bentham (66 %)
9. Stoics (63 %)
10. Jean-Paul Sartre (61 %)
11. Cynics (53 %)
12. Ockham (53 %)
13. Ayn Rand (50 %)
14. Nel Noddings (47 %)
15. Prescriptivism (40 %)
16. David Hume (33 %)
17. Epicureans (33 %)
18. Nietzsche (27 %)
19. Thomas Hobbes (10 %)

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Abnar
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Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the lurkiest of them all?
On mah tiny netbook, so I'm not gonna crop a screenshot, but here's my results:

1. Kant (100%)
2. John Stuart Mill (83%)
3. Jean-Paul Sarte (79%)
4. Aquinas (78%)
5. Jeremy Bentham (75%)
6. Ayn Rand (74%)
7. Aristotle (74%)
8. St. Augustine (67%)
9. Spinoza (61%)
10. Stoics (58%)
11. Plato (56%)
12. Epicureans (52%)
13. Okham (50%)
14. Nietzche (49%)
15. David Hume (43%)
16. Prescriptivism (41%)
17. Cynics (32%)
18. Nel Noddings (23%)
19. Thomas Hobbes (11%)

More or less what I expected - Kant, Mill, Bentham, Aquinas, and Augustine high on the list. I guess I don't know as much about Sartre and Ayn Rand as I thought, because I didn't forsee them showing up so high.
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1. Jean-Paul Sartre (100%)
2. Spinoza (89%)
3. Cynics (80%)
4. Stoics (79%)
5. Nietzsche (77%)
6. Ayn Rand (75%)
7. Aquinas (73%)
8. St. Augustine (72%)
9. David Hume (69%)
10. Kant (68%)
11. Nel Noddings (64%)
12. Jeremy Bentham (63%)
13. John Stuart Mill (53%)
14. Thomas Hobbes (52%)
15. Aristotle (39%)
16. Ockham (33%)
17. Epicureans (32%)
18. Prescriptivism (32%)
19. Plato (30%)
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Menhad
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1. John Stuart Mill (100%)
2. Ayn Rand (88%)
3. Kant (86%)
4. Jeremy Bentham (84%)
5. Jean-Paul Sartre (81%)
6. Prescriptivism (74%)
7. Aquinas (56%)
8. Epicureans (56%)
9. Aristotle (51%)
10. Nel Noddings (44%)
11. Ockham (40%)
12. Spinoza (37%)
13. Plato (36%)
14. St. Augustine (35%)
15. Stoics (25%)
16. Cynics (22%)
17. Thomas Hobbes (22%)
18. Nietzsche (18%)
19. David Hume (15%)
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flumes
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Ethical Philosophy Selector Rankings:
1. Ayn Rand (100 %)
2. John Stuart Mill (86 %)
3. Jean-Paul Sartre (85 %)
4. Aristotle (63 %)
5. Kant (62 %)
6. Prescriptivism (62 %)
7. Epicureans (58 %)
8. David Hume (56 %)
9. Jeremy Bentham (55 %)
10. Thomas Hobbes (53 %)
11. Plato (51 %)
12. Nietzsche (48 %)
13. Ockham (46 %)
14. Aquinas (44 %)
15. Stoics (38 %)
16. Nel Noddings (34 %)
17. St. Augustine (34 %)
18. Cynics (33 %)
19. Spinoza (33 %)

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Objectivism is the philosophy developed by the Russian-American philosopher and novelist, Ayn Rand (1905–1982).[1] Objectivism holds that reality exists independent of consciousness; that individual persons are in direct contact with this reality through sensory perception; that human beings can gain objective knowledge from perception through the process of concept formation and inductive and deductive logic; that the proper moral purpose of one's life is the pursuit of one's own happiness or rational self-interest; that the only social system consistent with this morality is full respect for individual rights, embodied in pure laissez faire capitalism; and that the role of art in human life is to transform man's widest metaphysical ideas, by selective reproduction of reality, into a physical form—a work of art—that he can comprehend and to which he can respond emotionally.

Sounds about right! Fitting test as I am heading off to my Ethics class in 2 hours!
Edited by flumes, Nov 4 2009, 01:44 PM.
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Nag Ehgoeg
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Yay! Another trend of pointless quizes is starting...

Is it wrong that I scored so highly for Nietzche? Is it wrong that Nietzche makes more sense to me than Sartre? Or that Epicurus is ranked so highly...

1. Jean-Paul Sartre (100%) Books, etc. Information link
2. Nietzsche (90%) Books, etc. Information link
3. Epicureans (78%) Books, etc. Information link
4. Jeremy Bentham (74%) Books, etc. Information link
5. Spinoza (74%) Books, etc. Information link
6. David Hume (74%) Books, etc. Information link
7. Kant (71%) Books, etc. Information link
8. Prescriptivism (70%) Books, etc. Information link
9. Thomas Hobbes (70%) Books, etc. Information link
10. Stoics (67%) Books, etc. Information link
11. Aquinas (64%) Books, etc. Information link
12. Nel Noddings (60%) Books, etc. Information link
13. John Stuart Mill (55%) Books, etc. Information link
14. Aristotle (53%) Books, etc. Information link
15. Plato (52%) Books, etc. Information link
16. St. Augustine (47%) Books, etc. Information link
17. Ockham (38%) Books, etc. Information link
18. Cynics (31%) Books, etc. Information link
19. Ayn Rand (23%) Books, etc. Information link
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I really don't know anything about these things or people.

1. Aquinas (100%) Books, etc. Information link
2. Aristotle (96%) Books, etc. Information link
3. Spinoza (91%) Books, etc. Information link
4. St. Augustine (90%) Books, etc. Information link
5. John Stuart Mill (82%) Books, etc. Information link
6. Epicureans (72%) Books, etc. Information link
7. Jeremy Bentham (71%) Books, etc. Information link
8. Plato (71%) Books, etc. Information link
9. Ayn Rand (67%) Books, etc. Information link
10. Kant (65%) Books, etc. Information link
11. Jean-Paul Sartre (60%) Books, etc. Information link
12. Nietzsche (59%) Books, etc. Information link
13. Ockham (59%) Books, etc. Information link
14. Stoics (55%) Books, etc. Information link
15. David Hume (44%) Books, etc. Information link
16. Prescriptivism (44%) Books, etc. Information link
17. Cynics (39%) Books, etc. Information link
18. Nel Noddings (33%) Books, etc. Information link
19. Thomas Hobbes (33%) Books, etc. Information link
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Rhadamanthus
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Is it wrong that I scored so highly for Nietzche? Is it wrong that Nietzche makes more sense to me than Sartre? Or that Epicurus is ranked so highly...
Only if you measure correctness by agreeing with my results, in which case those are all horribly misplaced :lol: :P

Atticus
 
I really don't know anything about these things or people.
Then feel free to follow the links that were provided with your quiz results. In the age of the internet, there is no excuse for not looking up things you don't know when you come across them. Also, what are you learning in school? I had learned about a fair number of these ethicists at your age.
Edited by Rhadamanthus, Nov 4 2009, 06:35 PM.
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1. Aquinas (100%)
2. Stoics (89%)
3. Aristotle (86%)
4. Jeremy Bentham (84%)
5. Kant (75%)
6. Spinoza (72%)
7. Jean-Paul Sartre (71%)
8. John Stuart Mill (68%)
9. Plato (63%)
10. Nietzsche (54%)
11. Prescriptivism (53%)
12. David Hume (51%)
13. Thomas Hobbes (51%)
14. Ayn Rand (50%)
15. Epicureans (40%)
16. Ockham (31%)
17. St. Augustine (30%)
18. Cynics (27%)
19. Nel Noddings (24%)

My question is this: is it people that are unduly biased towards Aquinas or the quiz itself? Also, I felt like a lot of those questions didn't have an answer that was in line with my beliefs, so my results are very much approximate.
Edited by Al Araam, Nov 4 2009, 06:41 PM.
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Rhadamanthus
Nov 4 2009, 06:34 PM
Atticus
 
I really don't know anything about these things or people.
Then feel free to follow the links that were provided with your quiz results. In the age of the internet, there is no excuse for not looking up things you don't know when you come across them. Also, what are you learning in school? I had learned about a fair number of these ethicists at your age.
I never learned this in K-12.

Closest I ever came was Hobbes, Rousseau and Montague ext in history with regards to political theories that emerged in the 15-18 centuries. At some point I learned who Plato was, a philosopher, or who ______ was, a philosopher. Never really in depth though on their theories though. 98% of my knowledge on them comes from the philosophy class I took last year, and the one I am in now...
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Porcu
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"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."

1. Cynics (100%)
2. Jean-Paul Sartre (98%)
3. Thomas Hobbes (95%)
4. Jeremy Bentham (88%)
5. Spinoza (83%)
6. John Stuart Mill (82%)
7. Ayn Rand (79%)
8. Epicureans (79%)
9. Nietzsche (74%)
10. Nel Noddings (68%)
11. Stoics (68%)
12. David Hume (67%)
13. Aquinas (65%)
14. Kant (61%)
15. Aristotle (55%)
16. Prescriptivism (41%)
17. Ockham (34%)
18. St. Augustine (34%)
19. Plato (19%)
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"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."

Al Araam
Nov 4 2009, 06:39 PM
Also, I felt like a lot of those questions didn't have an answer that was in line with my beliefs, so my results are very much approximate.
This. Plus, I'm sure this list will change once I begin to take some Philosophy classes next quarter.

*Apologies for the double post*
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flumes
Nov 4 2009, 06:51 PM
Rhadamanthus
Nov 4 2009, 06:34 PM
Atticus
 
I really don't know anything about these things or people.
Then feel free to follow the links that were provided with your quiz results. In the age of the internet, there is no excuse for not looking up things you don't know when you come across them. Also, what are you learning in school? I had learned about a fair number of these ethicists at your age.
I never learned this in K-12.

Closest I ever came was Hobbes, Rousseau and Montague ext in history with regards to political theories that emerged in the 15-18 centuries. At some point I learned who Plato was, a philosopher, or who ______ was, a philosopher. Never really in depth though on their theories though. 98% of my knowledge on them comes from the philosophy class I took last year, and the one I am in now...
Well, I'd say there are a couple throwaways in the list, but I'd say that most should be covered by the end of high school, with a couple college courses filling out the other important ones. Maybe my education was above par? I weep for the future. But still, Atticus has a great boon in that he can look up any of the people he doesn't know on the internet. That's easier than ever nowadays, so people are lucky now in that way.
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Nov 4 2009, 06:55 PM
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Nov 4 2009, 06:51 PM
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Atticus
 
I really don't know anything about these things or people.
Then feel free to follow the links that were provided with your quiz results. In the age of the internet, there is no excuse for not looking up things you don't know when you come across them. Also, what are you learning in school? I had learned about a fair number of these ethicists at your age.
I never learned this in K-12.

Closest I ever came was Hobbes, Rousseau and Montague ext in history with regards to political theories that emerged in the 15-18 centuries. At some point I learned who Plato was, a philosopher, or who ______ was, a philosopher. Never really in depth though on their theories though. 98% of my knowledge on them comes from the philosophy class I took last year, and the one I am in now...
Well, I'd say there are a couple throwaways in the list, but I'd say that most should be covered by the end of high school, with a couple college courses filling out the other important ones. Maybe my education was above par? I weep for the future. But still, Atticus has a great boon in that he can look up any of the people he doesn't know on the internet. That's easier than ever nowadays, so people are lucky now in that way.
We never learned any of those, save for the few that Flumes mentioned. And truthfully, I have more important things to do than look up philosophy. I know its at my fingertips, I just don't have the time.
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Atticus
Nov 4 2009, 06:59 PM
Rhadamanthus
Nov 4 2009, 06:55 PM
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Nov 4 2009, 06:51 PM
Rhadamanthus
Nov 4 2009, 06:34 PM
Atticus
 
I really don't know anything about these things or people.
Then feel free to follow the links that were provided with your quiz results. In the age of the internet, there is no excuse for not looking up things you don't know when you come across them. Also, what are you learning in school? I had learned about a fair number of these ethicists at your age.
I never learned this in K-12.

Closest I ever came was Hobbes, Rousseau and Montague ext in history with regards to political theories that emerged in the 15-18 centuries. At some point I learned who Plato was, a philosopher, or who ______ was, a philosopher. Never really in depth though on their theories though. 98% of my knowledge on them comes from the philosophy class I took last year, and the one I am in now...
Well, I'd say there are a couple throwaways in the list, but I'd say that most should be covered by the end of high school, with a couple college courses filling out the other important ones. Maybe my education was above par? I weep for the future. But still, Atticus has a great boon in that he can look up any of the people he doesn't know on the internet. That's easier than ever nowadays, so people are lucky now in that way.
We never learned any of those, save for the few that Flumes mentioned. And truthfully, I have more important things to do than look up philosophy. I know its at my fingertips, I just don't have the time.
Yep.

I was more then happy with my education in high school. I went to a public school that got the highest rating possible in Ohio, and sent 99% to college. Philosophy just isn't part of the curriculum.

Personally, I'm happy for that.

If they didn't require philosophy in college, I wouldn't take it.
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Well, I'm not going to try to convince either of you about what is important - I'll just register my disagreement.
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Rhadamanthus
Nov 4 2009, 07:25 PM
Well, I'm not going to try to convince either of you about what is important - I'll just register my disagreement.
Then I shall register my disagreement of your disagreement.
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Nov 4 2009, 07:28 PM
Rhadamanthus
Nov 4 2009, 07:25 PM
Well, I'm not going to try to convince either of you about what is important - I'll just register my disagreement.
Then I shall register my disagreement of your disagreement.
I shouldn't, but its too tempting.

I shall register my disagreement with your disagrement with my initial disagreement.

:o
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1. Jean-Paul Sartre (100%) Books, etc. Information link
2. Kant (88%) Books, etc. Information link
3. John Stuart Mill (82%) Books, etc. Information link
4. Cynics (80%) Books, etc. Information link
5. Stoics (79%) Books, etc. Information link
6. David Hume (79%) Books, etc. Information link
7. Nel Noddings (77%) Books, etc. Information link
8. Nietzsche (76%) Books, etc. Information link
9. Ayn Rand (74%) Books, etc. Information link
10. Thomas Hobbes (72%) Books, etc. Information link
11. Jeremy Bentham (72%) Books, etc. Information link
12. Spinoza (71%) Books, etc. Information link
13. Aquinas (64%) Books, etc. Information link
14. Aristotle (62%) Books, etc. Information link
15. Epicureans (61%) Books, etc. Information link
16. St. Augustine (43%) Books, etc. Information link
17. Prescriptivism (33%) Books, etc. Information link
18. Ockham (31%) Books, etc. Information link
19. Plato (18%) Books, etc. Information link

I've never heard of Sartre, though I've heard of a lot of these from philosophy and history class.
Edited by Aelius, Nov 4 2009, 07:39 PM.
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Rhadamanthus
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Looking back at my results, I'm horrified to find Bentham ranked higher than the Stoics :(
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Nov 4 2009, 07:39 PM
1. Jean-Paul Sartre (100%) Books, etc. Information link
2. Kant (88%) Books, etc. Information link
3. John Stuart Mill (82%) Books, etc. Information link
4. Cynics (80%) Books, etc. Information link
5. Stoics (79%) Books, etc. Information link
6. David Hume (79%) Books, etc. Information link
7. Nel Noddings (77%) Books, etc. Information link
8. Nietzsche (76%) Books, etc. Information link
9. Ayn Rand (74%) Books, etc. Information link
10. Thomas Hobbes (72%) Books, etc. Information link
11. Jeremy Bentham (72%) Books, etc. Information link
12. Spinoza (71%) Books, etc. Information link
13. Aquinas (64%) Books, etc. Information link
14. Aristotle (62%) Books, etc. Information link
15. Epicureans (61%) Books, etc. Information link
16. St. Augustine (43%) Books, etc. Information link
17. Prescriptivism (33%) Books, etc. Information link
18. Ockham (31%) Books, etc. Information link
19. Plato (18%) Books, etc. Information link

I've never heard of Sartre, though I've heard of a lot of these from philosophy and history class.
A lot of high percentages here...
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Aelius
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Does that mean anything in particular?
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flumes
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Rhadamanthus
Nov 4 2009, 07:39 PM
Atticus
Nov 4 2009, 07:28 PM
Rhadamanthus
Nov 4 2009, 07:25 PM
Well, I'm not going to try to convince either of you about what is important - I'll just register my disagreement.
Then I shall register my disagreement of your disagreement.
I shouldn't, but its too tempting.

I shall register my disagreement with your disagrement with my initial disagreement.

:o
This could end bad! :lol: :unsure:

I shall register my disagreement with your disagreement to his disagreement to your disagreement to my original point.

...

Honestly though, Philosophy isn't my cup of tea. I think ethics was a good class to take mainly because I learned about forming a strong, sound argument. Besides that, with regards to the arguments formed by philosophical greats, I could care less. I'd much rather devote studying to developing a product or service that will help me gain wealth, and also meet peoples demands. The process of doing so, I am confident, will make me happy. I won't kill to achieve that goal... Morality achieved! :rolleyes:
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1. St. Augustine (100%) Books, etc. Information link
2. Aquinas (85%) Books, etc. Information link
3. Spinoza (70%) Books, etc. Information link
4. John Stuart Mill (67%) Books, etc. Information link
5. Aristotle (65%) Books, etc. Information link
6. Cynics (57%) Books, etc. Information link
7. Epicureans (57%) Books, etc. Information link
8. Ockham (57%) Books, etc. Information link
9. Plato (57%) Books, etc. Information link
10. Jeremy Bentham (56%) Books, etc. Information link
11. Ayn Rand (52%) Books, etc. Information link
12. Kant (48%) Books, etc. Information link
13. Stoics (48%) Books, etc. Information link
14. David Hume (46%) Books, etc. Information link
15. Nietzsche (41%) Books, etc. Information link
16. Jean-Paul Sartre (39%) Books, etc. Information link
17. Nel Noddings (34%) Books, etc. Information link
18. Prescriptivism (30%) Books, etc. Information link
19. Thomas Hobbes (26%) Books, etc. Information link


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