Just press skip on the stuff at the end (http://selectsmart.com/PHILOSOPHY/)
My results:
1. Stoics (100%)
2. Cynics (98%)
3. Aquinas (97%)
4. Spinoza (92%)
5. St. Augustine (89%) (no idea where that one came from)
6. Jean-Paul Sartre (87%)
7. Epicureans (84%)
8. Thomas Hobbes (82%)
9. John Stuart Mill (76%)
10. David Hume (74%)
11. Ayn Rand (71%)
12. Nietzsche (70%)
13. Aristotle (64%)
14. Kant (63%)
15. Nel Noddings (61%)
16. Jeremy Bentham (51%)
17. Ockham (32%)
18. Plato (30%)
19. Prescriptivism (18%)

John Stuat Mill (100%)
Aquinas (97%)
Epicureans (90%)
Aristotle (88%)
Jeremy Bentham (84%)

Stoics (44%)
Cynics (51%)

1. John Stuart Mill (100%)
2. Ayn Rand (92%)
3. Aristotle (90%)
4. Jeremy Bentham (87%)
5. Aquinas (83%)
6. Jean-Paul Sartre (81%)
7. Kant (63%)
8. Plato (63%)
9. David Hume (61%)
10. Stoics (60%)
11. Epicureans (49%)
12. Thomas Hobbes (49%)
13. Prescriptivism (47%)
14. Nietzsche (41%)
15. Spinoza (41%)
16. Cynics (32%)
17. Nel Noddings (30%)
18. St. Augustine (29%)
19. Ockham (25%)

Hmm... If I was making my own list from these names, Mill and Bentham would have been near the top, but Hume would have been higher. The Epicureans would have been higher, too. Don't know much about Rand. Not a huge fan of Aquinas. And some of the others could probably do with a shuffle, too.

(PS OMG, I share a philosophical outlook with draqon. Help! :eek:)

(PS OMG, I share a philosophical outlook with draqon. Help! :eek:)

I noticed :p

1. Aristotle (100%) Information link
2. Plato (100%) Information link
3. Ayn Rand (92%) Information link
4. Aquinas (87%) Information link
5. St. Augustine (84%) Information link
6. Jeremy Bentham (79%) Information link
7. David Hume (76%) Information link
8. Jean-Paul Sartre (75%) Information link
9. John Stuart Mill (75%) Information link
10. Thomas Hobbes (70%) Information link
11. Spinoza (69%) Information link
12. Nietzsche (67%) Information link
13. Epicureans (61%) Information link
14. Cynics (56%) Information link
15. Stoics (47%) Information link
16. Kant (41%) Information link
17. Nel Noddings (35%) Information link
18. Prescriptivism (32%) Information link
19. Ockham (31%) Information link

1. Aristotle (100%) Information link
2. Aquinas (99%) Information link
3. Ayn Rand (94%) Information link
4. John Stuart Mill (93%) Information link
5. Jeremy Bentham (83%) Information link
6. Kant (81%) Information link
7. Jean-Paul Sartre (73%) Information link
8. Prescriptivism (66%) Information link
9. Epicureans (62%) Information link
10. Stoics (57%) Information link
11. Ockham (55%) Information link
12. Nel Noddings (54%) Information link
13. St. Augustine (51%) Information link
14. Plato (51%) Information link
15. David Hume (41%) Information link
16. Thomas Hobbes (41%) Information link
17. Spinoza (36%) Information link
18. Nietzsche (29%) Information link
19. Cynics (26%) Information link

1. John Stuart Mill (100%)
2. Kant (100%)
3. Jean-Paul Sartre (95%)
4. Ayn Rand (88%)
5. Aquinas (75%)
6. Jeremy Bentham (66%)
7. Stoics (58%)
8. Cynics (57%)
9. St. Augustine (56%)
10. David Hume (52%)
11. Epicureans (50%)
12. Nietzsche (47%)
13. Aristotle (43%)
14. Spinoza (42%)
15. Ockham (39%)
16. Prescriptivism (39%)
17. Plato (35%)
18. Thomas Hobbes (31%)
19. Nel Noddings (28%

My own. :)

Lol..very original..

1. Ayn Rand (100%)
2. Jean-Paul Sartre (99%)
3. John Stuart Mill (95%)
4. Kant (92%)
5. Prescriptivism (89%)
6. Jeremy Bentham (81%)
7. Stoics (68%)
8. Epicureans (64%)
9. Spinoza (62%)


Weird, Ayn Rand (don't know him) and Sartre are consistently in the top somewhere. However, I do not really believe in free will (as such) and I can't stand Sartre.

1. Ayn Rand (100%)
2. Jean-Paul Sartre (99%)
3. John Stuart Mill (95%)
4. Kant (92%)
5. Prescriptivism (89%)
6. Jeremy Bentham (81%)
7. Stoics (68%)
8. Epicureans (64%)
9. Spinoza (62%)


Weird, Ayn Rand (don't know him) and Sartre are consistently in the top somewhere. However, I do not really believe in free will (as such) and I can't stand Sartre.


Ayn Rand is a woman.:)

LOL - I guess I'm a one trick pony, oh well.



1. Nietzsche (100%) Information link
2. Thomas Hobbes (86%) Information link
3. David Hume (85%) Information link
4. Jean-Paul Sartre (81%) Information link
5. Cynics (72%) Information link
6. Spinoza (69%) Information link
7. Epicureans (62%) Information link
8. Stoics (61%) Information link
9. Nel Noddings (53%) Information link
10. Ayn Rand (51%) Information link
11. Aristotle (46%) Information link
12. Kant (43%) Information link
13. Aquinas (42%) Information link
14. Jeremy Bentham (39%) Information link
15. John Stuart Mill (39%) Information link
16. Plato (38%) Information link
17. Prescriptivism (35%) Information link
18. Ockham (33%) Information link
19. St. Augustine (28%) Information link

LOL - I guess I'm a one trick pony, oh well.



1. Nietzsche (100%) Information link
2. Thomas Hobbes (86%) Information link
3. David Hume (85%) Information link
4. Jean-Paul Sartre (81%) Information link
5. Cynics (72%) Information link
6. Spinoza (69%) Information link
7. Epicureans (62%) Information link
8. Stoics (61%) Information link
9. Nel Noddings (53%) Information link
10. Ayn Rand (51%) Information link
11. Aristotle (46%) Information link
12. Kant (43%) Information link
13. Aquinas (42%) Information link
14. Jeremy Bentham (39%) Information link
15. John Stuart Mill (39%) Information link
16. Plato (38%) Information link
17. Prescriptivism (35%) Information link
18. Ockham (33%) Information link
19. St. Augustine (28%) Information link


So in short!!!!!!!!!!! whats does it mean? :shrug:

Frankly the only one I agree with of course is...Nietzsche:

We have free will
There is no God
Social conformity should not hold us back
The interests of others should not restrain us
We should be passionate beings
Masculinity, strength and passion are the highest qualities in a person
Conventional morality is a crutch to man

Hmmm I guess I am about 85% Hobbes:

By human nature, all of man's voluntary actions are aimed at self-pleasure and self-preservation
Altruism may be pleasurable for the giver
Good = 'any object of desire'
We must live under a social contract to have peace
We need a sovereign to enforce the social contract (bullshit)

The interests of others should not restrain us
We should be passionate beings

both of these statement contradict each other.

both of these statement contradict each other.

Get Laid

1. Kant (100%) Information link
2. John Stuart Mill (96%) Information link
3. Jean-Paul Sartre (90%) Information link
4. Jeremy Bentham (82%) Information link
5. Spinoza (80%) Information link
6. Ayn Rand (71%) Information link
7. Stoics (71%) Information link
8. Prescriptivism (69%) Information link
9. Aquinas (64%) Information link
10. Epicureans (55%) Information link
11. Aristotle (50%) Information link
12. St. Augustine (34%) Information link
13. Thomas Hobbes (32%) Information link
14. Ockham (32%) Information link
15. David Hume (31%) Information link
16. Nietzsche (31%) Information link
17. Nel Noddings (30%) Information link
18. Cynics (27%) Information link
19. Plato (20%)

both of these statement contradict each other.

One is not passionate in a void - one is passionate in the presence of other humans. To live by a statement as simple as pure selfishness would be to deny certain virtues of being human, and to do that is to deny passion in a traditional form.

1. Aristotle (100%)
2. Aquinas (94%)
3. Ayn Rand (91%)
4. Stoics (80%)
5. Kant (69%)
6. John Stuart Mill (67%)
7. Epicureans (66%)
8. Jeremy Bentham (66%)
9. Spinoza (66%)
10. Jean-Paul Sartre (63%)
11. Ockham (57%)
12. Prescriptivism (55%)
13. Nietzsche (52%)
14. David Hume (50%)
15. Plato (50%)
16. Cynics (39%)
17. St. Augustine (38%)
18. Thomas Hobbes (36%)
19. Nel Noddings (11%)

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For what it's worth:

1. Jean-Paul Sartre (100%) Information link
2. Nietzsche (96%) Information link
3. David Hume (86%) Information link
4. Kant (61%) Information link
5. Epicureans (59%) Information link
6. Spinoza (55%) Information link
7. Stoics (55%) Information link
8. Thomas Hobbes (54%) Information link
9. John Stuart Mill (47%) Information link
10. St. Augustine (47%) Information link
11. Nel Noddings (45%) Information link
12. Ayn Rand (37%) Information link
13. Aquinas (35%) Information link
14. Cynics (33%) Information link
15. Plato (30%) Information link
16. Aristotle (27%) Information link
17. Prescriptivism (27%) Information link
18. Jeremy Bentham (20%) Information link
19. Ockham (15%) Information link

I don't get the inclusion of Sartre. There's not much of an existential vibe to those questions.

1. Joseph Mengele 100%
2. Adolf Hitler 97%
3. Ronald Reagan 77%
4. Gandhi 15%
5. Plato 3%
6. Walt Dysney 1%


Vot!?!

I dont like these online things...Adhd

1. Joseph Mengele 100%
2. Adolf Hitler 97%
3. Ronald Reagan 77%
4. Gandhi 15%
5. Plato 3%
6. Walt Dysney 1%


Vot!?!

Ooh! You got Hitler. Lucky dog!

~String

1. Ayn Rand (100%)
2. Kant (98%)
3. Stoics (85%)
4. Jeremy Bentham (84%)
5. John Stuart Mill (83%)
6. Jean-Paul Sartre (81%)
7. Aristotle (76%)
8. Spinoza (74%)
9. Aquinas (70%)
10. Prescriptivism (67%)
11. Nietzsche (55%)
12. Ockham (52%)
13. David Hume (50%)
14. St. Augustine (50%)
15. Cynics (49%)
16. Epicureans (49%)
17. Nel Noddings (49%)
18. Plato (30%)
19. Thomas Hobbes (30%)

&^%$*
I couldn't even answer question #2. I flat out didn't understand it.

I take my results with a grain of salt. I didn't like the "multiple choices."

1. Spinoza (100%) Information link
2. Epicureans (98%) Information link
3. Aristotle (96%) Information link
4. John Stuart Mill (95%) Information link
5. Jean-Paul Sartre (92%) Information link
6. Jeremy Bentham (92%) Information link
7. Aquinas (87%) Information link
8. Nietzsche (80%) Information link
9. Kant (79%) Information link
10. Nel Noddings (69%) Information link
11. Stoics (63%) Information link
12. David Hume (57%) Information link
13. St. Augustine (52%) Information link
14. Ayn Rand (50%) Information link
15. Cynics (49%) Information link
16. Ockham (47%) Information link
17. Thomas Hobbes (47%) Information link
18. Prescriptivism (41%) Information link
19. Plato (26%) Information link

. Nietzsche (100%) Information link
2. Jean-Paul Sartre (97%) Information link
3. John Stuart Mill (97%) Information link
4. Epicureans (95%) Information link
5. Jeremy Bentham (90%) Information link
6. Aristotle (87%) Information link
7. Kant (86%) Information link
8. Aquinas (82%) Information link
9. St. Augustine (78%) Information link
10. Ayn Rand (75%) Information link
11. Spinoza (74%) Information link
12. David Hume (73%) Information link
13. Ockham (60%) Information link
14. Stoics (58%) Information link
15. Cynics (53%) Information link
16. Prescriptivism (49%) Information link
17. Plato (43%) Information link
18. Thomas Hobbes (39%) Information link
19. Nel Noddings (36%) Information link

Ooh! You got Hitler. Lucky dog!

~String

and walt disney!

and walt disney!

how the hell did you manage that? I know my results are skewed as i'm no strict determinist or decadent. If you stir it all together, you get a nice shade of periwinkle. LOL.

1. Kant (100%) Information link
2. Ayn Rand (88%) Information link
3. Jean-Paul Sartre (85%) Information link
4. Stoics (77%) Information link
5. Nietzsche (73%) Information link
6. John Stuart Mill (71%) Information link
7. Aristotle (66%) Information link
8. David Hume (61%) Information link
9. Spinoza (58%) Information link
10. Aquinas (55%) Information link
11. Epicureans (55%) Information link
12. Jeremy Bentham (50%) Information link
13. Prescriptivism (50%) Information link
14. Ockham (45%) Information link
15. St. Augustine (42%) Information link
16. Thomas Hobbes (38%) Information link
17. Plato (32%) Information link
18. Cynics (23%) Information link
19. Nel Noddings (9%) Information link

It isn't far from what I would have expected--I'd have said Nietzsche & Kant are the most significant moral philosophers for me but I have a healthy respect for Stoicism and Existentialism. Can't say I ever read any of Ayn Rand's philosophical works & didn't enjoy her fiction that much either but politicaly speaking I accept a lot of libertarian principles. I am surprised that Mill made it to #6 since utilitarianism is pretty much opposed to the individualism of most of the philosophers above.

utilitarianism is pretty much opposed to the individualism of most of the philosophers above.
in what ways?

in what ways?

1. Kant's most basic moral principle is that a human being should never be treated as a means to an end but only as an end in-and-of him- or herself. Utilitarianism is based on the idea that people can be used to a better end, creating happiness for the majority, so it's basic premise is antithetical to the basic premise of Kant's moral philosophy.

2. Ayn Rand is an individualist who is 180 degrees from a utilitarian idea that what is important is the greatest good for the majority of the people. I don't know how much detail I can go into but as I understand it her views are basically screaming the opposite of Utilitarianism.

3. Jean-Paul Sartre as a philosopher representing existentialism would also represent an ethics based on personal responsibility and personal choice and the supremcy of individual freedom. While existentialism does recognize the importance of respecting the freedom of others to make their individual decisions it is not concerned with what is good for the majority over what is good for the individual, quite the opposite. Now it might be confusing to select Sartre as a proponent of this view because of his affiliation with the Communist party but I see that as really based on a "leap of faith" like Kierkegaard's choice of Christianity. In Sartre's case, the leap of faith is that communism would lead to a society in which all individuals were free to fulfill their potential as individuals.

4. Stoics--The problem here is actually not a distinction between the value of the individual vs. the value of the majority but rather of the relative importance of happiness. The utilitarian sees suffering as evil and happiness as good, which is pretty far from the Stoic view that suffering is part of living and what is important (or good if you prefer) is to use one's will in such a way that suffering does not impede you.

5. Nietzsche--#2 & #3 apply here to some extent, but really you just need to read through Nietzsche and his repeated attacks on utilitarians, for him Utilitarianism is the most recent manifestation of the slave or herd morality.

I actually think I didn't pay enough attention to the weighting part of this survey and maybe that's why Mill ranked higher than I would have liked.

Nice post Max +1

Nice post Max +1

Thanx. I'm glad that the ethics class I took in college was of some use.

:mad: I got the girl.

1. Ayn Rand (100%)
2. Plato (94%)
3. Aristotle (91%)
4. Aquinas (90%)
5. Jean-Paul Sartre (90%)
6. Kant (82%)
7. Thomas Hobbes (76%)
8. St. Augustine (75%)
9. Jeremy Bentham (73%)
10. Spinoza (68%)
11. John Stuart Mill (60%)
12. Stoics (58%)
13. Nel Noddings (57%)
14. David Hume (53%)
15. Nietzsche (53%)
16. Prescriptivism (52%)
17. Ockham (50%)
18. Cynics (37%)
19. Epicureans (24%)
20. Joseph Stalin (22%)

1. Myuu (100%)

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1. Aquinas (100%)
2. Jeremy Bentham (84%)
3. John Stuart Mill (84%)
4. Aristotle (76%)
5. Epicureans (72%)
6. Spinoza (68%)
7. Plato (64%)
8. Kant (52%)
9. Ockham (50%)
10. St. Augustine (50%)
11. Ayn Rand (48%)
12. Jean-Paul Sartre (44%)
13. Stoics (42%)
14. Thomas Hobbes (36%)
15. Prescriptivism (34%)
16. Nietzsche (30%)
17. Cynics (18%)
18. Nel Noddings (16%)
19. David Hume (0%)

Pretty much agree with Aquinas and Aristotle, dunno Bentham and Mill are that significant