 | 1. | Aquinas (100%) Click here for info |
| 2. | St. Augustine (89%) Click here for info |
| 3. | Kant (73%) Click here for info |
| 4. | Jean-Paul Sartre (73%) Click here for info |
| 5. | Spinoza (66%) Click here for info |
| 6. | Aristotle (61%) Click here for info |
| 7. | Ockham (60%) Click here for info |
| 8. | Stoics (60%) Click here for info |
| 9. | Ayn Rand (59%) Click here for info |
| 10. | John Stuart Mill (59%) Click here for info |
| 11. | Jeremy Bentham (51%) Click here for info |
| 12. | Nel Noddings (49%) Click here for info |
| 13. | Nietzsche (49%) Click here for info |
| 14. | Plato (48%) Click here for info |
| 15. | Cynics (41%) Click here for info |
| 16. | Prescriptivism (38%) Click here for info |
| 17. | David Hume (35%) Click here for info |
| 18. | Epicureans (31%) Click here for info |
| 19. | Thomas Hobbes (12%) Click here for info |
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Ethics quiz
Quizzes are fun, aren't they? Here's one on ethics. I'm so absurdly bad at ethics that I have no idea if I should be happy with my result or not. Man, I really ought to take some of those undergrad classes again. The descriptions of the various philosophers seem a bit dodgy, though (see for example Nietzsche), so I don't know how accurate the quiz is... Still, good, if a bit nerdy, fun. (HT: Klippt och Skuret)
Both my wife and I did this one. I came out 100% Aquinas and something like 98% Augustine. Sharon was the same on Aquinas, lower on Augustine but it was still second place. But Nietzsche was way higher on her list. Hobbes was my lowest. Neat poll.
ReplyDeleteI too was 100% on Aquinas. I wonder if someone is pushing a barrow with this poll...
ReplyDeleteMy Augustine was a little lower, can't remember what it was now.
I've been doing a fair bit of study in Aquinas recently through a course on Grace and a course on Ecology. I know for certain that we diverge at certain points, but ethically there is likely a lot of common ground. The most fun part of this was the discussion on utilitariainism that broke out with my spouse and I after the poll.
ReplyDeleteOh dear, I'm not sure I could handle a discussion about utilitarianism with my wife...
ReplyDeleteI came out 100% Augustine. Aquinas was second. Hobbes was my lowest. So there is substantial similarity among those of us here - Although we probably are going to get a skewed result since I have a feeling theological bloggers represent a very particular demographic.
ReplyDeleteUtilitarianism and marriage don't mix well.
Does utilitarianism mix well with anything? :-)
ReplyDeleteDelusion, missing the point, manipulation... No disrespect to your wife, though. ;)
ReplyDelete