nimble Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Do this test and post your results. Philosophy test my results: 1. Ayn Rand (100%) Click here for info 2. Aristotle (80%) Click here for info 3. John Stuart Mill (76%) Click here for info 4. Jeremy Bentham (69%) Click here for info 5. Aquinas (67%) Click here for info 6. Jean-Paul Sartre (66%) Click here for info 7. Nietzsche (63%) Click here for info 8. Plato (63%) Click here for info 9. St. Augustine (63%) Click here for info 10. David Hume (62%) Click here for info 11. Epicureans (62%) Click here for info 12. Thomas Hobbes (62%) Click here for info 13. Cynics (60%) Click here for info 14. Kant (58%) Click here for info 15. Spinoza (53%) Click here for info 16. Stoics (41%) Click here for info 17. Prescriptivism (38%) Click here for info 18. Nel Noddings (32%) Click here for info 19. Ockham (26%) Click here for info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedymastyr Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 (edited) 1. Aristotle (100%) Click here for info 2. Ayn Rand (87%) Click here for info 3. Aquinas (86%) Click here for info I'll just say that I found some of the questions ambiguous at best Here's 2 examples: 5. VIRTUOUS LIFE To be virtuous/live morally, we should primarily make moral distinctions according to: b - our reasoning that is used to achieve our will. d - our empirical knowledge (what we know with experimentation). Isn't it reasoning from emperical evidence where Objectivism comes from? 10. LIBERTY Would it be ideal to maximize pleasure for all people even at the cost of liberty for some? b - No, we need liberty c - No, maximization of pleasure for all people has nothing to do with morality. Uh...I vote for both Perhaps I'm just not as well versed in Objectivism, but I found myself wondering, while taking it, how I could choose between a couple of conflicting answers. nimble: You're closer to Rand than me, but I'm farther from Kant 16. Kant (52%) Edit-- smilie problem from "b" followed by ")" (I think). Hope this fixes it. Edited July 13, 2004 by jedymastyr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimble Posted July 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 nimble: You're closer to Rand than me, but I'm farther from Kant 16. Kant (52%) haha. Yea I guess thats true. It isnt a definitive thing. Its an internet survey that i found interesting. Some questions are ambiguous. But why would liberty be simply there by itself. Thats why i asked that collective happiness has nothing to do with YOUR morality. as for question 5. Yes objectivism acknowledges empirical evidence, but morality isnt strictly from that. One could claim that since one sees suffering, that is evidence that morality should eliminate suffering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedymastyr Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 haha. Yea I guess thats true. It isnt a definitive thing. Its an internet survey that i found interesting. Some questions are ambiguous. But why would liberty be simply there by itself. Thats why i asked that collective happiness has nothing to do with YOUR morality. Yes, I agree about the definitive thing, and please take my comment as a joke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praxus Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 1. Ayn Rand (100%) Click here for info 2. Aristotle (94%) Click here for info 3. Aquinas (85%) Click here for info 4. Plato (76%) Click here for info 5. John Stuart Mill (64%) Click here for info 6. Nietzsche (63%) Click here for info 7. Kant (61%) Click here for info 8. St. Augustine (60%) Click here for info 9. David Hume (55%) Click here for info 10. Spinoza (55%) Click here for info 11. Cynics (52%) Click here for info 12. Epicureans (52%) Click here for info 13. Thomas Hobbes (52%) Click here for info 14. Stoics (47%) Click here for info 15. Jean-Paul Sartre (45%) Click here for info 16. Jeremy Bentham (44%) Click here for info 17. Ockham (36%) Click here for info 18. Prescriptivism (35%) Click here for info 19. Nel Noddings (29%) Click here for info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 1. Ayn Rand   (100%)  2. Plato   (77%)  3. Aristotle   (75%)  4. St. Augustine   (74%) 5. John Stuart Mill   (73%)  6. Jean-Paul Sartre   (72%) 7. Jeremy Bentham   (66%)  8. Aquinas   (65%)  9. Epicureans   (65%) 10. Thomas Hobbes   (65%) 11. Nietzsche   (62%)  12. David Hume   (61%)  13. Spinoza   (59%)  14. Cynics   (51%) 15. Kant   (46%)  16. Stoics   (43%)  17. Prescriptivism   (36%)  18. Ockham   (27%) 19. Nel Noddings   (22%) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Rexton Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 1. Ayn Rand (100%) Click here for info 2. Aristotle (88%) Click here for info 3. Nietzsche (77%) Click here for info 4. Aquinas (75%) Click here for info 5. Jeremy Bentham (75%) Click here for info 6. Plato (75%) Click here for info 7. Epicureans (74%) Click here for info 8. John Stuart Mill (70%) Click here for info 9. Thomas Hobbes (68%) Click here for info 10. David Hume (64%) Click here for info 11. Spinoza (64%) Click here for info 12. St. Augustine (64%) Click here for info 13. Jean-Paul Sartre (61%) Click here for info 14. Cynics (60%) Click here for info 15. Kant (54%) Click here for info 16. Stoics (52%) Click here for info 17. Prescriptivism (42%) Click here for info 18. Ockham (32%) Click here for info 19. Nel Noddings (24%) Click here for info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedymastyr Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 (edited) if you would like to post your answers, too, anyone, it might be helpful for those of us (or just me) that didn't get 100% Rand. Edit: I don't mean to imply that there is one set of undebatable, exactly correct Objectivist answers--I just think it would be helpful to discuss the questions and why you picked the ones you picked. Edited July 14, 2004 by jedymastyr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagny Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 1. Ayn Rand (100%) Click here for info 2. Nietzsche (73%) Click here for info 3. Cynics (72%) Click here for info 4. David Hume (71%) Click here for info 5. Stoics (65%) Click here for info 6. Thomas Hobbes (65%) Click here for info 7. Jean-Paul Sartre (59%) Click here for info 8. Aristotle (57%) Click here for info 9. Kant (53%) Click here for info 10. Plato (47%) Click here for info 11. Aquinas (45%) Click here for info 12. John Stuart Mill (45%) Click here for info 13. Jeremy Bentham (43%) Click here for info 14. St. Augustine (42%) Click here for info 15. Spinoza (41%) Click here for info 16. Epicureans (37%) Click here for info 17. Nel Noddings (30%) Click here for info 18. Prescriptivism (27%) Click here for info 19. Ockham (23%) Click here for info Quiz Answers 1) a -high 2) d -high 3) f- high 4) d-high 5) b-high 6) a-high 7) a-high 8) c-high 9) e-high 10) c-high 11) c-high 12) b-high haha..feels like i just wrote a cheat-form on how to get 100% Ayn Rand. now i'm wondering about those who managed to get aristotle right after ayn rand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 My test results: 1. Ayn Rand (100%) Click here for info 2. Aristotle (93%) Click here for info 3. John Stuart Mill (92%) Click here for info 4. Thomas Hobbes (84%) Click here for info 5. Cynics (80%) Click here for info 6. Jeremy Bentham (80%) Click here for info 7. Aquinas (79%) Click here for info 8. Epicureans (76%) Click here for info 9. David Hume (71%) Click here for info 10. Nietzsche (70%) Click here for info 11. Jean-Paul Sartre (69%) Click here for info 12. Spinoza (64%) Click here for info 13. Plato (64%) Click here for info 14. St. Augustine (62%) Click here for info 15. Nel Noddings (55%) Click here for info 16. Kant (48%) Click here for info 17. Stoics (46%) Click here for info 18. Prescriptivism (38%) Click here for info 19. Ockham (29%) Click here for info My answers: 1. a - high 2. d - high 3. e - high 4. c - medium 5. b - high 6. a - high 7. c - high 8. b - high 9. a - high 10. c - high 11. c - high 12. b - high Dinesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meganfiala Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 I didn't like the choices of answers. I would have liked them to be less specific and more in terms of principals.... 1. Spinoza (100%) 2. Ayn Rand (75%) 3. Nietzsche (66%) 4. Aristotle (64%) 5. David Hume (62%) 6. Kant (62%) 7. Jean-Paul Sartre (60%) 8. St. Augustine (55%) 9. Stoics (55%) 10. Aquinas (51%) 11. Prescriptivism (44%) 12. Epicureans (41%) 13. Jeremy Bentham (41%) 14. John Stuart Mill (41%) 15. Nel Noddings (38%) 16. Cynics (37%) 17. Thomas Hobbes (36%) 18. Plato (30%) 19. Ockham (16%) Who's Spinoza??? I ended up having to chose none of the above on several occasions, because I didn't fully agree with many of my choices. Does that make me a Spinoza????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evangelical Capitalist Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 1. Aristotle (100%) 2. Ayn Rand (82%) 3. Aquinas (82%) 4. Plato (68%) 5. John Stuart Mill (65%) 6. Nietzsche (63%) 7. David Hume (62%) 8. Epicureans (60%) 9. Thomas Hobbes (60%) 10. Spinoza (59%) 11. Stoics (58%) 12. St. Augustine (55%) 13. Jeremy Bentham (53%) 14. Jean-Paul Sartre (49%) 15. Cynics (47%) 16. Kant (45%) 17. Ockham (39%) 18. Prescriptivism (21%) 19. Nel Noddings (20%) Answers: 1. a - high 2. b - medium 3. f - high 4. f - medium 5. b - medium 6. a - high 7. e - low 8. d - low 9. a - high 10. c - high 11. c - high 12. b - high In briefly examing where my answers differed from those who posted their answers, it was mostly on questions I felt were poorly phrased or where I didn't like any the options provided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedymastyr Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 Here's my complete list, for some reason I didn't think everyone would be pasting the entire things in: 1. Aristotle (100%) Click here for info 2. Ayn Rand (87%) Click here for info 3. Aquinas (86%) Click here for info 4. Spinoza (78%) Click here for info 5. Plato (76%) Click here for info 6. David Hume (75%) Click here for info 7. Nietzsche (75%) Click here for info 8. St. Augustine (72%) Click here for info 9. Jean-Paul Sartre (61%) Click here for info 10. John Stuart Mill (60%) Click here for info 11. Epicureans (56%) Click here for info 12. Stoics (56%) Click here for info 13. Thomas Hobbes (56%) Click here for info 14. Cynics (53%) Click here for info 15. Jeremy Bentham (52%) Click here for info 16. Kant (52%) Click here for info 17. Ockham (37%) Click here for info 18. Prescriptivism (30%) Click here for info 19. Nel Noddings (26%) Click here for info I have tried to recreate the answers I used to get this, but as I was debating several questions in my head, I can't get it exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 1. Ayn Rand (100%) Click here for info 2. Aristotle (74%) Click here for info 3. Nietzsche (65%) Click here for info 4. Aquinas (65%) Click here for info 5. John Stuart Mill (64%) Click here for info 6. Cynics (61%) Click here for info 7. David Hume (60%) Click here for info 8. Epicureans (56%) Click here for info 9. Stoics (56%) Click here for info 10. St. Augustine (54%) Click here for info 11. Plato (53%) Click here for info 12. Thomas Hobbes (51%) Click here for info 13. Jean-Paul Sartre (48%) Click here for info 14. Spinoza (47%) Click here for info 15. Kant (44%) Click here for info 16. Jeremy Bentham (42%) Click here for info 17. Ockham (32%) Click here for info 18. Prescriptivism (24%) Click here for info 19. Nel Noddings (10%) Click here for info Answers: 1. a h 2. b m 3. f m 4. d h 5. b m 6. a h 7. c m 8. d m 9. e h 10. b h 11. c l 12. b h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 I just noticed that when you "click here for info" the bottom link for information on Objectivism is to Nathaniel Branden's essay, "The Benefits and Hazards of the Philosophy of Ayn Rand: A Personal Statement".... hmm...interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RationalEgoistSG Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 1. Ayn Rand (100%) Click here for info 2. Epicureans (98%) Click here for info 3. Aristotle (95%) Click here for info 4. John Stuart Mill (89%) Click here for info 5. Jeremy Bentham (85%) Click here for info 6. Aquinas (76%) Click here for info 7. St. Augustine (74%) Click here for info 8. Spinoza (72%) Click here for info 9. Plato (68%) Click here for info 10. Thomas Hobbes (65%) Click here for info 11. Cynics (59%) Click here for info 12. Nietzsche (50%) Click here for info 13. Kant (49%) Click here for info 14. Jean-Paul Sartre (45%) Click here for info 15. David Hume (45%) Click here for info 16. Stoics (45%) Click here for info 17. Prescriptivism (35%) Click here for info 18. Ockham (34%) Click here for info 19. Nel Noddings (11%) Click here for info Answers: 1. a - high 2. a - medium 3. e - high 4. d - high 5. d - medium 6. a - high 7. c - medium 8. e - low 9. a - high 10. b - high 11. c - high 12. b - medium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Living Student Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 1. Ayn Rand (100%) Click here for info 2. Aristotle (60%) Click here for info 3. Stoics (55%) Click here for info 4. Epicureans (51%) Click here for info 5. Kant (48%) Click here for info 6. Nietzsche (48%) Click here for info 7. Jeremy Bentham (47%) Click here for info 8. Thomas Hobbes (47%) Click here for info 9. Jean-Paul Sartre (46%) Click here for info 10. Plato (46%) Click here for info 11. John Stuart Mill (46%) Click here for info 12. Cynics (45%) Click here for info 13. David Hume (44%) Click here for info 14. Aquinas (41%) Click here for info 15. Spinoza (41%) Click here for info 16. St. Augustine (34%) Click here for info 17. Prescriptivism (30%) Click here for info 18. Ockham (18%) Click here for info 19. Nel Noddings (8%) Click here for info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearmint Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 1. Ayn Rand (100%) Click here for info 2. David Hume (85%) Click here for info 3. Nietzsche (82%) Click here for info 4. Jean-Paul Sartre (75%) Click here for info 5. Stoics (75%) Click here for info 6. Thomas Hobbes (69%) Click here for info 7. Aristotle (62%) Click here for info 8. Cynics (59%) Click here for info 9. John Stuart Mill (51%) Click here for info 10. Spinoza (51%) Click here for info 11. Kant (47%) Click here for info 12. Aquinas (43%) Click here for info 13. St. Augustine (41%) Click here for info 14. Jeremy Bentham (40%) Click here for info 15. Plato (40%) Click here for info 16. Epicureans (37%) Click here for info 17. Nel Noddings (29%) Click here for info 18. Prescriptivism (28%) Click here for info 19. Ockham (14%) Click here for info answers: ddfdbacadbcb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshRyan Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 1. Aristotle (100%) Click here for info 2. Epicureans (85%) Click here for info 3. Spinoza (84%) Click here for info 4. Aquinas (82%) Click here for info 5. Ayn Rand (79%) Click here for info 6. St. Augustine (74%) Click here for info 7. Jeremy Bentham (73%) Click here for info 8. John Stuart Mill (62%) Click here for info 9. Nietzsche (62%) Click here for info 10. Cynics (61%) Click here for info 11. Stoics (59%) Click here for info 12. Plato (57%) Click here for info 13. David Hume (50%) Click here for info 14. Thomas Hobbes (46%) Click here for info 15. Kant (41%) Click here for info 16. Jean-Paul Sartre (40%) Click here for info 17. Ockham (40%) Click here for info 18. Prescriptivism (21%) Click here for info 19. Nel Noddings (10%) Click here for info Epicureans? WTF?!? I chose none of the above for a couple of them because I didn't like the options available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimble Posted July 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 Im not familiar with Aristotle's views on morality, was it similar to Rand's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex_banana-eater Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 I did this a while back and had my answers saved online 1. Ayn Rand (100%) Click here for info 2. Aristotle (85%) Click here for info 3. Nietzsche (82%) Click here for info 4. Cynics (81%) Click here for info 5. Aquinas (70%) Click here for info 6. David Hume (68%) Click here for info 7. John Stuart Mill (68%) Click here for info 8. Stoics (66%) Click here for info 9. Jeremy Bentham (65%) Click here for info 10. Kant (65%) Click here for info 11. Jean-Paul Sartre (64%) Click here for info 12. Thomas Hobbes (64%) Click here for info 13. Spinoza (62%) Click here for info 14. Epicureans (60%) Click here for info 15. Ockham (52%) Click here for info 16. St. Augustine (50%) Click here for info 17. Plato (42%) Click here for info 18. Prescriptivism (33%) Click here for info 19. Nel Noddings (26%) Click here for info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shae Posted July 25, 2004 Report Share Posted July 25, 2004 I know I'm late to the party, but since I'm new, I thought I might post my results to give others an idea of my leanings: 1. Ayn Rand (100%) Click here for info 2. Kant (79%) Click here for info 3. Epicureans (73%) Click here for info 4. Jean-Paul Sartre (73%) Click here for info 5. Nietzsche (73%) Click here for info 6. John Stuart Mill (69%) Click here for info 7. Stoics (63%) Click here for info 8. Aquinas (58%) Click here for info 9. Aristotle (56%) Click here for info 10. David Hume (53%) Click here for info 11. Spinoza (49%) Click here for info 12. Prescriptivism (46%) Click here for info 13. Jeremy Bentham (43%) Click here for info 14. Thomas Hobbes (40%) Click here for info 15. St. Augustine (37%) Click here for info 16. Cynics (36%) Click here for info 17. Ockham (26%) Click here for info 18. Plato (25%) Click here for info 19. Nel Noddings (21%) Click here for info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted July 26, 2004 Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 1. Ayn Rand (100%) Click here for info 2. Cynics (69%) Click here for info 3. Stoics (67%) Click here for info 4. David Hume (61%) Click here for info 5. Jean-Paul Sartre (59%) Click here for info 6. Nietzsche (58%) Click here for info 7. St. Augustine (57%) Click here for info 8. Aquinas (56%) Click here for info 9. Aristotle (56%) Click here for info 10. Thomas Hobbes (51%) Click here for info 11. John Stuart Mill (45%) Click here for info 12. Plato (43%) Click here for info 13. Spinoza (40%) Click here for info 14. Kant (30%) Click here for info 15. Jeremy Bentham (28%) Click here for info 16. Epicureans (26%) Click here for info 17. Ockham (14%) Click here for info 18. Nel Noddings (11%) Click here for info 19. Prescriptivism (4%) Click here for info Curious. Not sure there answer selection is by any means complete. But Stoicism seems accurate, needless to say Rand. Though cynics? Probably truer than I like to admit. Nel Noddings could be lower... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Rebel Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 1. Ayn Rand (100%) Click here for info 2. Jean-Paul Sartre (63%) Click here for info 3. Nietzsche (61%) Click here for info 4. John Stuart Mill (59%) Click here for info 5. Aristotle (58%) Click here for info 6. Plato (58%) Click here for info 7. Kant (57%) Click here for info 8. Epicureans (57%) Click here for info 9. Cynics (54%) Click here for info 10. Thomas Hobbes (52%) Click here for info 11. Jeremy Bentham (51%) Click here for info 12. Ockham (50%) Click here for info 13. David Hume (48%) Click here for info 14. Aquinas (47%) Click here for info 15. St. Augustine (45%) Click here for info 16. Prescriptivism (42%) Click here for info 17. Stoics (36%) Click here for info 18. Spinoza (34%) Click here for info 19. Nel Noddings (12%) Click here for info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laure Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 1. Ayn Rand (100%) Click here for info 2. John Stuart Mill (65%) Click here for info 3. Epicureans (60%) Click here for info 4. Thomas Hobbes (60%) Click here for info 5. Cynics (58%) Click here for info 6. Kant (58%) Click here for info 7. Nietzsche (58%) Click here for info 8. Aristotle (57%) Click here for info 9. David Hume (57%) Click here for info 10. Jeremy Bentham (57%) Click here for info 11. Plato (48%) Click here for info 12. Jean-Paul Sartre (47%) Click here for info 13. Prescriptivism (47%) Click here for info 14. Aquinas (41%) Click here for info 15. Stoics (40%) Click here for info 16. St. Augustine (35%) Click here for info 17. Spinoza (31%) Click here for info 18. Ockham (25%) Click here for info 19. Nel Noddings (12%) Click here for info (Who the heck is Nel Noddings?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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