Ethics in a Nutshell

Posted by lapazfarm on June 28th, 2006 filed in Random Ramblings

It’s Internet Quiz time again!

I’ve had alot of fun with internet quizzes lately (My type of English, btw, is 65% standard, 30% Dixie. Big surprise there, yall! I have no idea where the other 5% went…?) so here is one I thought I’d pass along.
This quiz actually requires some thought and the results inspire one to do a bit more research as well.

Ethical Philosophy Selector -find out the philospher with whom you are most compatible on the topic of ethics.

Here are my results:

St. Augustine (100%)

Spinoza (89%)

Aquinas (83%)

Ockham (83%)

Kant (80%)

Jean-Paul Sartre (58%)

Nel Noddings (58%)

Nietzsche (57%)

Stoics (57%)

Jeremy Bentham (45%)

Prescriptivism (44%)

Aristotle (42%)

David Hume (40%)

John Stuart Mill (35%)

Ayn Rand (34%)

Cynics (29%)

Plato (24%)

Epicureans (16%)

Thomas Hobbes (0%)

According to the quizmaster:“The results are scored on a curve. The highest score, 100, represents the closest philosophical match to your reponses. This is not to say that you and the philosopher are in total agreement. However this is a philosophy that you may want to study further.”

To be honest, I am not surprised by most of them, but am especially pleased that I find myself in such close agreement with Sts. Augustine and Aquinas!More honesty-some of them I’ve never even heard of! (The only Hobbes I know of is Calvin’s striped companion, for whom our cat is lovingly named!)

Hat tip: Janet at Adventures in Ethics and Science Blog

2 Responses to “Ethics in a Nutshell”

Dumb Ox Academy Says:
June 28th, 2006 at 5:59 pm
That was fun! I just took the test. I am 100% Aquinas, 79% St. Augustine, then Spinoze and then Ockham(never heard of him!). I can’t remember all the percentages. I love Aquinas! (as you can probably tell by the name of our homeschool!).

Thanks for the link.

Faith
Jenn Miller Says:
June 28th, 2006 at 6:23 pm
Thanks, Theresa! I just posted my results on my blog.