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Title: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: voodoolily on June 23, 2005, 09:38:47 AM
According to QuizFarm (http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=13060)

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You scored as Justice (Fairness). Your life is guided by the concept of Fair Justice:  Everyone, yourself included, should be rewarded and punished according to the help or harm they cause.



"He who does not punish evil commands it to be done."

--Leonardo da Vinci



“Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.”

--Dwight D. Eisenhower

Hilariously, I also had 65% Hedonism and Utilitarianism (tie). I scored 75% existentialism. How ironic, that I'm not even a complete existentialist. Wonder what that means....?

Edit: Since everyone else is posting full results, here are mine:
Justice (Fairness) 85%
Existentialism 75%
Hedonism 65%
Utilitarianism 65%
Kantianism 55%
Apathy 40%
Strong Egoism 35%
Nihilism 25%
Divine Command 5%




Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: stray on June 23, 2005, 09:55:02 AM
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You scored as Divine Command. 

Your life is directed by Divine Command: Your god and religion give you meaning and direction.

“Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations.”
--King James Version of the Bible

“Even as a tree has a single trunk but many branches and leaves, there is one religion--human religion--but any number of faiths.”
--Mahatma Gandhi


Runner up:

85% Existentialism


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: voodoolily on June 23, 2005, 09:58:35 AM
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You scored as Divine Command.

Your life is directed by Divine Command: Your god and religion give you meaning and direction.

“Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations.”
--King James Version of the Bible

“Even as a tree has a single trunk but many branches and leaves, there is one religion--human religion--but any number of faiths.”
--Mahatma Gandhi

Runner up:

85% Existentialism

Whoa. An existentialist Christian? voodoolily brain hurt.



Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Shockeye on June 23, 2005, 10:05:25 AM
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You scored as Existentialism. 


Existentialism 70%
Justice (Fairness) 60%
Hedonism 60%
Strong Egoism 55%
Apathy 45%
Nihilism 45%
Utilitarianism 45%
Kantianism 40%
Divine Command 0%


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Nebu on June 23, 2005, 10:05:34 AM
Existentialism  85%

Utilitarianism 60%
Kantianism 50%
Strong Egoism  50%
Justice (Fairness)  50%
Hedonism  50%
Nihilism 25%
Divine Command  0%
Apathy 0%

Interesting quiz.  Thanks for the link.

 


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: stray on June 23, 2005, 10:08:17 AM
Whoa. An existentialist Christian? voodoolily brain hurt.

Kierkegaard and Dostoevsky would probably be considered the first Existentialists ("formally" at least).....Both were Christians.

edit: Also, watch (or read) the Last Temptation of Christ. I'd be one of the Christians who actually appreciates that take on the subject.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Madman on June 23, 2005, 10:27:13 AM
You all need to learn how to enjoy yourselves more. I am apparently a Hedonist!   8-)

You scored as Hedonism.     



Your life is guided by the principles of Hedonism: You believe that pleasure is a great, or the greatest, good; and you try to enjoy life’s pleasures as much as you can.

“Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die!”

Hedonism    80%
Existentialism   80%
Strong Egoism   65%
Justice (Fairness)   65%
Utilitarianism   50%
Apathy   50%
Nihilism   30%
Kantianism   30%
Divine Command   0%

I think the numbers are a bit off though because my apathy score should probably be higher and my ego score a bit lower.

edit - Pot is one of life's pleasures!


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Pococurante on June 23, 2005, 10:34:33 AM
No surprise to me.  Kind of intriguing I my second-most trait is tied between Hedonism and Utilitarianism.  /snicker

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You scored as Existentialism. 
 
Your life is guided by the concept of Existentialism: You choose the meaning and purpose of your life.

“Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.”
“It is up to you to give [life] a meaning.”
--Jean-Paul Sartre

“It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the Truth.”
--Blaise Pascal

Existentialism  95%
Hedonism  75%
Utilitarianism   75%
Justice (Fairness)  65%
Kantianism  55%
Divine Command  50%
Strong Egoism  25%
Nihilism   20%
Apathy  10%
 


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Rasix on June 23, 2005, 10:39:25 AM
No suprises.  I likes me some justice with a side of fries.  And I'm a complete heathen. 

Justice (Fairness) 80%
Hedonism 65%
Utilitarianism 55%
Existentialism 50%
Kantianism 50%
Strong Egoism 40%
Apathy 40%
Nihilism 25%
Divine Command 0%



Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: voodoolily on June 23, 2005, 10:39:46 AM
That Pascal quote is excellent. I might need to change my sig soon.

Heh, the moderator scored highest in Justice.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: CmdrSlack on June 23, 2005, 11:05:00 AM
Apparently I'm a Utilitarian, even though I've always considered myself an Egalitarian Hedonist.

You scored as Utilitarianism. Your life is guided by the principles of Utilitarianism:  You seek the greatest good for the greatest number.



“The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.”

--Jeremy Bentham



“Whenever the general disposition of the people is such, that each individual regards those only of his interests which are selfish, and does not dwell on, or concern himself for, his share of the general interest, in such a state of things, good government is impossible.”

--John Stuart Mill




Utilitarianism       100%
Existentialism      100%
Hedonism           90%
Justice (Fairness) 75%
Kantianism          45%
Divine Command  40%
Strong Egoism     25%
Nihilism               10%
Apathy               0%


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Paelos on June 23, 2005, 11:06:40 AM
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You scored as Divine Command.  


 
Your life is directed by Divine Command: Your god and religion give you meaning and direction.
 

Divine Command 75%
Kantianism 40%
Utilitarianism 40%
Existentialism 40%
Justice (Fairness) 35%
Hedonism 35%
Apathy 30%
Strong Egoism 25%
Nihilism 5%

Divine Command, color me shocked. Utilitarian makes sense too, and I don't know what Kantianism is.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: CmdrSlack on June 23, 2005, 11:12:52 AM
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You scored as Divine Command.  


 
Your life is directed by Divine Command: Your god and religion give you meaning and direction.
 

Divine Command 75%
Kantianism 40%
Utilitarianism 40%
Existentialism 40%
Justice (Fairness) 35%
Hedonism 35%
Apathy 30%
Strong Egoism 25%
Nihilism 5%

Divine Command, color me shocked. Utilitarian makes sense too, and I don't know what Kantianism is.

Here's the wikipedia entry on Kantianism  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantianism)

I never quite got Kant, but hey, apparently I'm not very like him.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Mr_PeaCH on June 23, 2005, 11:21:40 AM
Apathy 100%

Well... inasmuch as I couldn't be bothered to take the quiz.    :roll:

...

Hit me one time!


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Mortriden on June 23, 2005, 11:23:42 AM
Justice (Fairness) 95%
Existentialism 70%
Kantianism 70%
Utilitarianism 65%
Hedonism 45%
Divine Command 30%
Strong Egoism 25%
Apathy 15%
Nihilism 10%

This is my look of total suprise.    ------>


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: voodoolily on June 23, 2005, 11:24:20 AM
I'm a little disappointed that Material Humanism isn't one of the outcomes, but meh.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Samwise on June 23, 2005, 11:25:20 AM
You scored as Justice (Fairness).   
 
Your life is guided by the concept of Fair Justice: Everyone, yourself included, should be rewarded and punished according to the help or harm they cause. 
 
blah blah quotes blah blah blah
 
Justice (Fairness) 75% 
Existentialism 70% 
Utilitarianism 65% 
Hedonism 55% 
Divine Command 45% 
Kantianism 45% 
Strong Egoism 40% 
Apathy 25% 
Nihilism 15%


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Joe on June 23, 2005, 11:27:11 AM
You scored as Strong Egoism.     

Your life is very much guided by the concept of Egoism: You work primarily to promote your own interests.

“I swear by my life, and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”
“I am not primarily an advocate of capitalism, but of egoism; and I am not primarily an advocate of egoism, but of reason. If one recognizes the supremacy of reason and applies it consistently, all the rest follows.”
--Ayn Rand


Hedonism   100%

Strong Egoism   100%

Existentialism   75%


That's about right. However, Ayn Rand is still a douche.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Evangolis on June 23, 2005, 11:42:41 AM
I'm a godless, self-centered, pleasure seeker:

Your life is guided by the principles of Hedonism: You believe that pleasure is a great, or the greatest, good; and you try to enjoy life’s pleasures as much as you can.

“Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die!”

Hedonism            75%
Existentialism             70%
Strong Egoism          70%
Justice (Fairness)    60%
Utilitarianism        55%
Kantianism            35%
Apathy               35%
Nihilism                10%
Divine Command         5%

I guess one out of three is better than none out of three.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Pococurante on June 23, 2005, 11:58:02 AM
Existentalism and hedonism seem so linked... rationalization FTW!!!


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Signe on June 23, 2005, 12:03:45 PM
Hedonism             85%
Existentialism        70%
Utilitarianism         70%
Nihilism                55%
Justice                50%
Kantianism           45%
Strong Egoism     35%
Apathy               30%
Divine Command   0%

I don't seem to have an ego.   :-(


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Pococurante on June 23, 2005, 12:06:00 PM
And a massive Hedonism score.  The imagination reels at the combination.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Bunk on June 23, 2005, 12:06:18 PM
Hedonism
  85%
Justice (Fairness)
  75%
Existentialism
  60%
Strong Egoism
  60%
Utilitarianism
  55%
Kantianism
  35%
Apathy
  25%
Nihilism
  10%
Divine Command
  0%

Interesting. Being rated hedonistic doesn't suprise me much.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Signe on June 23, 2005, 12:10:19 PM
And a massive Hedonism score.  The imagination reels at the combination.

I know!  Obviously, I made an error and clicked something wrong and clicked everything wrong all the way down.  I must have an ego, no?  And I'm sure I can't be all that hedonistic. 85%!  That's just silly.  (although I have been considering having sex for bacon)


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: HaemishM on June 23, 2005, 12:11:11 PM
You scored as Existentialism.  
 
Your life is guided by the concept of Existentialism: You choose the meaning and purpose of your life.

“Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.”
“It is up to you to give [life] a meaning.”
--Jean-Paul Sartre

“It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the Truth.”
--Blaise Pascal

Existentialism 90%
Hedonism 60%
Justice (Fairness) 55%
Utilitarianism 40%
Apathy 35%
Kantianism 30%
Strong Egoism 30%
Nihilism 20%
Divine Command 10%

Color me very surprised.

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However, Ayn Rand is still a douche.

Yes.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: voodoolily on June 23, 2005, 12:13:21 PM
And a massive Hedonism score.  The imagination reels at the combination.

I know!  Obviously, I made an error and clicked something wrong and clicked everything wrong all the way down.  I must have an ego, no?  And I'm sure I can't be all that hedonistic. 85%!  That's just silly.  (although I have been considering having sex for bacon)

Then you can have a post-coital cigarette. And may you never wake up.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: WindupAtheist on June 23, 2005, 12:32:12 PM
Huh?

Quote from: me
Existentialism   75%

Justice (Fairness)   65%

Utilitarianism   60%

Hedonism   55%

Strong Egoism   50%

Kantianism   40%

Nihilism   30%

Apathy   25%

Divine Command   0%


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Teleku on June 23, 2005, 01:07:22 PM
You scored as Justice (Fairness).

Your life is guided by the concept of Fair Justice: Everyone, yourself included, should be rewarded and punished according to the help or harm they cause.

"He who does not punish evil commands it to be done."
--Leonardo da Vinci

“Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.”
--Dwight D. Eisenhower

Justice (Fairness)  100%
Existentialism  70%
Strong Egoism  70%
Utilitarianism  50%
Kantianism  45%
Nihilism  35%
Hedonism  30%
Apathy  15%
Divine Command  0%


Hurray for Justice.  Eye for an eye bitch!


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Paelos on June 23, 2005, 01:09:15 PM
The fact that a healthy portion of you people are hedonists shouldn't really shock me I guess. The others seem to be justice.

F13.net - A place for Just Hedonists to explore themselves.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Merusk on June 23, 2005, 01:31:28 PM
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Justice (Fairness) 85%
Kantianism 80%
Hedonism 75%
Existentialism 65%
Utilitarianism 65%
Strong Egoism 35%
Divine Command 35%
Apathy 25%
Nihilism 0%

Not surprising to me at all, particularly after reading that wikipedia entry on Kantianism.  I'd say it's a pretty damn accurate picture of my outlook on life.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Fabricated on June 23, 2005, 01:46:50 PM
You scored as Hedonism.     

Your life is guided by the principles of Hedonism: You believe that pleasure is a great, or the greatest, good; and you try to enjoy life’s pleasures as much as you can.

“Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die!”

More info at Arocoun's Wikipedia User Page...

Hedonism 80%
Existentialism 75%
Utilitarianism   65%
Strong Egoism 55%
Justice (Fairness) 55%
Apathy 45%
Nihilism 35%
Kantianism 20%
Divine Command 0%

Doesn't blow my mind really.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Sky on June 23, 2005, 02:03:42 PM
Existentialism 100%

Hedonism 100%
Justice (Fairness) 90%
Utilitarianism 55%
Strong Egoism 45%
Kantianism 35%
Divine Command 5%
Apathy 5%
Nihilism 5%

Pretty accurate, I guess.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Bunk on June 23, 2005, 02:14:35 PM
Damnit Sky, I had the highest Hedonism score up till now. I guess I need to go out and fufill myself some more...


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Signe on June 23, 2005, 02:33:21 PM
Strange.  My husband just resigned from his job because they tried to force him to take a "personal values" assessment and workshop.  They asked him to rate, in order of importance, 28 personal values such as spirituality/religion and pleasure.  He refused.  They offered to let him fill out the paperwork offline and take it to the class and he refused that, too.  When they told him that he wouldn't have show it to anyone or tell anyone what he had written he said that was silly... what would be the point?  He believes that it is psychological profiling and inappropriate regarding employment.  He offered to take part in the workshop without the personal assessment part of the paperwork but they insisted it must be written down even though he wouldn't have to show it to anyone.  They said it would be impossible for him to remember how he rated 28 items, even though he keeps, in his memory, more than 50 passwords for their machines.  They said if he didn't do it that his "career would be in jeopardy"... isn't that assult?  They also told him they would put him on a 30 day non-paid suspension even though this sort of thing doesn't appear in his work contract.  So... they want to starve us into compliance?  Nice.  So he quit.

Just for the record... nearly every person he spoke to at this company said if they filled out they form they would lie and just put what they thought the company would like to hear.  The company is paying Blessing/White millions of dollars for this workshop... doesn't seem worth it, does it?  Things like this are fine if it's optional but it really shouldn't be mandated.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: HaemishM on June 23, 2005, 02:44:18 PM
Personal values? WTF does that mean? What kind of idiotic leadership at this company thinks paying money for that sort of shit is even worthwhile?

The only personal value that should be related to my job is the value I have for eating a meal bought with my paycheck every day.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Shockeye on June 23, 2005, 02:45:49 PM
It's all an elaborate smoke and mirrors trick to get people to admit that they steal office supplies.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Signe on June 23, 2005, 02:49:21 PM
It's an insurance company.  It's already evil by nature. 


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Riggswolfe on June 23, 2005, 02:57:36 PM
Hmm..here I am. I thought I'd score higher on Hedonism, I need to print out a purity test and make it a point to do everything there. I wanna see Schild's results personally.

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You scored as Utilitarianism. 


 
Your life is guided by the principles of Utilitarianism: You seek the greatest good for the greatest number.

“The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.”
--Jeremy Bentham

“Whenever the general disposition of the people is such, that each individual regards those only of his interests which are selfish, and does not dwell on, or concern himself for, his share of the general interest, in such a state of things, good government is impossible.”
--John Stuart Mill

More info at Arocoun's Wikipedia User Page...
 
Utilitarianism 85%
Justice (Fairness) 80%
Existentialism 80%
Hedonism 75%
Strong Egoism 55%
Kantianism 35%
Divine Command 25%
Apathy 20%
Nihilism 0%
 


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Trippy on June 23, 2005, 05:31:43 PM
You scored as Existentialism.     

Your life is guided by the concept of Existentialism: You choose the meaning and purpose of your life.

Existentialism 90%
Kantianism 65%
Hedonism 60%
Utilitarianism 55%
Justice (Fairness) 50%
Strong Egoism 40%
Nihilism 15%
Apathy 10%
Divine Command 0%


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Alkiera on June 23, 2005, 06:31:58 PM
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You scored as Divine Command. Your life is directed by Divine Command:  Your god and religion give you meaning and direction.

Divine Command    100%

Justice (Fairness)    65%

Utilitarianism          60%

Existentialism        55%

Kantianism           50%

Strong Egoism     45%

Apathy               45%

Hedonism           40%

Nihilism               30%

Color me shocked, as well.

As a side note, the way the religious questions are stated(which is kinda random, I noted when I sent my spouse the link, the questions were at lesat in a different order, if it was the same list at all), and the nature of religion, the Divine Command results is bound to be at the very top or very bottom of the results... no middle-of-the-road, even for self-titled 'lukewarm' Christians like Paelos.

Alkiera
Alkiera


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: schild on June 23, 2005, 06:52:37 PM
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You scored as Justice (Fairness). 

Your life is guided by the concept of Fair Justice: Everyone, yourself included, should be rewarded and punished according to the help or harm they cause.

"He who does not punish evil commands it to be done."
--Leonardo da Vinci

“Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.”
--Dwight D. Eisenhower

Justice (Fairness) 70%
Hedonism 65%
Strong Egoism 50%
Utilitarianism 45%
Existentialism 45%
Nihilism 45%
Apathy 45%
Kantianism 40%
Divine Command 0%

Should I be surprised that I'm very like Shockeye, Nebu, and Joe?

Probably not.

Edit: Also, my scores are eerily accurate as anyone who knows me would confirm.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Riggswolfe on June 23, 2005, 08:40:27 PM
You know, with me scoring so low on Apathy and Nehilism I wonder why I spend so much time here...


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: schild on June 23, 2005, 08:42:25 PM
You know, with me scoring so low on Apathy and Nehilism I wonder why I spend so much time here...

Happy 1000th post!


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Riggswolfe on June 23, 2005, 10:11:58 PM
You know, with me scoring so low on Apathy and Nehilism I wonder why I spend so much time here...

Happy 1000th post!

Why is it that that seems to be the perfect reply to my post. Lol


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Tebonas on June 23, 2005, 10:46:32 PM
Justice (Fairness)   80%

Utilitarianism         75%

Existentialism       70%

Hedonism           50%

Kantianism          50%

Apathy              30%

Strong Egoism    20%

Nihilism              15%

Divine Command   0%


Interesting, I always was a fan of Kants outlook, he rated quite low for that. But at least everybody who calls me an Utilitarian bastard seems to be validated by this score. Divine Command 0% doesn't come as a surprise either. There are few things I hate more than being commanded by anybody.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: schild on June 23, 2005, 11:18:01 PM
You know, with me scoring so low on Apathy and Nehilism I wonder why I spend so much time here...
Happy 1000th post!
Why is it that that seems to be the perfect reply to my post. Lol
Duh?


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Margalis on June 24, 2005, 12:49:11 AM
What the hell kind of results are these?

Existentialism 65%
Justice (Fairness) 55%
Utilitarianism 50%
Hedonism 45%
Strong Egoism 40%
Nihilism 35%
Apathy 20%
Kantianism 20%
Divine Command 0%

They probably reflect the fact that I did not strongly disagree or agree with a lot other than the religious stuff. I don't deal too much in absolutes. Religion has no meaning to me and I have low regard for rules and process. If there was a "contrarian" category I would probably get a 95% though.

Someone should post a personality test. Whenever I take those I get high marks for narcicism (only spelled right) and schizotypal whateverthefuck. (Basically anti-social, aloof, contrarian and unfeeling) Which is also about right.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Jeff Kelly on June 24, 2005, 02:53:10 AM
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You scored as Existentialism.     

Your life is guided by the concept of Existentialism: You choose the meaning and purpose of your life.

“It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the Truth.”
--Blaise Pascal

I like this quote very much

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Nihilism 70%

Existentialism 70%

Utilitarianism 70%

Hedonism 65%

Apathy 65%

Justice (Fairness) 60%

Kantianism 45%

Strong Egoism 40%

Divine Command 5%

So I'm an apathetic, hedonistic, utilitarian, nihilistic existentialist. Well it is usually very hard for me to decide in favour of something and the numbers pretty much reflect that. Intriguing though, that apathy and hedonism score the same. How can somebody be hedonistic and apathetic at the same time?


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: stray on June 24, 2005, 02:56:02 AM
How can somebody be hedonistic and apathetic at the same time?

Desire for pleasure, and the actual going out and getting it are two different things maybe?

Perhaps the Nihilist in you is working against it.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Llava on June 24, 2005, 04:43:55 AM
I expected more Nihilists.

Existentialism
   80%
Hedonism
   70%
Utilitarianism
   65%
Justice (Fairness)
   50%
Strong Egoism
   40%
Kantianism
   35%
Nihilism
   25%
Apathy
   20%
Divine Command
   0%


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: OcellotJenkins on June 24, 2005, 05:23:41 AM
Fucking atheist bastards.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Signe on June 24, 2005, 07:15:58 AM
You are all a bunch of really fucked up people.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Merusk on June 24, 2005, 07:33:09 AM
This is really illuminating. No wonder I don't understand where half of you are coming from with your viewpoints, none of you think like me in the least.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: jpark on June 24, 2005, 07:46:54 AM
My academic and business philosophy, which plays off Machiavelli:

It is better to be remembered, than liked.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Roac on June 24, 2005, 08:20:11 AM
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Divine Command    85%
Kantianism    85%
Existentialism    65%
Justice (Fairness)    65%
Utilitarianism    45%
Hedonism    35%
Strong Egoism    20%
Nihilism    5%
Apathy    0%

[Divine]
“Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations.”
--King James Version of the Bible

“Even as a tree has a single trunk but many branches and leaves, there is one religion--human religion--but any number of faiths.”
--Mahatma Gandhi

[Kaitanism]
"I do not, therefore, need any penetrating acuteness to see what I have to do in order that my volition be morally good. Inexperienced in the course of the world, incapable of being prepared for whatever might come to pass in it, I ask myself only: can you also will that your maxim become a universal law?"
--Immanuel Kant

btw, if you want to know how the author defines each of these attributes, look here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arocoun). 

Fits.  Only thing is that I got rated under Divine Command when given a tie breaker, but I didn't like the wording of the Kantianism question.  I would personally rate that one higher of the two, so I threw both quotes in.

The author sums up Kantianism as rationalism, and I am first and foremost a rationalist.  My religious views extend from that; I believe that scientific (rational) process can be applied to religious views just as well as any other "soft science".  Materials can be studied, theories proposed, and evidence gathered to support or denounce it.  My feeling is that there is enough evidence to support Christianity, and with that comes a requirement to follow it.  If evidence changes, so will my beliefs.  I've been an athiest before, and can be again.  Existentialism is just another extention of rationalism, since it's just putting responsibility on the one with the power to choose.  Irregardless of God, if I am a rational creature who can decide my fate, I can direct my purpose.  If God exists it may be that he will interfere, but he is not the puppet master.  If God exists and I wind up in Hell, it would be because of my choices.  Lastly, just as existentialism is an extention of rationalism, so justice is here an extention of divine command.  One follows the other.

It's in that same vein that I have greater respect for athiests who have given considerable thought as to why they feel as they do than I do Christians who define their beliefs spiritually.  For many of my friends or others whom I've met who are Christian, it takes almost no time to shread the foundation of their beliefs rationally.  Not that it matters, since their retort is often something like "well, that's just what I believe". 

Also, unsurprising that so many people here are self-serving.  IMO, everyone who rated high on either strong egoism or heidonism should be forbidden from being able to bitch about "money grubbing publishers" or such here ever again.  But that's just the rational me hating hypocracy and stupid statements.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Sky on June 24, 2005, 08:59:01 AM
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Damnit Sky, I had the highest Hedonism score up till now. I guess I need to go out and fufill myself some more...
I was a professional hedonist, though. Rock guitar/bass player.

I really dug RG's Ethical Hedonism, that's pretty much my personal viewpoint, along with Libertarianism, because I respect other's right to live by their own viewpoints, so long as it doesn't interfere with anyone else's rights. I wish everyone were Libertarian, because we all have different world views. The important thing is respecting other's views and living ethically.

Ignorance and propaganda ensure this will never be the case.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Hoax on June 24, 2005, 09:07:15 AM
Love me some online quiz taking..

Existentialism
 85%
Justice (Fairness)
 75%
Hedonism
 70%
Nihilism
 50%
Kantianism
 45%
Strong Egoism
 40%
Utilitarianism
 35%
Apathy
 20%
Divine Command
 5%

Fairly standerd fair, top 3 match the majority of the non divine folks, not sure where I got 5% from on that catagory.  The apathy score is too hard to boost, or I answered the questions poorly.  Its harder to take something like this without the verbal choices strongly disagree, disagree, unsure, agree, strongly disagree.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Fargull on June 24, 2005, 09:14:25 AM
Your life is guided by the concept of Existentialism: You choose the meaning and purpose of your life.

“Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.”
“It is up to you to give [life] a meaning.”
--Jean-Paul Sartre

“It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the Truth.”
--Blaise Pascal

70% Existentialism
65% Hedonism
55% Justice (Fairness)
50% Utilitarianism
40% Apathy
30% Kantianism
30% Nihilism
25% Strong Egoism
10% Divine Command

Yeah.. yeah.. whatever.   :evil:


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: WayAbvPar on June 24, 2005, 10:08:37 AM
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You scored as Hedonism.     



Your life is guided by the principles of Hedonism: You believe that pleasure is a great, or the greatest, good; and you try to enjoy life’s pleasures as much as you can.

“Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die!”

More info at Arocoun's Wikipedia User Page...

Hedonism   
   95%
Justice (Fairness)   
   75%
Existentialism   
   65%
Utilitarianism   
   50%
Kantianism   
   45%
Strong Egoism   
   45%
Apathy   
   25%
Nihilism   
   15%
Divine Command   
   5%

Not at all surprised. I can't believe I got 5% in Divine Command.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Paelos on June 24, 2005, 10:35:36 AM
There's hope for you yet! I've alerted the evangelicals of your 5%.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: voodoolily on June 24, 2005, 10:51:52 AM
I got 5% Divine Command, too, but I think that's because I think that religion is good for some people. I just don't happen to one of them. Just because I'm an atheist doesn't mean I'm a rabid blasphemer. Or, maybe I got the 5% because of my undying devotion to SATAN!  :evil:


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: WayAbvPar on June 24, 2005, 10:52:54 AM
I am thinking it was a misclick =)

Actually, I didn't totally disagree with the 'living according to God's laws' statement- I interpreted it as living by the Golden Rule, which makes sense to me. If they are talking about sharia or other shit like that, than I am driving the Disagreement Bandwagon and making all the stops.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Shockeye on June 24, 2005, 10:55:54 AM
I got 5% Divine Command, too, but I think that's because I think that religion is good for some people. I just don't happen to one of them. Just because I'm an atheist doesn't mean I'm a rabid blasphemer. Or, maybe I got the 5% because of my undying devotion to SATAN!  :evil:

La Mano Cornuda, baby.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Merusk on June 24, 2005, 11:04:04 AM
Fits.  Only thing is that I got rated under Divine Command when given a tie breaker, but I didn't like the wording of the Kantianism question.  I would personally rate that one higher of the two, so I threw both quotes in.

The author sums up Kantianism as rationalism, and I am first and foremost a rationalist. 

I missed where he summed-up Kantianism as rationalism... because that would be rationalism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationality) then, yes?  Rule of reason doens't nececcarily mean rule of rationality, after all. Yeah, semantics, but it's Philosophy, it's all about the semantics.

Part of what struck me when I looked-up and read the Kantaism summation on wiki was that Kantists believe there is no way to prove or disprove the exsistence of a divine spiritual being.  Rings true for me, but considering your whole paragraph about there being enough 'soft science' to prove the exsistence of one sticks you firmly in Divine Command, I'd think.  Your desire to have something more than a 'because God says so' rational behind your spiritual believes explains the strong Kantist leaning, but ultimatly you have a firm and unshakable belief in a divinity and his morality.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: voodoolily on June 24, 2005, 11:06:17 AM

Actually, I didn't totally disagree with the 'living according to God's laws' statement- I interpreted it as living by the Golden Rule, which makes sense to me.

Me too. Also the eye-for-an-eye thing, while being very Old Testament, is something I wholly agree with. Forgiveness is for pussies.  :wink:

The Golden Rule is my general life guide. Really, if we all followed this one, we COULD all just get along.

Speaking of la mano cornuda, I saw somewhere an animated emoticon of the rocking out-devil horns smiley. We should have that. Can we have that, Shockeye? or is it a Nice Thing (because we all know we can't have those)?


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Shockeye on June 24, 2005, 11:09:22 AM
You'd have to find the smiley.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: voodoolily on June 24, 2005, 11:30:24 AM
I call this one the "Free Bird" (http://batenkaitos.namco.com/forums/images/smiles/spooky.gif)

Oh, here's one. (http://www.websmileys.com/sm/evil/1022.gif)  But this isn't the one I saw before. Oh, well.

There are more here (http://www.websmileys.com/).


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Shockeye on June 24, 2005, 11:35:51 AM
No on free bird.

 :rock:


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Ookii on June 24, 2005, 11:42:30 AM
Edit: Also, my scores are eerily accurate as anyone who knows me would confirm.

I deny these accusations as I know Eric in that "Real Life" thing.

Hedonism   65%

Justice (Fairness)   60%

Utilitarianism   55%

Existentialism   50%

Kantianism   50%

Strong Egoism   35%

Apathy      15%

Divine Command   5%

Nihilism   5%


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: voodoolily on June 24, 2005, 11:44:22 AM
Sweeeeeet. Thanks, Shockeye.

 :rock:

TROGDAAAAAAAR!!!


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Strazos on June 24, 2005, 11:52:47 AM
Justice (Fairness) 95%
Kantianism 80%
Hedonism 75%
Existentialism 70%
Utilitarianism 65%
Strong Egoism 45%
Nihilism 40%
Apathy 35%
Divine Command 0%

I perfer to call my actual faith "Astilleroism." The main tenets of it call for people to just be fucking nice, decent human beings. In theory, everything else in life should work out as it should.

EDIT: These scores don't suprise me in the least. I believe people get what they deserve (or that they should). I've also studied Kant a tad, and generally agree in principle with his outlook of having to prove stuff. This is one reason why "religion" just doesn't work for me. I'll live my life as I see fit, not by someone else's made-up rules, kthx.

My hedonism score is a bit skewed, due to my chronic "single" status.  :|

[EDIT - Shockeye] Format your posts better you goofy Roman.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: stray on June 24, 2005, 12:22:53 PM
You guys do know that Kant was a Christian as well, right? And if you've read him, you'll know that he had his "reasons".


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: shiznitz on June 24, 2005, 12:23:33 PM
You scored as Justice (Fairness). 


Justice (Fairness) 90%
Hedonism 75%
Existentialism 75%
Strong Egoism 70%
Utilitarianism 30%
Apathy  30%
Nihilism  25%
Kantianism  20%
Divine Command 0%

Makes sense, although my hedonism doesn't include drug use.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Llava on June 24, 2005, 12:37:30 PM
Also, unsurprising that so many people here are self-serving.  IMO, everyone who rated high on either strong egoism or heidonism should be forbidden from being able to bitch about "money grubbing publishers" or such here ever again.  But that's just the rational me hating hypocracy and stupid statements.

One might argue that the "hedonism" or "egoism" displayed by such publishers is of a shallow variety, thinking in the short-term rather than the long term.  Just because one believes in these things doesn't make them a slave to whimsy and greed.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Pococurante on June 24, 2005, 12:44:00 PM
The fact that so many of us value our time so little that we play games most of the time is reason enough for the preponderance of Hedonists... ;-)  But it's ok since as we're also mostly existentialists we create meaning in our life through Hedonism.  Woot!


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Johny Cee on June 24, 2005, 12:52:23 PM
Also, unsurprising that so many people here are self-serving.  IMO, everyone who rated high on either strong egoism or heidonism should be forbidden from being able to bitch about "money grubbing publishers" or such here ever again.  But that's just the rational me hating hypocracy and stupid statements.

One might argue that the "hedonism" or "egoism" displayed by such publishers is of a shallow variety, thinking in the short-term rather than the long term.  Just because one believes in these things doesn't make them a slave to whimsy and greed.

(Lost my results,  but Strong egoism came out ahead.  Nothing else got over 50%)

"Strong egoism" is really a catchall category.  It's pretty easy to run up a few percentage points on it.  In direct contradiction to "Divine Command" where you really are going to hit a high percentage or not at all.

"Strong egoism" will catch the self-absorbed,  but also anyone that believes in rational self-interest and most flavors of hard right/hard left Libertarianism or it's variants.  And probably anyone that has a degree in economics.

I'd prefer a FA Hayek or James Buchanan quote, as well.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Roac on June 24, 2005, 01:01:29 PM
I missed where he summed-up Kantianism as rationalism...because that would be rationalism then, yes?

That's why I provided a link, where he states: Your life is guided by the ethical model of Kantianism: You seek to have consistent laws rule your actions, and your will is directed by reason. This viewpoint is reflected in the questions that he grades as Kantian which attempt to focus rationalism on ethics - which is a good bit of what Kant is known for.  Probably not what the quiz author intended, but either way, it's on these grounds that my answers lined up with Kant.

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Part of what struck me when I looked-up and read the Kantaism summation on wiki was that Kantists believe there is no way to prove or disprove the exsistence of a divine spiritual being. Rings true for me, but considering your whole paragraph about there being enough 'soft science' to prove the exsistence of one sticks you firmly in Divine Command, I'd think.

For a spiritual being - ANY spiritual being whether God or otherwise - it's not only impossible to prove the existance of them, but that they are entirely unknowable, since they are normally defined (as is true with God) to be outside the physical universe.  At least, they are unkonwable unless they somehow interact with that universe, at which point there can be some discussion.  Kant says something similar on noumenon and phenomenan and their interractions.

btw, soft science is a real word, not some expression used as a cop-out in lieu of a real discussion.  Soft science is science of things such as psychology, sociology, and so forth whereas hard science is chemistry, geology, etc.  Theology and most of the disciplines used to investigate it (various literary methods, archaeology, etc) fit under the soft variety.

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Your desire to have something more than a 'because God says so' rational behind your spiritual believes explains the strong Kantist leaning, but ultimatly you have a firm and unshakable belief in a divinity and his morality.

... no, I really don't have a driving need for an unshakable belief in the divinity, and did just fine for the majority of my life being actively atheistic.  Beyond that, I still disavow any personal "belief" or "faith" as normally defined. 


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Daydreamer on June 24, 2005, 02:40:05 PM
Existentialist 90%/Hedonist 60% - seems about right to me


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: raydeen on June 24, 2005, 04:04:53 PM
You scored as Existentialism.     



Your life is guided by the concept of Existentialism: You choose the meaning and purpose of your life.

“Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.”
“It is up to you to give [life] a meaning.”
--Jean-Paul Sartre

“It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the Truth.”
--Blaise Pascal



Interesting as Pascal was my favorite programming language back in the day.



Existentialism   100%
Hedonism   90%
Justice (Fairness)   80%
Utilitarianism   65%
Nihilism   55%
Strong Egoism   55%
Apathy   50%
Divine Command   45%
Kantianism   40%



Now everybody grab a Foster's and crack it open...



Immanuel Kant was a real pissant
Who was very rarely stable.

Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar
Who could think you under the table.

David Hume could out-consume
Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, [some versions have 'Schopenhauer and Hegel']

And Wittgenstein was a beery swine
Who was just as schloshed as Schlegel.

There's nothing Nietzche couldn't teach ya
'Bout the raising of the wrist.
Socrates, himself, was permanently pissed.

John Stuart Mill, of his own free will,
On half a pint of shandy was particularly ill.

Plato, they say, could stick it away--
Half a crate of whisky every day.

Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle.
Hobbes was fond of his dram,

And René Descartes was a drunken fart.
'I drink, therefore I am.'

Yes, Socrates, himself, is particularly missed,
A lovely little thinker,
But a bugger when he's pissed.


-The Bruces


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Triforcer on June 24, 2005, 05:22:27 PM
The only thing that surprises me about the results thus far is the surprisingly bad showing of Nihilism, this site's entire philosophy.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Joe on June 24, 2005, 05:45:20 PM
I wouldn't say it's a community of nihilists. More of a group of pissed off (or overly picky) hedonists, which leads into a demeanor of fatalism. Now I'm going to drink.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Shockeye on June 24, 2005, 05:47:10 PM
I wouldn't say it's a community of nihilists. More of a group of pissed off (or overly picky) hedonists, which leads into a demeanor of fatalism. Now I'm going to drink.

I'd join you in that drink if I cared enough.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: tazelbain on June 24, 2005, 08:33:58 PM
The only thing that surprises me about the results thus far is the surprisingly bad showing of Nihilism, this site's entire philosophy.
Spinkled with self-rightous pricks.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Megrim on June 25, 2005, 06:25:02 AM
Existentialism         65%
Justice (Fairness)   50%
Hedonism         40%
Nihilism             30%
Strong Egoism       30%
Apathy                  20%
Utilitarianism            20%
Kantianism         15%
Divine Command    0%

Margalis and i are brothers apparently. Interesting quiz, albeit the numbers are a little meaningless to me; am i 65% in favour of existentialism? As far as i'm concerned it is all fairly relative. I guess that could explain the low scores.

 - meg


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Margalis on June 26, 2005, 09:01:30 PM
Very few things in life are always true or always false, and I tend to dislike it when people vastly overstate things. So for many of the things I mildly agreed or disagree. Should people try to have a little more fun in life. Yes. However that's certainly not something I would froth at the mouth over. Get an extra ice cream sunday once a month.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: schild on June 26, 2005, 10:34:15 PM
I've done the Math. It was hard, and took days of number crunching using nothing but bat guano and an abacus. But here are the numbers.

99.004% Atheist, Hedonist, Existentialist Slime.

Paelos, Stray, Kegein, and the Margin of Error.

These numbers are not to scale.



Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Ironwood on June 27, 2005, 03:32:23 AM
Um.  When I tried it came up with a box that said:

You are :  A Wanker.



Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Pococurante on June 27, 2005, 10:11:38 AM
Um.  When I tried it came up with a box that said:
You are :  A Wanker.

Redundantly Scot...  :wink:


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: HaemishM on June 27, 2005, 10:45:13 AM
The only thing that surprises me about the results thus far is the surprisingly bad showing of Nihilism, this site's entire philosophy.

Nihilism would have to mean we give not a shit. You don't write so many goddamn words about something you give not a shit about.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Yegolev on June 27, 2005, 01:03:41 PM
Hedonism 100%
Existentialism 100%
Justice (Fairness) 95%
Utilitarianism 85%
Kantianism 65%
Divine Command 65%
Apathy 65%
Strong Egoism 60%
Nihilism 20%

I don't understand what this means, but I am pretty sure that the fact I made up my own religion skews the results.  I knew I was in trouble when it gave me a tiebreaker question.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Xerapis on June 27, 2005, 05:37:43 PM
Justice (Fairness)  85%

Strong Egoism  80%

Hedonism  70%

Utilitarianism  55%

Existentialism  45%

Kantianism  45%

Divine Command  40%

Apathy  30%

Nihilism  25%

No real surprises overall....just never realized how much of a hedonist I am on the weekends before ^^


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Nazrat on June 28, 2005, 05:19:53 AM
My results should shock no one.

You scored as Divine Command.     

Divine Command   90%

Justice (Fairness) 80%

Hedonism   45%

Existentialism   45%

Kantianism   40%

Utilitarianism   40%

Apathy   35%

Strong Egoism   30%

Nihilism   20%


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Signe on June 28, 2005, 06:05:15 AM
My results should shock no one.

You scored as Divine Command.     

Divine Command   90%

Justice (Fairness) 80%

Hedonism   45%

Existentialism   45%

Kantianism   40%

Utilitarianism   40%

Apathy   35%

Strong Egoism   30%

Nihilism   20%


Divine Command and no ego!!  Good God!  You are a saint!

Shouldn't you be dead or something?


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: voodoolily on June 28, 2005, 10:13:17 AM
How is it possible that a Christian is more nihilist (30%) than I (a devout atheist) follow divine command (5%)?


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Sky on June 28, 2005, 03:43:32 PM
I'd be way more into Divine Command if some God actually gave me a command. But a bunch of humans? Screw them and their 'interpretations', imo.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: WayAbvPar on June 28, 2005, 03:58:19 PM
I'd be way more into Divine Command if some God actually gave me a command. But a bunch of humans? Screw them and their 'interpretations', imo.

Amen!  :-P


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Samwise on June 28, 2005, 04:11:31 PM
It's been a long time since I took this quiz, but I think the 45% "divine command" in my results was entirely a reflection of my own interpretation of the divine, and had almost nothing to do with any concrete religious institution.  I suspect that if all the questions with the word "God" in them had been worded a bit differently (use "my soul" or "my conscience" or "my mojo" instead of "God"), a lot of atheists would have much higher Divine Command scores, since any devout atheist is going to immediately hit "strongly disagree" any time they see the word "God" in any context.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Nazrat on June 28, 2005, 04:35:23 PM
My results should shock no one.

You scored as Divine Command.     

Divine Command   90%

Justice (Fairness) 80%

Hedonism   45%

Existentialism   45%

Kantianism   40%

Utilitarianism   40%

Apathy   35%

Strong Egoism   30%

Nihilism   20%


Divine Command and no ego!!  Good God!  You are a saint!

Shouldn't you be dead or something?

Yes, there are many people who think I should be dead.   :wink:

When the reason that you do things are because you believe God wants you to do them and/or they are just, right and fair, most people consider that egotistical.  Most people assume that I have an agenda that benefits me personally.  Very few people take my actions at face value or can believe that I am serious.

On the other hand, who else would you want prosecuting child support cases?   :-D


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: voodoolily on June 28, 2005, 08:37:05 PM
It's been a long time since I took this quiz, but I think the 45% "divine command" in my results was entirely a reflection of my own interpretation of the divine, and had almost nothing to do with any concrete religious institution.  I suspect that if all the questions with the word "God" in them had been worded a bit differently (use "my soul" or "my conscience" or "my mojo" instead of "God"), a lot of atheists would have much higher Divine Command scores, since any devout atheist is going to immediately hit "strongly disagree" any time they see the word "God" in any context.

Are you implying that atheists don't rely on their conscience to make decisions? 'Soul' and 'conscience' aren't necessarily the same thing. There's nothing spiritual or divinely commanded about doing the right thing, for me anyway. Sometimes "because it feels good" or "because it makes that person happy" are enough. FWIW, I interpreted the word "god" in that quiz to mean "universal truth", and I'm quite devout.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Krakrok on June 28, 2005, 08:53:48 PM
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You scored as Utilitarianism. 
 
Your life is guided by the principles of Utilitarianism: You seek the greatest good for the greatest number.

?The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.?
--Jeremy Bentham

?Whenever the general disposition of the people is such, that each individual regards those only of his interests which are selfish, and does not dwell on, or concern himself for, his share of the general interest, in such a state of things, good government is impossible.?
--John Stuart Mill

Utilitarianism 65%
Justice (Fairness) 60%
Apathy 60%
Existentialism 50%
Kantianism 45%
Nihilism 45%
Hedonism 35%
Strong Egoism 30%
Divine Command 30%


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Arnold on June 28, 2005, 10:13:31 PM
Existentialism 75%

Hedonism 75%

Nihilism 60%

Strong Egoism 50%

Justice (Fairness) 50%

Apathy 35%

Utilitarianism 30%

Kantianism 20%

Divine Command 0%


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Megrim on June 29, 2005, 06:29:15 AM
Dammit Stray, i was going to use the awp kitty =/

 - meg


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: stray on June 29, 2005, 10:04:26 AM
Someone made a comment about guns in another thread.

I like guns....So I figured it was appropriate.  :-)


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Samwise on June 29, 2005, 10:51:29 AM
I suspect that if all the questions with the word "God" in them had been worded a bit differently (use "my soul" or "my conscience" or "my mojo" instead of "God"), a lot of atheists would have much higher Divine Command scores, since any devout atheist is going to immediately hit "strongly disagree" any time they see the word "God" in any context.

Are you implying that atheists don't rely on their conscience to make decisions?

Just the opposite, actually.  I think that most people who identify themselves as atheists recognize something in themselves and/or others (call it what you want - "conscience" is fairly secular and conveys almost the same notion) that I'd classify as "divine".  They just don't refer to it as "God" is all.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: voodoolily on June 29, 2005, 11:47:58 AM
Yeah, I just tend to reserve the adjective "divine" for things like white chocolate creme brulee with raspberry coulis, or French onion soup with gooey grouyere.  :-D


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Strazos on July 02, 2005, 12:34:20 PM
If I had to pick a faith, it would be Greek dieties.

Athena pwns j00


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: Abagadro on July 02, 2005, 12:53:06 PM
Quote
Hedonism           90%
Existentialism       80%
Strong Egoism     65%
Justice (Fairness) 60%
Utilitarianism        60%
Kantianism          45%
Nihilism               40%
Apathy               20%
Divine Command  0%

Seems about right.


Title: Re: What philosophy do you follow?
Post by: NowhereMan on July 03, 2005, 02:46:42 PM
Existentialism
80%   
Justice (Fairness)
65%   
Hedonism
65%   
Utilitarianism
60%   
Kantianism
60%   
Strong Egoism
45%   
Divine Command
20%   
Apathy
15%   
Nihilism
5%

Since I'm actually reading Philosophy I feel qualified to say that this quiz seems to have actually had some knowledge put into it. The only surprises I got with my results are hedonism was higher than I expected and I'm curious as to how Kantianism (the important thing about an action is the maxim behind it) is the same as Utilitarianism (the important thing about an action is the outcome of it).

Also I think it's be more accurate to title it, "What ethical system do you follow?" but like I said I'm studying the subject so I get to be a little anal about it.