What philosophy do you follow?

[Latreia]

Really had no idea of philosophic labels for me; all I knew was whose writings I liked, both Kierkegaard and Spinoza.

I was astonished at how the ratings stacked up....Me, an Existentialist???? Not with those negatives, I had a lot more optimisim about the human mind than that.

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

Existentialism 75%
Kantianism 60%

Justice (Fairness) 60%
Hedonism 60%

Utilitarianism 45%
Divine Command 45%

Strong Egoism 35%
Apathy 30%

Nihilism 5%


But then I saw the pairs were correct: Existentialism over Kantianism; Justice (Fairness) over Hedonism; Untilitarianism over Divine Command; Strong Egotism over Apathy; Nihilism dead last, where it belongs.

And I think, I can live with that! With the help of God!

 

[Druweid]

Greetings!

Existentialism 90%, Hedonism 80%, Utilitarianism 70%, Justice (Fairness) 65%, Kantianism 50%, Strong Egoism 40%, Divine Command 30%, Apathy 20%, Nihilism 10%


Hmmmmm. ::upswept eyebrow:: Fascinating.



-- Druweid

 

[Lifesaver]

Divine Command 95%
Strong Egoism 60%
Justice (Fairness) 55%
Existentialism 45%
Kantianism 40%
Utilitarianism 30%
Hedonism 20%
Nihilism 5%
Apathy 5%

Very weak quiz, in my opinion. It treats "Divine Command" as something completely separate from living according to reason, when in fact both are fundamentally the same.
Were I to describe myself, I'd say Christian Eudaimonist, but there is no philosophy resembling it.

 

[Abbadon]

It's kind of odd that for one person, their life is controlled just by one philosophy when they just scored a match in the 70%'s, yet there are some whose life are not dominated at all by philosophies when they scored in the 80%'s, even 90%'s. That's my problem with the test, if you scored 0% on all options except a 5% (I can't see that as a possibility for the test either, but understand me here), you'd be considered with that 5%.

 

[NormalDan]

Oh yeah! I'm the best:

Strong Egoism 100%
Nihilism 95%
Existentialism 75%
Hedonism 60%
Justice (Fairness) 45%
Apathy 30%
Utilitarianism 10%
Divine Command 0%
Kantianism 0%

 

[BrownCoat]

Look:
Strong Egoism 80%
Existentialism 65%
Divine Command 65%
Hedonism 55%
Nihilism 50%
Kantianism 45%
Justice (Fairness) 45%
Apathy 40%
Utilitarianism 30%

 

[Grey Eminence]

I have to wonder at how the test interprets the results it obtains.

Existentialism - 90%
Hedonism - 55%
Justice (fairness) - 50%
Utilitarianism - 45%
Strong Egoism - 45%
Kantianism - 40%
Nihilism - 15%
Apathy - 15%
Divine command - 0%

 

[VirOptimus]

Nihilism 100%

Existentialism 75%

Hedonism 75%

Strong Egoism 50%

Apathy 25%

Kantianism 25%

Utilitarianism 0%

Justice (Fairness) 0%

Divine Command 0%

 

[Gardenia]

Utilitarianism 80%

Existentialism 75%

Justice (Fairness) 60%

Divine Command 55%

Hedonism 50%

Kantianism 35%

Strong Egoism 30%

Nihilism 25%

Apathy 20%

 

[SolomonVII]

You scored as Divine Command.

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[Multi-Elis]

think its evident that the author of the test doesnt know what "existentialism" means, but fun test nonetheless.

I agree.

 

[Danhalen]

95% Existentialism

85%Hedonism

70%Justice (Fairness)

65%Utilitarianism

35%Nihilism

35%Kantianism

25%Strong Egoism

5%Apathy

0%Divine Command

I'd say this is fairly accurate.

 

[BlondieLashes]

I just took the test and came out with the following results that I have to admit do describe me:



Divine Command 100%

You scored as Divine Command.

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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

 

[David Gould]

Existentialism

85%Hedonism

75%Utilitarianism

70%Strong Egoism

65%Nihilism

45%Kantianism

45%Justice (Fairness)

30%Divine Command

0%

Apathy



0%

Test flawed - too simplistic. But hey, I am kind of an existentialist hedonist.

 

[meebs]

You scored as Utilitarianism.

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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

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Utilitarianism
75%

Existentialism
65%

Justice (Fairness)
55%

Kantianism
50%

Nihilism
45%

Hedonism
45%

Strong Egoism
40%

Apathy
30%

Divine Command
10%

 

[Robbie_James_Francis]

Divine Command90%

Utilitarianism65%

Kantianism55%

Existentialism50%

Justice (Fairness)50%

Hedonism40%

Strong Egoism5%

Nihilism5%

Apathy0%

 

[Marz Blak]

To quote Richard Dawson, 'Survey says:'
Existentialism 90%
Nihilism 85%
Hedonism 85%
Justice (Fairness) 80%
Utilitarianism 55%
Strong Egoism 55%
Kantianism 15%
Apathy 15%
Divine Command 0%


Not a very good survey in my opinion, but interesting. As has been said before, the questions were not very well phrased insofar as many just aren't suited to simple 'srongly disagree'<--->'strongly agree' responses. Still, I'd say that the list, with its relative weightings, does (as far as it goes) pretty fairly represent my philosophy. One of the problems is that philosophy is a very broad term; it might be more useful to have the results broken down into the major metaphysical branches (ontology, epistemology, ethics and meta-ethics, philosophy of mind, etc.) so that one might see how he 'scored' in each branch, where different approaches can be directly juxtaposed.

 

[nadroj1985]

I scored 95% Existentialism, with 65% Strong Egoism. Hedonism was fairly high up there as well. Utilitarianism, Kantianism, and Apathy were pretty low. (I accidentally exited the window, so I'm just remembering these).

Not much of a surprise, really; I have strong existentialist leanings. But, the test was pretty simplistic -- the questions mostly show that whoever made the test doesn't understand the philosophies that well.

 

[elman]

Existentialism

85%
Utilitarianism

75%
Kantianism

55%
Divine Command

50%
Justice (Fairness)

45%
Hedonism

35%
Apathy

20%
Nihilism

5%
Strong Egoism

0%

 

[Talmidah]

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
Divine Command

80%Divine Command

60%Justice (Fairnes)

50%Utilitarianism

50%Strong Egoism

45%Existentialism

40%Apathy

40%Kantianism

30%Hedonism

10%Nihilism