My Ethical Philosophy
December 15th, 2007 at 18:16I have not studied ethical philosophy in any formal way. But I found it interesting to follow this tip from Doug Chaplin to the Ethical Philosophy Selector. My results are interesting:
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1. | St. Augustine (100%) Information link |
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2. | Aquinas (94%) Information link |
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3. | Kant (88%) Information link |
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4. | Ockham (83%) Information link |
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5. | Spinoza (79%) Information link |
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6. | Ayn Rand (67%) Information link |
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7. | Aristotle (64%) Information link |
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8. | Jean-Paul Sartre (57%) Information link |
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9. | Jeremy Bentham (55%) Information link |
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10. | John Stuart Mill (52%) Information link |
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11. | Nietzsche (52%) Information link |
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12. | Nel Noddings (51%) Information link |
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13. | Prescriptivism (50%) Information link |
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14. | Stoics (45%) Information link |
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15. | Cynics (42%) Information link |
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16. | Epicureans (39%) Information link |
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17. | David Hume (38%) Information link |
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18. | Plato (28%) Information link |
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19. | Thomas Hobbes (11%) Information link |
So, while I have problems with the theology of Augustine of Hippo, it seems I am close to him in ethical philosophy. Given how I answered, it is of course not surprising that I am closest to the two major Christian figures in the list.
Posted by Peter Kirk,
in Science and Philosophy
December 17th, 2007 at 6:03 pm
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