December 16, 2003. ש Two Fun Web Quizzes: Your Ideal Philosopher of Ethics and Your Ideal Presidential Candidate.

ש Two Fun Web Quizzes: Your Ideal Philosopher of Ethics and Your Ideal Presidential Candidate. I found two new fun Selecsmart quizzes from Professor Bainbridge's web- log. One asks you questions to determine your ideal philosopher of ethics and the other to determine your ideal presidential candidate for 2004. The questions are intelligent, and there aren't many of them. Here are my presidential results:

1. Your ideal theoretical candidate.   (100%)  Click here for info
2. Bush, President George W. - Republican   (88%)   
3. Libertarian Candidate   (60%)  
4. Gephardt, Rep. Dick, MO - Democrat   (39%)  Click here for info
5. Kerry, Senator John, MA - Democrat   (38%)   
6. Edwards, Senator John, NC - Democrat   (36%)  
7. Lieberman, Senator Joe, CT - Democrat   (34%)  Click here for info
8. Phillips, Howard - Constitution   (26%)   
9. Dean, Gov. Howard, VT - Democrat   (19%)  Click here for info
10. Kucinich, Rep. Dennis, OH - Democrat   (16%)  Click here for info
11. Clark, Retired General Wesley K., AR - Democrat    (14%)  
12. Sharpton, Reverend Al - Democrat   (12%)  
13. Hagelin, Dr. John - Natural Law   (12%)  Click here for info
14. Green Party Candidate   (9%)   Click here for info
15. LaRouche, Lyndon H. Jr. - Democrat   (5%)  Click here for info
16. Moseley-Braun, Former Senator Carol, IL - Democrat    (1%)  
17. Socialist Candidate   (1%)  
Professor Bainbridge rates George Bush at 67%, John Kerry at 56%, John Edwards and Joe Lieberman at 53%, and Carole Moseley-Braun at 7%. What a liberal he is!

My ethics results are:

1. Aquinas   (100%)  Click here for info
2.  Jeremy Bentham   (81%)   Click here for info
3.  St. Augustine   (76%)   Click here for info
4.  Ockham   (74%)   Click here for info
5.  Aristotle   (70%)   Click here for info
6.  John Stuart Mill   (66%)   Click here for info
7.  Prescriptivism   (62%)   Click here for info
8.  Kant   (60%)   Click here for info
9.  Epicureans   (51%)   Click here for info
10.  Jean-Paul Sartre   (48%)   Click here for info
11.  Plato   (47%)   Click here for info
12.  Ayn Rand   (41%)   Click here for info
13.  Spinoza   (40%)   Click here for info
14.  Thomas Hobbes   (40%)   Click here for info
15.  Nel Noddings   (38%)   Click here for info
16.  Cynics   (31%)   Click here for info
17.  Nietzsche   (30%)   Click here for info
18.  Stoics   (19%)   Click here for info
19.  David Hume   (19%)   Click here for info

I'm appalled to find how close to JS Mill, Kant, and Aristotle I am, and surprised Hume is so far away. It's interesting that this comes right after two days in which I attack, implicitly, Aristotle and Catholicism. But I do admire Aquinas.

Professor Bainbridge ratings are: Ockham (100%) Ayn Rand (93%), Kant (90%), St. Augustine (87%), Spinoza (86%), and Aquinas (85%). It must be the Ayn Rand influence that messed up his presidential preferences.

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