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[Luna]

Please post your test results and comments about them (agree/disagree, what do you think you actually follow if incorrect and so on!)
http://quizfarm.com/...ou-follow-v103/

My results:
Existentialism
80%
Utilitarianism
75%
Hedonism
75%
Apathy
30%
Kantianism
30%
Justice (Fairness)
25%
Nihilism
20%
Strong Egoism
10%
Divine Command
0%

I think they fit me pretty well! valuing freedom and then:
"Utilitarianism conjoining hedonism, as a view as to what is good for people, to utilitarianism has the result that all action should be directed toward achieving the greatest amount of happiness for everyone."

[JediMasterLucia]

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my results:

Utilitarianism
75%
Existentialism
70%
Justice (Fairness)
70%
Kantianism
65%
Divine Command
55%
Hedonism
55%
Apathy
15%
Strong Egoism
5%
Nihilism
0%

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

I think this decribes me well enough.

[modelcadet]

Existentialism
90%
Strong Egoism
55%
Hedonism
50%
Kantianism
50%
Utilitarianism
45%
Justice (Fairness)
40%
Nihilism
20%
Apathy
0%
Divine Command
0%

[zoolander]

Sarcasm
100%
Voyerism  
100%
Keepin'itrealism
95%
Zoomorphism
95%
Legendism  
95%
Utilitarianism  
95%
Understandshitism
95%
Existentialism
70%
Legoism (the way of Lego)
65%
Nihilism
55%
Nihilism
55%
Justice (Fairness)
35%
Apathy
30%
Flanderisms  
30%
Hedonism
30%
Strong Egoism
30%
Jizm
5%
Consumerism
5%
Divine Command
0%

Edited by zoolander, 06 January 2009 - 01:42 PM.

[zoolander]

Wait......disclaimer.......everyone that does that quiz all get 100% for something. It's not included in the final result because every gets 100%

Naive"ism" 100%

Edited by zoolander, 06 January 2009 - 01:36 PM.

[TheFountain]

100% quizes-are-lamism

[TheFountain]

That said, everyone should, at least at one point in their lives read 'the psychology of mans possible evolution' By PD Ouspensky.

Edited by TheFountain, 06 January 2009 - 02:13 PM.

[FunkOdyssey]

zoolander, on 6-Jan 2009, 08:23 AM, said:

Sarcasm
100%
Voyerism  
100%
Keepin'itrealism
95%
Zoomorphism
95%
Legendism  
95%
Utilitarianism  
95%
Understandshitism
95%
Existentialism
70%
Legoism (the way of Lego)
65%
Nihilism
55%
Nihilism
55%
Justice (Fairness)
35%
Apathy
30%
Flanderisms  
30%
Hedonism
30%
Strong Egoism
30%
Jizm
5%
Consumerism
5%
Divine Command
0%

LOL

[Mixter]

100% communism. Comrade.

[Cyberbrain]

My Results:

Immortalism
        100%
Existentialism  
100%
Transhumanism
        100%
Singularitarianism
        100%
Utilitarianism
60%
Hedonism
55%
Justice
50%
Strong Egoism
50%
Kantianism
45%
Nihilism
5%
Apathy
5%
Divine Command
0%

Edited by Kostas, 06 January 2009 - 10:15 PM.

[medicineman]

xistentialism                                                            
                              100%                                                                                                                                                     Utilitarianism                                                            
                              80%                                                                                                                                                     Nihilism                                                            
                              70%                                                                                                                                                     Kantianism                                                            
                              70%                                                                                                                                                     Justice (Fairness)                                                            
                              60%                                                                                                                                                     Strong Egoism                                                            
                              30%                                                                                                                                                     Hedonism                                                            
                              20%                                                                                                                                                     Apathy                                                            
                              10%                                                                                                                                                     Divine Command                                                            
                              0%

[Vgamer1]

100% Existentialism
75% Utilitarianism
70% Hedonism
60% Strong Egoism      
50% Kantanism
50% Justice (Fairness)
20% Nihilism
10% Apathy
10% Divine Command


Can someone explain Kantanism to me? I'm 50% into that but I don't even know what it is...

Also, I think this is a decent quiz compared to most. It's comparable to a personality quiz I think and those can be pretty accurate.

Edited by Vgamer1, 18 January 2009 - 07:30 AM.

[Lotus]

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%

Edited by Lotus, 18 January 2009 - 08:22 AM.

[EmbraceUnity]

Existentialism
  100%
  Utilitarianism
  90%
  Hedonism
  65%
  Kantianism
  45%
  Justice (Fairness)
  35%
  Strong Egoism
  15%
  Apathy
  10%
  Nihilism
  10%
  Divine Command
  0%

Sounds about right to me.

[EmbraceUnity]

Vgamer1, on 18-Jan 2009, 01:27 AM, said:

100% Existentialism
75% Utilitarianism
70% Hedonism
60% Strong Egoism      
50% Kantanism
50% Justice (Fairness)
20% Nihilism
10% Apathy
10% Divine Command


Can someone explain Kantanism to me? I'm 50% into that but I don't even know what it is...

Also, I think this is a decent quiz compared to most. It's comparable to a personality quiz I think and those can be pretty accurate.

Kantianism, with regard to ethics, is the belief that intentions and means are what matter, and the ends are less important. The main concept behind this is the Categorical Imperative, which states that every action you do should be so perfect that it could be made into a universal law. A key question for that on the test was when it asked if it would be ok to steal food for a starving person, knowing that if everyone stole that society would cease to function.

I have some sympathy for this idea since people confuse the means and ends all the time. The recent scandal regarding US torture policies is a prime example. How can we defend freedom by becoming torturers? Perhaps it may be justifiable in temporary extreme circumstances, but when it becomes codified as policy, you have just routinized some pretty anti-freedom practices. Think: "The banality of evil."

Of course Rule Utilitarianism provides some good guidelines for avoiding such problems, but Kant's ideas were instrumental in the establishment of the idea of normative Human Rights. They have a symbiotic relationship to one another, much like the jeffersonians and the hamiltonians did... without always recognizing it themselves. The Bill of Rights without the Constitution doesn't make much sense, and the Constitution without a Bill of Rights isn't worth very much.

Edited by progressive, 18 January 2009 - 05:53 PM.

[Lazarus Long]

Since you ask:

Existentialism      90%
Hedonism    85%
Utilitarianism    70%
Justice (Fairness)  60%
Strong Egoism    55%
Kantianism    45%
Nihilism           40%
Divine Command  25%
Apathy    5%

I find the poll interesting and reflective of a trend that is noticeable here in the membership.  Many of us are existentialist, utilitarian and hedonist in various degrees but we also value justice but tend to see it in relativist terms.

[forever freedom]

Strong Egoism  
100%
Existentialism  
80%
Kantianism  
80%
Justice (Fairness)  
70%
Nihilism  
55%
Hedonism  
50%
Apathy  
20%
Utilitarianism  
5%
Divine Command  
0%




If everyone in the world was completely egoistic and individualistic the world would be such a better place.

[Lazarus Long]

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If everyone in the world was completely egoistic and individualistic the world would be such a better place.

Well at least you are consistent even if more than a bit narcissistic and irrationally shall I say it: egotistic.

[EmbraceUnity]

Lazarus Long, on 18-Jan 2009, 03:36 PM, said:

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If everyone in the world was completely egoistic and individualistic the world would be such a better place.

Well at least you are consistent even if more than a bit narcissistic and irrationally shall I say it: egotistic.

An enlightened egoist would recognize the interdependence of human beings. We are social creatures, and we must cooperate in order to live a fulfilling life. Of course one's ultimate motivation for cooperation shouldn't be purely self-interest, but I'm too consequentialist to care strongly.

[Moonbeam]

I can't resist the quizzes.  And I learned what Kantianism is.  Now that I know, I wish I was more of that.

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!”


That usually sounds good to me, but I hate hangovers.  


Hedonism - 85%

Strong Egoism - 75%

Existentialisum - 55%

Nihilism - 50%

Utilitarianism -45%

Justice (Fairness) - 40%

Apathy -30%

Kantianism - 30%

Divine Command - 0%

[Joseph]

Um... I took the quiz and got the following:

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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

I couldn't get it to show me the individualized results... weird.

[Luna]

Joseph, on 18-Jan 2009, 11:39 PM, said:

Um... I took the quiz and got the following:

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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

I couldn't get it to show me the individualized results... weird.

They should be just below !

[Maecenas]

Existentialism 95% Kantianism 90% Justice (Fairness) 55% Utilitarianism 40% Strong Egoism 40% Nihilism 15% Apathy 10% Hedonism 10% Divine Command 0%

[Brainfogged]

Existentialism 90% Apathy 70% Strong Egoism 70% Hedonism 65% Justice (Fairness) 60% Utilitarianism 30% Nihilism 25% Kantianism 15% Divine Command 0%


Well that´s mine!

Edited by Brainfogged, 08 May 2012 - 10:05 PM.

[BrandonKing]

You Scored as Existentialism
Your life is guided by the concept of <b>Existentialism</b>: You choose the meaning and purpose of your life. <br><br>“Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.” <br>“It is up to you to give [life] a meaning.” <br>--Jean-Paul Sartre <br><br>“It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the Truth.” <br>--Blaise Pascal <br><br>More info at <a href="http://en.wikipedia....">Arocoun&#39;s Wikipedia User Page...</a>

Hedonism 100% Existentialism 100% Utilitarianism 100% Justice (Fairness) 75% Kantianism 55% Strong Egoism 50% Nihilism 35% Apathy 25% Divine Command 0%

[Lovetolearn]

Existentialism
85%
Hedonism
75%
Justice (Fairness)
75%
Strong Egoism
65%
Kantianism
55%
Utilitarianism
40%
Nihilism
25%
Apathy
15%
Divine Command
15%

[Willou]

Existentialism - 100%
Utilitarianism - 70%
Hedonism - 70%
Kantianism - 70%
Justice (Fairness) - 55%
Apathy - 20%
Strong Egoism - 15%
Nihilism - 10%
Divine Command - 0%

Overall, I agree.