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• 1 C. L. Hanson // Apr 1, 2007 at 8:46 am

  I got existentialism too:

  Existentialism95%Utilitarianism75%Hedonism60%Justice (Fairness)45%Kantianism30%Nihilism25%Strong Egoism20%Apathy15%Divine Command5%What philosophy do you follow? (v1.03)created with QuizFarm.com

  I didn’t like the set of questions very much though — I don’t feel like the design allowed me to express my perspective…

• 2 Bored in Vernal // Apr 1, 2007 at 11:06 am

  Here’s mine:
  Existentialism 95%
  Hedonism 80%
  Divine Command 75%
  Utilitarianism 60%
  Justice (Fairness) 60%
  Kantianism 60%
  Strong Egoism 35%
  Apathy 15%
  Nihilism 5%

  Now I have to go and figure out what Kantianism implies! I think my Apathy and Nihilism qualities might vary quite a bit. When I am depressed, they are greatly elevated.

• 3 pilgrimgirl // Apr 1, 2007 at 12:10 pm

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

  Existentialism 100%
  Utilitarianism 90%
  Justice (Fairness)65%
  Hedonism 45%
  Apathy 45%
  Kantianism 35%
  Strong Egoism 15%
  Nihilism 10%
  Divine Command 5%

• 4 Miko // Apr 1, 2007 at 7:19 pm

  I scored as Existentialism, too, although Hedonism was a runner up! Existentialism 90% Hedonism 80% Strong Egoism 60% Justice (Fairness) 60% Utilitarianism 55% Kantianism 50% Nihilism 25% Apathy 5% Divine Command 0%

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  I’m distressed that “Divine Command” counts as a philosophy. It seems to me that it’s less a love of wisdom and more a love of authoritarianism (my dictionary says that it is a “study of the nature of knowledge, reality, and existence”; I can see how DC would be a theory, but not a study).

• 5 R. John // Apr 1, 2007 at 7:41 pm

  John, looks like your next book should be something by Sartre!

  Here’s mine:

  More info at Arocoun’s Wikipedia User Page…Existentialism100%Utilitarianism90%Hedonism75%Justice (Fairness)55%Strong Egoism50%Kantianism40%Nihilism20%Divine Command20%Apathy5%What philosophy do you follow? (v1.03)created with QuizFarm.com

• 6 pilgrimgirl // Apr 1, 2007 at 8:20 pm

  I find this so fascinating that everyone so far has scored highest in Existentialism. Does anyone have a guess for why?

• 7 Johnny // Apr 2, 2007 at 7:12 am

  Here’s mine…
  More info at Arocoun’s Wikipedia User Page…

  Existentialism 85%
  Justice (Fairness)65%
  Kantianism 55%
  Utilitarianism 50%
  Hedonism 45%
  Divine Command 15%
  Nihilism 15%
  Strong Egoism 5%
  Apathy 5%

  I think my favorite questions were the Kantian ones. You just can’t disguise the language of “following a universal law.”

• 8 Miko // Apr 2, 2007 at 11:40 am

  There were a lot of questions that were, I suppose, technically “existential” which, I think, it would be hard to be against, like “Even if we never find out why we exist, we can choose to give our lives meaning.” I never actually agreed much with Kant…

• 9 SunflowerP // Apr 2, 2007 at 5:01 pm

  Another member of the Existentialist Club here.
  Existentialism100%Hedonism80%Utilitarianism70%Strong Egoism65%Justice (Fairness)55%Kantianism35%Nihilism15%Divine Command10%Apathy10%What philosophy do you follow? (v1.03)created with QuizFarm.com
  Miko may have a point about questions that are hard to disagree with. But I think it also has to do with this blog itself, and the community it naturally attracts - “existentialist angst” is kinda what we do here, though more joyfully than the word “angst” usually implies.

  I was pleased by the sharp distinction between existentialism and nihilism - far too often, I see them sopken of as if they were close kindred.

  Sunflower

• 10 Miko // Apr 3, 2007 at 8:24 am

  Sunflower: my sisters often equate my existentialism (which is apparently weaker than most MoFers) with nihilism. I think we’ve had this debate, but I don’t remember where, so I’ll just repeat my point (because I can): I find that belief in a God Who will judge all your actions to be fatalistic; my sisters find the belief that you are ultimately responsible to your own conscience to be fatalistic. I think nihilism comes under the same rubric.

• 11 Jeff // Apr 4, 2007 at 6:49 am

  I’m an existentialist as well, and late at joining the fray, I might add.

  Existentialism 90%
  Strong Egoism 75%
  Hedonism 75%
  Justice (Fairness) 70%
  Utilitarianism 65%
  Kantianism 35%
  Nihilism 15%
  Apathy 5%
  Divine Command 0%

  I was a little surprised by the egoist part. I don’t necessarily see myself that way.

• 12 Shana // Apr 9, 2007 at 8:45 am

  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

  ‚ÄúIt is man’s natural sickness to believe that he possesses the Truth.‚Äù
  –Blaise Pascal

  More info at Arocoun’s Wikipedia User Page…Existentialism100%Utilitarianism70%Justice (Fairness)55%Hedonism45%Divine Command25%Kantianism20%Apathy15%Strong Egoism10%Nihilism5%What philosophy do you follow? (v1.03)created with QuizFarm.com

• 13 Jonathan // Apr 9, 2007 at 4:33 pm

  wow… feel pretty out of place here - here’s my stats:

  Divine Command 95%
  Utilitarianism 90%
  Existentialism 85%
  Justice (Fairness) 60%
  Kantianism 30%
  Nihilism 10%
  Strong Egoism 0%
  Hedonism 0%
  Apathy 0%

• 14 Miko // Apr 10, 2007 at 5:47 pm

  LOL! No MoF for you, Jonathan! [/MoF Nazi]

  j/k, I’m impressed you managed to score 0 on Hedonism, we seem hto have a significant amount of those here, too…

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