Wednesday, September 25, 2002

Ethical Philosophy Selector via Flos Carmeli

1. Aquinas (100%)
2. Aristotle (89%)
3. Spinoza (74%)
4. Augustine (72%)
5. Ockham (72%)
6. Mill (63%)
7. Bentham (56%)
8. Kant (54%)
9. Rand (54%)
10. Cynics (51%)
11. Hume (51%)
12. Sartre (41%)
13. Prescriptivism (41%)
14. Nietzsche (39%)
15. Epicureans (36%)
16. Stoics (36%)
17. Plato (32%)
18. Hobbes (25%)
19. Noddings (24%)

Unfortunate, because I cannot stand Aquinas. If there is a medieval philosopher that I like, it is Duns Scotus. Aristotle--I'm not a big fan either, but like Aquinas, he makes a lot of sense, I just don't agree with too much of it.

Spinoza? I must confess ignorance, I know general outlines of his thought but not enough to comment. As for Augustine, I would have thought that I am closer to Augustine. I happen to be a big theological fan of the school of thought that goes from Plato to neo-Platonists to Augustine to Anslem to Bonaventure and Scotus and yes, I do like many things in Ockham, at least, the little I know.

Bentham . . . I do see merits of Utilitarianism and being an Economics major in undergrad, I was profoundly influenced by aspects of Adam Smith's thought (not that he was a utilitarian, but there are common threads in the British philosophical tradition).

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