December 15, 2003

No Surprises Here

So I took the Ethical Philosophy Test, and, big surprise, my best match was the Epicureans (those of you familiar with Talmud will know that the word Apikorus is supposedly derived from Epicurus).

Other high-scoring matches were Kant, Bentham and Spinoza. Kant I could hear. Bentham or Spinoza? Not quite.

Whatsmore, we know this is wrong, as I am clearly a Nietzschean. But what self-respecting Charedi isn't?

Just as a comparison, I took their Religion test. My top three results were Baha'i (which I will freely admit to knowing nothing about), Reform and Orthodox Judaism (in that order). Maybe I'll pick up some Epircursus on the way home...

Posted by Greg at December 15, 2003 2:31 PM
Comments

Bentham was Mill's rebbe.

Posted by: Mel at December 15, 2003 2:45 PM

I know one member of your family who would be very proud of both of us. I got Reform Judaism as number one and Orthodox Judaism as number two.

Posted by: peninah at December 15, 2003 3:15 PM

That may be the case, Mel, but I think Bentham was a bit more extreme than Mill (check this out: http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/002102.html#002102 for a laugh).

Posted by: Greg at December 15, 2003 3:37 PM

Bentham was far more extreme than Mill. He was also nuts. But Mill saw the need to draw an (unfortunately amorphous) line limiting freedom to that which doesn't harm other people or their stuff. Bentham the nut had no such problem.

Posted by: Feyvel at December 16, 2003 10:25 AM