> Gary Denton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip>
> Take the philosopher survey:
> http://selectsmart.com/PHILOSOPHY
>
> me - 1. Kant (100%)
> 2. John Stuart Mill (95%)
> 3. Jean-Paul Sartre (76%)
> 4. Epicureans (75%)
<snip>
Weeell, my results weren't what I expected (except
that Nietzsche & Ann Rand were low on my list, and no
matches to Hobbes):
1. Aquinas (100%)
2. Aristotle (85%)
3. Spinoza (78%)
4. St. Augustine (73%)
5. Nel Noddings (68%)
I've never heard of that last: "Traditional western
ethics has oppressed female voices...We should look to
traditional women's practices as a way of determining
our ethics...We should use an ethics of care:
emphasizing loving others, meeting needs, and
nurturing."
OK, that kinda fits... :)
I really object to the Augustine part, as the blurb
goes:
"Happiness is a union of the soul with God after one
has died.
Bodily pleasures are relatively inferior to spiritual
pleasures.
Philosophical reasoning is not the path to wisdom and
happiness.
A love of God and faith in Jesus is the only path to
happiness.
God is the one to allow people to practice the love of
God.
One must love God in order to fulfill moral law.
People are inherently evil; only the grace of God (or
is it merit to be saved?) can save them."
I _so_ disagree with each one of those statements! >:/
'after death' "only path" "inherently evil" "must"...
Bah!!!
Debbi
whose favorite St. Augustine quote is "Lord, make me
chaste - but not yet" ;)
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