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What philosophy do you follow? (v1.03) created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as Utilitarianism Your life is guided by the principles of Utilitarianism: You seek the greatest good for the greatest number. “The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.” --Jeremy Bentham “Whenever the general disposition of the people is such, that each individual regards those only of his interests which are selfish, and does not dwell on, or concern himself for, his share of the general interest, in such a state of things, good government is impossible.” --John Stuart Mill More info at Arocoun's Wikipedia User Page... Utilitarianism 80% Existentialism 80% Justice (Fairness) 75% Hedonism 65% Strong Egoism 45% Kantianism 40% Apathy 15% Nihilism 15% Divine Command 0%

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Yep. That's me.

I think utilitarianism is the only philosophy that acknowledges reality. Or, at least a particular point of reality that a lot of folks would like to pretend to themselves doesn't exist: The fact that none of us can survive solely on our own. At least not in modern society, we can't. A very rare few may be able to hole up in the wilderness and make their living hunting with their bare hands or what tools they can create on their own, but every one of the rest of us relies on millions of other people to get by. That coffee you had this morning had to be grown by someone, picked by someone, transported by someone, stored by someone... etc. It didn't just magically appear in your hand only by something you did.

If we do not cooperate, we as a species die. It's that simple. And that means that the strong among us have a responsibility--even if only to our own survival--to care for the weak.