Rational anarchism
I had the idea of writing a wikipedia page on rational anarchism. In my research, I found a reference to an online philosophical quiz, to determine which moral philosophy you agree with most. I am not big on moral philosophy, but it looked like fun, so I tried it.
Here are the results:
1. Ayn Rand (100%)
2. Jean-Paul Sartre (93%)
3. John Stuart Mill (72%)
4. David Hume (69%)
5. Thomas Hobbes (69%)
6. Aristotle (63%)
7. Nel Noddings (60%)
8. Aquinas (59%)
9. Cynics (58%)
10. Nietzsche (58%)
11. Epicureans (57%)
12. Stoics (50%)
13. Kant (43%)
14. St. Augustine (39%)
15. Plato (38%)
16. Spinoza (32%)
17. Jeremy Bentham (30%)
18. Ockham (29%)
19. Prescriptivism (28%)
Very interesting indeed, but what does it mean? I agree with Rand on the libertarian front, and - I guess - the morality of self-serving, but I think she is an apologist for capitalism (and certainly she has come to be used as one). Plus she ignores the wider implications of our actions, falling foul of the dilemma of the commons. Of course, the environment wasn't quite the issue it was in her day, and she might have argued that an individual is responsible for the impact his actions have on the environment (in the libertarian sense). But I find it hard to read her novels (especially Atlas Shrugged) without thinking she hasn't quite thought this through enough.
posted by Platypus Bill @ 4:09 pm
1 Comments:
The problem with self-serving is that it is the underlying theme of greed or rampant capitalism. How does it work. Why or how is it that people like rational anarchists do make Apple mogul a billionaire - in protest to Microsoft? or make some rap artist a millionaire in the quest not to be comformist and make established artists even richer. How do Shell & BP make record profits without putting a gun to anybody's head to handover their hard earned money at the pumps. How is it that the government & nhs overpay doctors so that we cannot afford anymore? - when we could have twice as many if we paid them half as much. Well because we have self-serving doctors, and even those who may start medicine with altruistic ideals soon conform to the norm.
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