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What Does Your Life Of Excellence Look Like?

A murderer comes to your door and asks where your roommate is, saying that he’ll murder them. What do you do?

On a scale of 1-3, how important is faith in your life? (1 being most important, 3 being least)

What’s the most valuable trait for a person?

What is the purpose of society?

If you had a very ill family member and the only way to save their life was to steal medicine, would you do it and how would you justify your choice.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

What do you value most in life?

Which quote most resonates with you?

What role does reason play in your life?

What does excellence mean to you?

You got Plato! Like him, you love to ask questions and never take anything at its face value. You believe that there is always more to learn. You are relentless in this pursuit of knowledge despite how uncomfortable you make others and in disregard for the trouble you could get into. In fact, you think that the best way to arrive at the truth is to make others feel as uneasy as possible and for them to question what they believe to be true. Strangely enough, you might think that all your knowledge comes from mystical force in space that you can never truly understand. You also have an extremely strong sense of justice.You believe that this justice is to find your role in society and stick to that role. You also believe that if a society was to run smoothly and have harmony, it would be ran by people like you.

Plato

You got Aristotle! Like him, you regard happiness as the greatest good in life. You like to break down your thoughts and beliefs in an ordered manner, somewhat like a science. Before you can find time to focus on pressing questions like the meaning of life, you first strive to make sure you have all the materials you need so that you can focus properly. You put immense effort into making sure that you consistently make virtuous choices, because you want to be someone of good character. You laugh at the idea that morality can be relative, because you know that there is only one right way to act. Something that is very important to you is understanding your strengths and weaknesses, so that you can avoid the errors you are most susceptible to. Your education is extremely valuable to you and you always strive to do your best work because of this. Above all, you view true, good friendship as a sort of blessing and miracle and constantly attempt to further develop your relationships with others for the hopes of achieving these enduring connections.

Aristotle

You got Machiavelli! Like him, you believe a ruler should look out for his subjects and gain as much material prosperity, power and glory as possible. You may have a different code of ethics as a ruler than your citizens, but that’s because you have different roles in society. You also believe that the ends of an action always justify the means! If you are helping your kingdom in the end, it does not matter what method you took to get there. Additionally, you are considered modern for your lack of religious influence on your thinking and politics, and you tend to believe that men are naturally wicked and act out of self-interest, so they need some form of government to control them! You support the separation of politics and ethics and politics and religion; instead of using philosophical criteria, you apply a more practical criteria to your way of thinking because government should be based on facts and reason! You strive to be an opportunist, which will surely help you out in the long run.

Machiavelli

You got Kant! You believe that the only truly good thing is a good will. According to your moral philosophy, an action’s moral worth is determined by its intent, rather than its consequences or effects. For an act to be considered moral, it must be done for its own sake in accordance with duty to the moral law. You also believe that all rational beings are ends in themselves, and therefore must never be used as means to an end. The central concept behind your moral philosophy is the “Categorical Imperative,” which demands that one must act only according to principles which can be observed as universal laws. This principle is unconditional and binding on all rational creatures. You hope that mankind may someday establish a society called the Kingdom of Ends,” a legal society in which all rational beings are treated as ends in themselves, and all people observe the Categorical Imperative.

Kant

You got Kierkegaard! For you, the life of excellence is marked by an individualistic journey of faith. While you value social mores and ethical standards, these are merely temporal. Your life is on a higher course. While grounded in the present reality, your true devotion is towards an end not of this world. You are so devoted to your ideals that you’re willing to sacrifice anything for them, regardless of repercussions or how crazy other people may think you are. Even so, your life is marked by joy in the belief that you won’t have to do it

Kierkegaard

You got Nietzsche! Your life of excellence is driven by the desire to create your own identity through self-realization. You believe life is all about giving life meaning by yourself, and not through other external sources such as religion. Much like Nietzsche, you believe there is no need for religion in this life because it is anti-human and takes the power away from the individual person and puts it in the hands of someone else, like God. Religion does not give life meaning, but rather eradicates true human meaning, which is why there is no need for religion. Additionally, you believe that your whole life is driven by the need to have power and control over everything because when are you in control, you feel most secure in your own life (maybe you’re even a bit of a micromanager...feeling the deep desire to have control over every little aspect of your life). You believe the most important part of life is to find joy, and this is something that you must find on your own!

Nietzsche

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