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This 8-Question Test Will Reveal Your School Of Philosophy

You think that the right thing to do is the thing that causes the maximum amount of pleasure. You believe that we should strive to minimise suffering and maximise happiness.

Utilitarianism

You believe that every event is caused by a prior event. You think that everything in the world is predetermined by what has come before it.

Determinism

You think that being certain of anything, including your own senses, is impossible.

Scepticism

You believe that the morality of an action should be judged based on its accordance with an underlying principle. Furthermore, you think that the underlying principle should be one that everyone can uphold simultaneously.

Kantianism

You believe that human beings should strive to maximise pleasure and minimise pain. You think that achieving pleasure is the ultimate goal of life.

Hedonism

You believe that through utilising the faculty of reason, humans are able to improve their own lives and progress. You reject tradition and instead advocate scientific inquiry.

Humanism

You believe that each individual is responsible for giving meaning to their own life. You think it is up to the individual to make sense of the confusing world that we live in.

Existentialism

You believe that we gain knowledge through sensory experiences. You think that ideas are formed based on empirical evidence, rather than being innate.

Empiricism

You believe in the material. You think that all phenomena, including mental phenomena, are reducible to material interactions.

Materialism

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This 8-Question Test Will Reveal Your School Of Philosophy

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