New twist on the old trolley

Cow and Boy offer a new twist on the standard trolley thought experiment in moral philosophy.

Multiplying Quizzes beyond necessity

Here's one that a friend sent me. My results are a little surprising, but not that much. I wouldn't have expected that Existentialism would be so high, but the rest of it seems roughly in order.

You scored as Existentialism, Your life is guided by the concept of Existentialism: You choose the meaning and purpose of your life.

“Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.”
“It is up to you to give [life] a meaning.”
--Jean-Paul Sartre

“It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the Truth.”
--Blaise Pascal

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Existentialism 100%
Strong Egoism 90%
Justice (Fairness) 85%
Hedonism 80%
Kantianism 55%
Utilitarianism 25%
Nihilism 5%
Apathy 0%
Divine Command 0%

What philosophy do you follow? (v1.03)
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Ethical Philosophy Selector

I am sure most of you have taken this quiz or something similar. Try it again and post what you get!

Ethical Philosophy Selector

Here's my Top Ten...surprised?

1. Aristotle (100%)
2. Ayn Rand (97%)
3. John Stuart Mill (94%)
4. Epicureans (91%)
5. Aquinas (86%)
6. Plato (81%)
7. Nietzsche (78%)
8. Thomas Hobbes (78%)
9. David Hume (73%)
10.Jean-Paul Sartre (73%)

So why are we doing this, again?

For any of us who think they might be writing something original or new in their thesis/dissertation:

Peanut Butter and Darwin

I found this and recognized it as presenting a ground-breaking, obvious knock-down argument against evolution. I don't know anything about the site on which I found the video, but the video itself is pretty amazing. I'll never open peanut butter (or for that matter, jelly) again.

The New Kiekegaard

Cow and Boy is a relatively new strip and has quickly risen to one my favorites. It's got a Calvin & Hobbes feel, but instead of a stuffed tiger, it's a talking cow.

Daily Dinosaur Comics

For those of you not already in the know, you really should check out Daily Dinosaur Comics. It's a hilarious comic that is not really related to philosophy (it is, instead, related to dinosaurs). However, the guy who writes it clearly knows his stuff and brings up philosophic issues quite regularly.

Piled Higher & Deeper

I am a big fan of comic strips and so when I came across this one, I was thrilled. Piled Higher & Deeper is a comic strip that follows the lives of several graduate students at a university. It finds humor in all aspects of graduate student life, and so I think you'll enjoy it:
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php

There is a particular funny story line that is a take off on The Matrix:
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=138