Ideological Compass

[:) Smiley]

Ten questions...

Score 20 points per YES, 10 per MAYBE, 0 per NO

Personal materialism:
1. Can money can buy happiness?
2. Is the primary purpose of clothing aesthetic?
3. Does life end at death? (no afterlife)
4. Are salary raises preferable to more vacation?
5. Is a new thing inherently better than an identical old one?

Social materialism:
6. Does economic progress lead to social progress?
7. Should the needs of other life be subservient to human needs?
8. Should Church and State be seperate?
9. Should humans settle the oceans and outer space?
10. Would you prefer an engineer over an architect to plan a city?

And one unscored question:
How has CIV influenced your attitudes on the above issues?

use the Grid to find out where ya are.

I score 20 on Personal Materialism, 80 on Social Materialism.

[Shi Huangdi]

Personal 10 Social 80

[Nubclear]

Re: Ideological Compass

Oh! I misread one of the questions.

20 on Personal, 30 on Social.

[Neutrino]

50 personal, 90 social

[St Leo]

1. Can money can buy happiness?
YES
2. Is the primary purpose of clothing aesthetic?
NO
3. Does life end at death? (no afterlife)
YES
4. Are salary raises preferable to more vacation?
NO
5. Is a new thing inherently better than an identical old one?
MAYBE

Social materialism:
6. Does economic progress lead to social progress?
MAYBE
7. Should the needs of other life be subservient to human needs?
NO
8. Should Church and State be seperate?
YES
9. Should humans settle the oceans and outer space?
YES
10. Would you prefer an engineer over an architect to plan a city?
YES

And one unscored question:
How has CIV influenced your attitudes on the above issues?
NO

50 on Economic
70 on Social

[korn469]

Personal materialism:
1. Can money can buy happiness?
no -> 0
2. Is the primary purpose of clothing aesthetic?
yes -> 20
3. Does life end at death? (no afterlife)
maybe -> 10
4. Are salary raises preferable to more vacation?
maybe -> 10
5. Is a new thing inherently better than an identical old one?
no -> 0

Social materialism:
6. Does economic progress lead to social progress?
no -> 0
7. Should the needs of other life be subservient to human needs?
maybe -> 10
8. Should Church and State be seperate?
yes -> 20
9. Should humans settle the oceans and outer space?
yes -> 20
10. Would you prefer an engineer over an architect to plan a city?
no -> 0

personal -> 40
social -> 50

[The diplomat]

Re: Ideological Compass

Originally posted by Smiley

Personal materialism:
1. Can money can buy happiness? NO
2. Is the primary purpose of clothing aesthetic? MAYBE
3. Does life end at death? (no afterlife) NO
4. Are salary raises preferable to more vacation? MAYBE
5. Is a new thing inherently better than an identical old one? NO

total: 20

Social materialism:
6. Does economic progress lead to social progress? NO
7. Should the needs of other life be subservient to human needs? MAYBE
8. Should Church and State be seperate? YES
9. Should humans settle the oceans and outer space? YES
10. Would you prefer an engineer over an architect to plan a city? YES

total: 70

so that is 20 for personal materialism and 70 for social materialism.

[Ted Striker]

<---- bad azzist

[Berzerker]

Personal materialism:
1. Can money can buy happiness?

Maybe

2. Is the primary purpose of clothing aesthetic?

No

3. Does life end at death? (no afterlife)

Maybe

4. Are salary raises preferable to more vacation?

Hmm...how much of each? Maybe

5. Is a new thing inherently better than an identical old one?

Yes

50 points

Social materialism:
6. Does economic progress lead to social progress?

Yes

7. Should the needs of other life be subservient to human needs?

Of course

8. Should Church and State be seperate?

Yes

9. Should humans settle the oceans and outer space?

If we need to and can, yes

10. Would you prefer an engineer over an architect to plan a city?

Architects plan, engineers do

80 points

No on the last question

[St Leo]

City planners plan cities. Architects design buildings. Engineers also do a lot of design, but it really depends on what kind of engineer we are talking about.

[badams52]

Wohoo I'm a fundamentalist headin toward utopia: 20/40

[Dinner]

Re: Ideological Compass

Ten questions...

Score 20 points per YES, 10 per MAYBE, 0 per NO

Personal materialism: Total 60
1. Can money can buy happiness?
Sure as **** can.

2. Is the primary purpose of clothing aesthetic?
Sometime, in its most basic form it is utilitarian but for everyday purposes...

3. Does life end at death? (no afterlife)
We croak and that's all she wrote.

4. Are salary raises preferable to more vacation?
Maybe, it depends of the extact trade off.

5. Is a new thing inherently better than an identical old one?

No, the opposite if something is old enough.

Social materialism: Total 90
6. Does economic progress lead to social progress?
Eventually it does. There is a delayed reaction though.

7. Should the needs of other life be subservient to human needs?
In many but not all cases (count that as maybe).

8. Should Church and State be seperate?
Yes.

9. Should humans settle the oceans and outer space?
Yep.

10. Would you prefer an engineer over an architect to plan a city?
Depends on the person, his background, the over all goal I have with the city.

[Soul Survivor]

Personal materialism:
1. Can money can buy happiness?

Maybe - 10

2. Is the primary purpose of clothing aesthetic?

Yes - 20

3. Does life end at death? (no afterlife)

No - 0

4. Are salary raises preferable to more vacation?

No - 0

5. Is a new thing inherently better than an identical old one?

No - 0

Social materialism:
6. Does economic progress lead to social progress?

Maybe - 10

7. Should the needs of other life be subservient to human needs?

Yes - 20

8. Should Church and State be seperate?

Yes - 20

9. Should humans settle the oceans and outer space?

Yes - 20

10. Would you prefer an engineer over an architect to plan a city?

No - 0

Personal materialism: 30
Social materialism: 70

[Jon Miller]

n
n
y and n (it does end at death, but there is the possibility for some of an afterlife)
m
n
10
y
y
y
y
y
100

Jon Miller

[Elok]

Originally posted by Smiley
Ten questions...
Score 20 points per YES, 10 per MAYBE, 0 per NO
Personal materialism:
1. Can money can buy happiness?
2. Is the primary purpose of clothing aesthetic?
3. Does life end at death? (no afterlife)
4. Are salary raises preferable to more vacation?
5. Is a new thing inherently better than an identical old one?

Social materialism:
6. Does economic progress lead to social progress?
7. Should the needs of other life be subservient to human needs?
8. Should Church and State be seperate?
9. Should humans settle the oceans and outer space?
10. Would you prefer an engineer over an architect to plan a city?

No, no, no, maybe, no: 10
No, yes, maybe, maybe, maybe: 50
I'm a...quasi-fundamentalist. Whatever that means.