Anthony Ashley Cooper (Shaftesbury)
1671–1713
“Moral sense: virtue as the harmony of feelings.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- POPractical Orientation9 / 10
- UIUniversalist Impulse9 / 10
- TETrust in Experience8 / 10
- VAVital Affirmation7 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- Francis HutchesonFORGE
Moral sense school — benevolence as the proper object of approval.
- Jeremy BenthamFORGE
The greatest happiness of the greatest number — pleasure calculus made law.
- William MacAskillFORGE
Effective altruism and longtermism do the most good with the most rigor.
- Adam SmithFORGE
His Theory of Moral Sentiments installs an impartial spectator inside each of us.
- Henry SidgwickFORGE
His Methods of Ethics compares utilitarianism, egoism, and intuitionism with great scruple.
- VoltaireFORGE
Crush the infamy. Defend free speech to the death. Cultivate your garden.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Anthony Ashley Cooper (Shaftesbury)'s thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Anthony Ashley Cooper (Shaftesbury) or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREAnthony Ashley Cooper (Shaftesbury) vs Francis HutchesonOn Mull's map Francis Hutcheson sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶