A couple of folks have asked why I haven’t participated in the Ethical Philosophy Quiz, which has been making the rounds of the blogosphere. Simple answer: its accounts of the views of the philosophers in question are largely incompetent, the one on Nietzsche scandalously so. (Only the one on Rand is really passable, which is hardly surprising: simplistic accounts of simplistic thinkers are a lot easier to do!) So what could be the point? This quiz doesn’t tell you anything about how your own ethical views map on to the views of well-known philosophers. But if you know something about the philosophers in question, check out their capsule profiles, and see for yourself.