44.9% of matchups won
494 matchups
Elo 1684
tracked 2025/05/25 → 2026/09/08
mission: Promoting humanist ethics and philosophy · Philosophy and ethics · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing41%
picked as helping wellbeing
347 matchups
55%
picked as hurting wellbeing
147 matchups
On balance people see it as hurting.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
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Known for
- Founded New College of Humanities
- Published 30+ philosophy books
- CBE for services to philosophy
- Chairman of Man Booker Prize
- Advocate for human rights
Based on 494 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/09/08. Full rankings ·
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