66.7% of matchups won
357 matchups
Elo 1667
tracked 2025/05/18 → 2026/07/16
mission: Promote individual liberty and equality · Political philosophy · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing66%
picked as helping wellbeing
305 matchups
71%
picked as hurting wellbeing
52 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
Similar people
01
Bertrand Russell
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58.7% wins · British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)
02
Jeremy Bentham
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67.5% wins · British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748–1832)
03
John Locke
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37.1% wins · English philosopher and physician (1632–1704)
04
Adam Smith
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53.0% wins · Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723–1790)
05
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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70.8% wins · Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712–1778)
Known for
- Advocated women's suffrage
- Published On Liberty
- Developed qualitative utilitarianism
- Critique of colonialism
- The Subjection of Women
Based on 357 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/07/16. Full rankings ·
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