67.5% of matchups won
893 matchups
Elo 1648
tracked 2025/06/01 → 2026/05/28
mission: Promote happiness and rights · Philosophy and law · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing67%
picked as helping wellbeing
812 matchups
78%
picked as hurting wellbeing
81 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
John Stuart Mill
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66.7% wins · British philosopher and political economist (1806–1873)
02
Bertrand Russell
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58.7% wins · British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)
03
Thomas Hobbes
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28.2% wins · English philosopher (1588–1679)
04
John Locke
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37.1% wins · English philosopher and physician (1632–1704)
05
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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70.8% wins · Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712–1778)
Known for
- Founded utilitarianism
- Advocated animal rights
- Proposed legal reforms
- Introduced Panopticon design
- Influenced prison systems
Based on 893 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/05/28. Full rankings ·
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