51.8% of matchups won
338 matchups
Elo 1641
tracked 2025/05/28 → 2026/10/20
mission: Explore knowledge and morality · Philosophy and Ethics · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing48%
picked as helping wellbeing
280 matchups
69%
picked as hurting wellbeing
58 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
- Critique of Pure Reason
- Groundwork of Ethics
- Perpetual Peace
- Transcendental Idealism
- Kantian Ethics
Based on 338 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/20. Full rankings ·
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