8 Values - Org Poster Values

[Beskar]

As an alternative to Political Compass we have used previously, there is "8 values".
https://8values.github.io/

What is 8values?
8values is, in essence, a political quiz that attempts to assign percentages for eight different political values. You will be presented by a statement, and then you will answer with your opinion on the statement, from Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree, with each answer slightly affecting your scores. At the end of the quiz, your answers will be compared to the maximum possible for each value, thus giving you a percentage. Answer honestly!

What are the eight values?
There are four independent axes - Economic, Diplomatic, State, and Society - and each has two opposing values assigned to them. They are:

Equality (Economic)
Those with higher Equality scores believe the economy should distribute value evenly among the populace. They tend to support progressive tax codes, social programs, and at high values, socialism.

Markets (Economic)
Those with higher Market scores believe the economy should be focused on rapid growth. They tend to support lower taxes, privatization, deregulation, and at high values, laissez-faire capitalism.

Nation (Diplomatic)
Those with higher Nation scores are patriotic and nationalist. They often believe in an aggressive foreign policy, valuing the military, strength, sovereignty, and at high values, territorial expansion.

Globe (Diplomatic)
Those with higher Globe scores are cosmopolitan and globalist. They often believe in a peaceful foreign policy, emphasizing diplomacy, cooperation, integration, and at high values, a world government.

Liberty (State)
Those with higher Liberty scores believe in strong civil liberties. They tend to support democracy and oppose state intervention in personal lives. Note that this refers to civil liberties, not economic liberties.

Authority (State)
Those with higher Authority scores believe in strong state power. They tend to support state intervention in personal lives, government surveillance, and at high values, censorship or autocracy.

Tradition (Society)
Those with higher Tradition scores believe in traditional values and strict adherence to a moral code. Though not always, they are usually religious, and support the status quo or the status quo ante.

Progress (Society)
Those with higher Progress scores believe in social change and rationality. Though not always, they are usually secular or atheist, and support environmental action and scientific or technological research.

[Beskar]

My score:

[Montmorency]

Not a better quiz than the old one. Since I can't really answer these questions the way they're meant to be, I come out almost pure centrist.

Did you take the test answering as you expected Greyblades to, or did he ask you to post his result for some reason?

[Husar]

Not a better quiz than the old one. Since I can't really answer these questions the way they're meant to be, I come out almost pure centrist.

Did you take the test answering as you expected Greyblades to, or did he ask you to post his result for some reason?

I answered a lot of Neutrals as well, because the statements are not very specific. I assume it's a limitation due to not wanting to have a bazillion questions that take two years to answer though. Here's my result anyway:

[Beskar]

He posted his result elsewhere and I simply re-used that. But I will remove it and he can post it himself.

[Furunculus]

Closest Match: Liberalism

Ideological matching is a work in progress, and is much less accurate than the values and axes.

https://8values.github.io/results.ht...&g=62.7&s=62.4

[Montmorency]

Fair enough, the guardian and telegraph co-reviewed the book back in the day:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/...ay-people-vote

http://www.edwest.co.uk/telegraph-bl...conservatives/

not quite the exact links, but close enough to expand on the premise.

The series of "explore your Morality" surveys in the first (Guardian) link here are a bit more entertaining.

Reporting results at face value, I have less firm moral foundations than either liberals or conservatives, I am more rule-oriented than liberals, conservatives, or libertarians, I value honor less than others (i.e. males and females), but more than they in terms of external/social judgement, I place less emphasis than liberals and conservatives on societal goals of power and well-being, and I endorse more weakly than liberals and conservatives fair distribution by utilitarian and libertarian principles, match conservatives on equality, match liberals on equity, and in between on meeting basic or minimum needs.

Finally, my personal values are much weaker than everyone's, except for "power" somehow, which is between liberals' and conservatives' averages.

[Gilrandir]

8values is, in essence, a political quiz that attempts to assign percentages for eight different political values.

As it is often the story with tests and quizzes some initial premises are ill-worded and the values which are meant to represent opposite foci of an imagined scale include notions which can't be counterposed. And on the other hand some tenets grouped into one category may contradict each other:

Equality (Economic)
Those with higher Equality scores believe the economy should distribute value evenly among the populace. They tend to support progressive tax codes, social programs, and at high values, socialism.

Markets (Economic)
Those with higher Market scores believe the economy should be focused on rapid growth. They tend to support lower taxes, privatization, deregulation, and at high values, laissez-faire capitalism.

Even distribution of values isn't opposite to rapid growth as well as progressive tax code doesn't exclude lowering taxes.

Nation (Diplomatic)
Those with higher Nation scores are patriotic and nationalist. They often believe in an aggressive foreign policy, valuing the military, strength, sovereignty, and at high values, territorial expansion.

One may value sovereignty, but oppose aggressive foreign policy. Partriotism and nationalism have different axiological connotations.

Globe (Diplomatic)
Those with higher Globe scores are cosmopolitan and globalist. They often believe in a peaceful foreign policy, emphasizing diplomacy, cooperation, integration, and at high values, a world government.

Connected with the previous one: supporting sovereignty doesn't exclude supporting cooperation and integration at different levels.

Liberty (State)
Those with higher Liberty scores believe in strong civil liberties. They tend to support democracy and oppose state intervention in personal lives. Note that this refers to civil liberties, not economic liberties.

Authority (State)
Those with higher Authority scores believe in strong state power. They tend to support state intervention in personal lives, government surveillance, and at high values, censorship or autocracy.

As post 11\9 America showed, liberty can co-exist with governmnet surveillance.

Tradition (Society)
Those with higher Tradition scores believe in traditional values and strict adherence to a moral code. Though not always, they are usually religious, and support the status quo or the status quo ante.

Progress (Society)
Those with higher Progress scores believe in social change and rationality. Though not always, they are usually secular or atheist, and support environmental action and scientific or technological research.

Moral code and religiousness don't exclude rationality or technological research.

Generally, I feel like I'm offered a choice what I like more - tomatoes or driving a car.

[Beskar]

Generally, I feel like I'm offered a choice what I like more - tomatoes or driving a car.

Or Creationism in Schools versus Theory of Evolution.

An immovable 'fact' versus theories based on evidence from nature which explains many processes witnessed there.

[Sarmatian]

There's roughly 8 of us left here. Is there someone whose values you don't know?

[HopAlongBunny]

Turns out I'm pretty moderate:

[Husar]

There's roughly 8 of us left here. Is there someone whose values you don't know?

My own?

[Seamus Fermanagh]

8values

Results
Economic Axis: Market

37.8%
62.2%

Diplomatic Axis: Patriotic

64.9%
35.1%

Civil Axis: Moderate

56.2%
43.8%

Societal Axis: Neutral

46.0%
54.0%

Closest Match: Neo-Liberalism
Ideological matching is a work in progress, and is much less accurate than the values and axes.
You can send these results by copying and pasting the URL at the top of the page or using the image below. Think your matched ideology was wrong? Want to help us calibrate the test? Send the results along with your political ideology to us at eightvalues@gmail.com, or send us any comments, questions, or criticism.


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[Gilrandir]

Or Creationism in Schools versus Theory of Evolution.

An immovable 'fact' versus theories based on evidence from nature which explains many processes witnessed there.

Many scientists (especially up to XX century) were ardent believers, yet it didn't preclude them from pursuing research and making discoveries and inventions. Like Tolkien was a hard core Catholic but he invented a whole alternative religious view on the world and its creation.

[Fragony]

Hard to say the test doesn't work the site is broken, I get to agree or disagree with a white square with no question in it

[Pannonian]

Many scientists (especially up to XX century) were ardent believers, yet it didn't preclude them from pursuing research and making discoveries and inventions. Like Tolkien was a hard core Catholic but he invented a whole alternative religious view on the world and its creation.

Religion doesn't do much damage when believers study physics, where knowledge is hazy. It is extremely damaging in fields where knowledge is more complete. As for Tolkien and his alternative world view and creation: it's Catholicism, more or less. It's not as directly allegorical as CS Lewis's Narnia, but it is based on Catholicism.

[Fragony]

Personal theory, LotR is something entirely else. Tolkien was gay. The whole story is really about childhood-friends overcomming obstacles to in the end together climb a mountain with a ring. Carry on