Judith Jarvis Thomson
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| Gender | Female |
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| Death | 5 years ago |
| Date of birth | October 4,1929 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | New York |
| United States | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Regions | Western philosophy |
| Job | Physician |
| Philosopher | |
| Education | Columbia University |
| Hunter College High School | |
| Barnard College | |
| Books | Normativity |
| Goodness and Advice | |
| The Realm of Rights | |
| Rights, restitution, and risk | |
| Acts and other events | |
| Presidential Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 1991-2000 | |
| A Defense of Abortion | |
| Spous | James Thomson |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
| Notabl idea | The trolley problem, ethics concerning abortion |
| Died | Cambridge |
| Massachusetts | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | November 20,2020 |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 554132 |
Judith Jarvis Thomson Life story
Judith Jarvis Thomson was an American philosopher who studied and worked on ethics and metaphysics. Her work ranges across a variety of fields, but she is most known for her work regarding the thought experiment titled the trolley problem and her writings on abortion.
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