Judith Jarvis Thomson
✓ Source-basedstableAmerican philosopher (1929-2020)
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.
Also inDeutsch
Photos 1
Awards 5
Connected to Judith 6
Kwame Anthony AppiahAlso won Philip L. Quinn Prize
Ernest NagelAlso won Carus Lectures
Wolfhart PannenbergAlso won honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge
Ela BhattAlso won honorary doctor of Harvard University
Elaine PagelsAlso won honorary doctor of Harvard University
Francis DarwinAlso won honorary doctorate from the University of CambridgeAbout this person
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. She is credited with naming, developing, and initiating the extensive literature on the trolley problem first posed by Philippa Foot which has found a wide range use since. Thomson also published a paper titled "A Defense of Abortion", which makes the argument that the procedure is morally permissible even if it is assumed that a fetus is a person with a right to life.
United StatesFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.