| LC control no. | n 79055655 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Foot, Philippa |
| Variant(s) | Bosanquet, Philippa |
| Birth date | 1920-10-03 |
| Death date | 2010-10-03 |
| Profession or occupation | Philosophers |
| Found in | Mac Cumhaill, Clare. Metaphysical animals, 2022: title page (Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman) Wikipedia August 31, 2022: (Philippa Ruth Foot ; 3 October 1920 - 3 October 2010) was an English philosopher and one of the founders of contemporary virtue ethics, who was inspired by the ethics of Aristotle. Along with Judith Jarvis Thomson, she is credited with inventing the trolley problem. She was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society. She was a granddaughter of the U.S. President Grover Cleveland) Author's Theories of ethics, 1967. Guardian WWW site, Oct. 6, 2010 (Philippa Foot; Philippa Ruth Foot; b. 3 Oct. 1920; d. 3 Oct. 2010; philosopher; dau. of William Bosanquet and Esther Cleveland; m. the historian Michael (MRD) Foot, 1945 (div. 1960)) New York times WWW site, Oct. 12, 2010 (in obituary published Oct. 9: Philippa Foot; b. Philippa Judith Bosanquet, Oct. 3, 1920, Owston Ferry, Lincolnshire; m. M.R.D. Foot, 1945 (div.); d. Oct. 3, Oxford, aged 90; philosopher who argued that moral judgments have a rational basis, and who introduced the renowned ethical thought experiment known as the Trolley Problem) |
| Associated language | eng |
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