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Judith Jarvis Thomson (October 4, 1929 – November 20, 2020) 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.
Dec 3, 2020 · Judith Jarvis Thomson, who created new fields of inquiry in philosophy through her writings on abortion and a moral thought experiment that she named the “Trolley Problem,” died on Nov. 20 at her...
Dec 3, 2020 · Professor Emerita Judith Jarvis Thomson, a philosopher of morality and metaphysics, died on November 20 at her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She was 91. Thomson transformed the philosophical discussion of abortion with her 1971 article “A defense of abortion” and devised the standard form of the “trolley problem.”.
Judith Clare Thompson, OC (born September 20, 1954) is a Canadian playwright.
Dec 4, 2020 · MIT Professor Emerita Judith Jarvis Thomson, one of the most influential moral philosophers of our time and "the atomic ice-breaker for women in philosophy,” has died at 91. She is best known for her work on the philosophy of abortion and the "trolley problem."
Judith Jarvis Thomson February 2016. Education: B.A. Barnard College, 1950. B.A. Cambridge University, 1952. M.A. Cambridge University, 1956 Ph.D. Columbia University, 1959. Awards:
Judith Thomson. Professor Emerita. PhilPeople Page | 32-D936 | 617-253-0216 | jjt@mit.edu. Judith Thomson’s work is primarily in moral theory and metaphysics. Her most recently published book is entitled “ Normativity ” (and that’s, of course, its topic), published in 2008.
