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Philippa Foot

1920 - 2010

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Philippa Ruth Foot (née Bosanquet; 3 October 1920 – 3 October 2010) was an English philosopher and one of the founders of contemporary virtue ethics. Her work was inspired by Aristotelian ethics. Along with Judith Jarvis Thomson, she is credited with inventing the trolley problem. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philippa Foot is the 794th most popular philosopher (down from 742nd in 2019), the 2,071st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,626th in 2019) and the 55th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Philippa Foot ranks 794 out of 1,267. Before her are Nisargadatta Maharaj, Domingo de Soto, Eric Hoffer, Motoori Norinaga, Gilbert Simondon, and Mykhailo Drahomanov. After her are Henry of Ghent, Nikolai Amosov, Jean-Luc Marion, Yun Hyu, Melchor Cano, and Lie Yukou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Philippa Foot ranks 151. Before her are Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani, Thomas Szasz, Michael Anderson, Heinz Kessler, Delbert Mann, and Martine Carol. After her are Josefa Iloilo, José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, DeForest Kelley, John O'Connor, Amet-khan Sultan, and José López Portillo y Pacheco. Among people deceased in 2010, Philippa Foot ranks 116. Before her are Andrei Voznesensky, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, Charlie Wilson, Alexander McQueen, Solomon Burke, and Nasr Abu Zayd. After her are Vladimir Ilyushin, Girija Prasad Koirala, Alain Corneau, Jonathan Motzfeldt, Steingrímur Hermannsson, and Luigi Poggi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Philippa Foot ranks 2,071 out of 8,785. Before her are Thomas Rowlandson (1756), Irvine Welsh (1957), Ray Winstone (1957), Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (1475), Arnold Wesker (1932), and Roger Cotes (1682). After her are Effie Gray (1828), Chris Martin (1977), James Wolfe (1727), William Hamilton (1730), Edward Cave (1691), and Joan Robinson (1903).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Philippa Foot ranks 55. Before her are Stephen Toulmin (1922), Mark Fisher (1968), Robert Filmer (1588), F. H. Bradley (1846), William Paley (1743), and Anthony Collins (1676). After her are Bernard Williams (1929), John Major (1467), Charles Kay Ogden (1889), Frederick Copleston (1907), Raymond Williams (1921), and Martin Lings (1909).

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