Judith Jarvis Thomson

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. 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.. Quotes A fetus is no more a human than an acorn is a tree Judith Jarvis Thomson, Philosopher, “A Defense of Abortion”. Philosophy & Public Affairs, Fall 1971 Many women of my generation, in many fields, had good reason to be grateful to the women's colleges. Judith Jarvis Thomson, "How it Was" Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association vol. 87, November 2013, pgs. 109-121 External links 52595818 Category:1929 births Category:2020 deaths Category:Women from the United States Category:Philosophers from the United States Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty Category:Women born in the 1920s