Philippa Foot
Philippa Foot | |
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Foot in 1939 | |
| Born | Philippa Ruth Bosanquet 3 October 1920 Owston Ferry, England |
| Died | 3 October 2010 (aged 90) Oxford, England |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | Somerville College, Oxford |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy Aretaic turn Aristotelianism |
| Institutions | Somerville College, Oxford UCLA |
| Main interests | Ethics, aesthetics |
| Notable ideas | Trolley problem, modern revival of virtue ethics |
Philippa Ruth Foot FBA (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.