Philippa Foot

Philippa Ruth Foot FBA (/ˈfɪlɪpə ˈfʊt/; née Bosanquet; 3 October 1920 – 3 October 2010) was an English philosopher.

Philippa Foot FBA
Born	Philippa Ruth Bosanquet (1920-10-03)3 October 1920 Owston Ferry, England
Died	3 October 2010(2010-10-03) (aged 90) Oxford, England
Alma mater	Somerville College, Oxford
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
Influences Aristotle Aquinas Wittgenstein Anscombe Nagel
Influenced Bernard Williams, Candace Vogler, Michael Slote, John McDowell, Rosalind Hursthouse, Judith Jarvis Thomson

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