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person1970s-2000s

Lanning Sowden

Disciplines:
ethics

Summary

British philosopher who contributed to the philosophical analysis of trolley cases and the doctrine of double effect.

Core Contribution

Contributed to the discussion of trolley cases — in particular the relationship between the doctrine of double effect and the intuitive asymmetry between different trolley scenarios.

Historical Influences

Philippa Foot

Intellectual Lineage

Analytic Ethics

Contemporaries & Peers

No recorded contemporaries.

Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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