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Richard Campbell

Disciplines:
ethics
theology/philosophy of religion

Summary

Australian philosopher who has contributed to the analysis of the trolley problem and the sorites paradox.

Core Contribution

Contributed to the philosophical analysis of the trolley problem, arguing for deontological constraints against harm.

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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