Judith Jarvis Thomson

Born: 1929

Died: 2020

Country of Birth: USA

Nationality: USA

Barnard College BA; Cambridge University BA, MA; Columbia University PhD

Degrees & Memberships: Member: American Philosophical Society (2019), :

Achievements: known for her work regarding the thought experiment titled the trolley problem and her writings on abortion; published a paper titled "A Defense of Abortion", which makes the argument that the procedure is morally permissible even if it is assumed that a fetus is a person with a right to life;