Henry Sidgwick

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British person English person academic classicist economist human moral philosopher philosopher university teacher utilitarian philosopher

Henry Sidgwick was a 19th-century English utilitarian philosopher and economist best known for his work "The Methods of Ethics" and his influential contributions to moral philosophy and welfare economics.

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British person → English person → academic → classicist → economist → human → moral philosopher → philosopher → university teacher → utilitarian philosopher →
birthCountry	United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
birthDate	1838-05-31 →
birthPlace	Skipton → Yorkshire →
coFounderOf	Society for Psychical Research →
deathCountry	United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
deathDate	1900-08-28 →
deathPlace	Cambridge →
educatedAt	Rugby School NERFINISHED → Trinity College, Cambridge NERFINISHED →
employer	Trinity College, Cambridge NERFINISHED → University of Cambridge NERFINISHED →
era	19th-century philosophy →
familyName	Sidgwick →
fieldOfWork	classics → ethics → moral philosophy → political economy → utilitarianism → welfare economics →
givenName	Henry →
influenced	Derek Parfit → G. E. Moore → John Rawls → welfare economics →
influencedBy	Jeremy Bentham → John Stuart Mill → William Whewell →
knownFor	contributions to welfare economics → formulation of the dualism of practical reason → systematic analysis of utilitarian ethics →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
mainInterest	economics → education → ethics → meta-ethics → political philosophy →
memberOf	Metaphysical Society → Society for Psychical Research →
movement	utilitarianism →
name	Henry Sidgwick →
nationality	British → English →
notableWork	Outlines of the History of Ethics for English Readers → The Methods of Ethics → The Principles of Political Economy → The Scope and Method of Economic Science →
positionHeld	Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy → Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cambridge →
residence	Cambridge →
spouse	Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arthur Cecil Pigou → Peter Singer → consequentialism →	influencedBy
Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge → Sidgwick Site → Sidgwick Site →	namedAfter
Utilitarianism →	associatedWith
Jeremy Bentham →	influenced
Henry Sidgwick →	name
Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cambridge →	notableHolder