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.

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utilitarian philosopher Henry Sidgwick	1

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instanceOf	British person ⓘ English person ⓘ academic ⓘ classicist ⓘ economist ⓘ human ⓘ moral philosopher ⓘ philosopher ⓘ university teacher ⓘ utilitarian philosopher ⓘ
birthCountry	United Kingdom ⓘ
birthDate	1838-05-31 ⓘ
birthPlace	Skipton ⓘ Yorkshire ⓘ
coFounderOf	Society for Psychical Research ⓘ
deathCountry	United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate	1900-08-28 ⓘ
deathPlace	Cambridge, England ⓘ surface form: Cambridge
educatedAt	Rugby School ⓘ Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
employer	Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge
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 self-link ⓘ
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 at the University of Cambridge ⓘ surface form: Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cambridge ⓘ
residence	Cambridge, England ⓘ surface form: Cambridge
spouse	Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick ⓘ

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Derek Parfit → influencedBy → Henry Sidgwick ⓘ

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