Jonathan Glover
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Jonathan Glover is a British philosopher known for his influential work in ethics, moral philosophy, and bioethics, particularly on issues such as war, genocide, and the ethics of life and death.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jonathan Glover canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11550713 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jonathan Glover Context triple: [Geoffrey Warnock, notableStudent, Jonathan Glover]
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Ian Gilroy
Ian Gilroy is a musician best known as a former member of the New Zealand rock band The Swingers.
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B.
Graham Hess
Graham Hess is a former Episcopal priest and widowed father who struggles with his faith while protecting his family during a mysterious alien invasion in the film "Signs."
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C.
James Grenning
James Grenning is a software engineer, author, and trainer known for his contributions to Agile development practices and embedded software engineering.
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D.
Stephen Greenhorn
Stephen Greenhorn is a Scottish playwright and screenwriter known for his work in theatre, television, and film, including creating the TV series "River City" and writing for "Doctor Who."
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E.
Clive Tolley
Clive Tolley is a Canadian municipal politician who has served as the mayor of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jonathan Glover Target entity description: Jonathan Glover is a British philosopher known for his influential work in ethics, moral philosophy, and bioethics, particularly on issues such as war, genocide, and the ethics of life and death.
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A.
Ian Gilroy
Ian Gilroy is a musician best known as a former member of the New Zealand rock band The Swingers.
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B.
Graham Hess
Graham Hess is a former Episcopal priest and widowed father who struggles with his faith while protecting his family during a mysterious alien invasion in the film "Signs."
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C.
James Grenning
James Grenning is a software engineer, author, and trainer known for his contributions to Agile development practices and embedded software engineering.
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D.
Stephen Greenhorn
Stephen Greenhorn is a Scottish playwright and screenwriter known for his work in theatre, television, and film, including creating the TV series "River City" and writing for "Doctor Who."
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E.
Clive Tolley
Clive Tolley is a Canadian municipal politician who has served as the mayor of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British philosopher
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bioethicist ⓘ ethicist ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
NERFINISHED
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University of Oxford ⓘ |
| employer | King’s College London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
applied ethics
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bioethics ⓘ ethics ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ moral psychology ⓘ philosophy of medicine ⓘ philosophy of psychiatry ⓘ philosophy of war ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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philosophy ⓘ |
| hasWrittenOn |
Nazi Germany
NERFINISHED
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Stalinism NERFINISHED ⓘ human rights ⓘ mass violence ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ personal identity ⓘ psychiatric disorders ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
John Stuart Mill
NERFINISHED
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utilitarianism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
abortion
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disability ethics ⓘ ethics of life and death ⓘ euthanasia ⓘ genetic selection ⓘ genocide ⓘ suicide ⓘ war ⓘ |
| movement | analytic philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Alien Landscapes? Interpreting Disordered Minds
NERFINISHED
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Causing Death and Saving Lives NERFINISHED ⓘ Choosing Children: Genes, Disability, and Design NERFINISHED ⓘ Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century NERFINISHED ⓘ I: The Philosophy and Psychology of Personal Identity NERFINISHED ⓘ Responsibility ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director of the Centre for Medical Law and Ethics at King’s College London
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Professor of Ethics ⓘ |
| workInstitution |
King’s College London
NERFINISHED
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Oxford University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jonathan Glover Description of subject: Jonathan Glover is a British philosopher known for his influential work in ethics, moral philosophy, and bioethics, particularly on issues such as war, genocide, and the ethics of life and death.
Referenced by (2)
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