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Judith Jarvis Thomson

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Ethics

#33

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#44

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#15

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#237

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#498

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PhD Philosophy Columbia University
Bachelors Philosophy Barnard College

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According to Wikipedia, Judith Jarvis Thomson was an American philosopher who studied and worked on ethics and metaphysics. Her work ranges across a variety of fields, but she is most known for her work regarding the thought experiment titled the trolley problem and her writings on abortion. She is credited with naming, developing, and initiating the extensive literature on the trolley problem first posed by Philippa Foot which has found a wide range use since. Thomson also 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. She was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 2019.

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Judith Jarvis Thomson's Published Works

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Killing, letting die, and the trolley problem. (1976) (770)
X-ray structure of calcineurin inhibited by the immunophilin-immunosuppressant FKBP12-FK506 complex (1995) (739)
Crystal Structure of the Hepatitis C Virus NS3 Protease Domain Complexed with a Synthetic NS4A Cofactor Peptide (1996) (738)
The Trolley Problem (1985) (678)
Structure and mechanism of interleukin-lβ converting enzyme (1994) (670)
Hepatitis C virus NS3 RNA helicase domain with a bound oligonucleotide: the crystal structure provides insights into the mode of unwinding. (1998) (621)
Preclinical Profile of VX-950, a Potent, Selective, and Orally Bioavailable Inhibitor of Hepatitis C Virus NS3-4A Serine Protease (2006) (350)
The Realm of Rights (1992) (318)
A central region in the hepatitis C virus NS4A protein allows formation of an active NS3-NS4A serine proteinase complex in vivo and in vitro (1995) (257)
Parthood and Identity Across Time (1983) (236)
Structure and mechanism of interleukin-1 beta converting enzyme. (1994) (229)
The Statue and the Clay (1998) (212)
Binary liquid phase separation and critical phenomena in a protein/water solution. (1987) (207)
A Defense of Abortion (2021) (187)
Turning the Trolley (2008) (161)
Rights, Restitution, and Risk: Essays in Moral Theory. (1989) (156)
Moral relativism and moral objectivity (1996) (148)
A dynamic quaternary structure of bovine alpha-crystallin as indicated from intermolecular exchange of subunits. (1990) (128)
Solution structure of the major binding protein for the immunosuppressant FK506 (1991) (125)
Enthalpy of hydrogen bond formation in a protein-ligand binding reaction. (1994) (123)
Rights, Restitution, And Risk (1986) (122)
Acts and other events (1982) (118)
Comparative X-ray structures of the major binding protein for the immunosuppressant FK506 (tacrolimus) in unliganded form and in complex with FK506 and rapamycin. (1995) (102)
Assisted suicide: the philosophers' brief. (1997) (95)
Ontogeny of human lens crystallins. (1985) (94)
Physician‐Assisted Suicide: Two Moral Arguments* (1999) (92)
Polynucleotide modulation of the protease, nucleoside triphosphatase, and helicase activities of a hepatitis C virus NS3-NS4A complex isolated from transfected COS cells (1997) (92)
Liability and Individualized Evidence (1986) (90)
Global chloroplast phylogeny and biogeography of bracken (Pteridium; Dennstaedtiaceae). (2009) (88)
Major Patterns of Gene Activity During Development in Holometabolous Insects (1975) (82)
Rat lens gamma-crystallins. Characterization of the six gene products and their spatial and temporal distribution resulting from differential synthesis. (1988) (77)
Heat capacity changes and hydrophobic interactions in the binding of FK506 and rapamycin to the FK506 binding protein. (1992) (73)
Nature, origin and fate of major haemolymph proteins in Calliphora (1975) (72)
Goodness and Advice (2001) (68)
alpha m-Crystallin: the native form of the protein? (1983) (66)
Short-term effects of crustecdysone (20-hydroxyecdysone) on protein and RNA synthesis in third instar larvae of Calliphora (1968) (63)
The Right and the Good (1997) (59)
Inhibitors of hepatitis C virus NS3.4A protease 2. Warhead SAR and optimization. (2004) (58)
Recollections and Reflections (2007) (56)
More On The Metaphysics of Harm (2011) (56)
Developmental changes in the late larva of Calliphora stygia. IV. Uptake of plasma protein by the fat body. (1971) (55)
Recent results and new hardware developments for protein crystal growth in microgravity (1994) (55)
Human lens gamma-crystallins: isolation, identification, and characterization of the expressed gene products. (1987) (53)
A Novel Inhibitor of Gyrase B Is a Potent Drug Candidate for Treatment of Tuberculosis and Nontuberculosis Mycobacterial Infections (2014) (52)
Design, synthesis and structure of non-macrocyclic inhibitors of FKBP12, the major binding protein for the immunosuppressant FK506. (1995) (52)
On the structure of alpha m-crystallin. The reversibility of urea dissociation. (1984) (51)
The Moral Rules (1974) (51)
Structure and stability of gamma-crystallins. Denaturation and proteolysis behavior. (1987) (51)
MORALITY AND BAD LUCK (1989) (51)
On being and saying : essays for Richard Cartwright (1987) (50)
Morphological and Genomic Diversity in the Genus Pteridium (Dennstaedtiaceae) (2000) (49)
Nitrogen-15 NMR relaxation studies of the FK506 binding protein: Backbone dynamics of the uncomplexed receptor (1993) (46)
The Time of a Killing (1971) (45)
Inhibitors of hepatitis C virus NS3.4A protease. Part 3: P2 proline variants. (2004) (42)
Conformational Changes and Stabilization of Inosine 5′-Monophosphate Dehydrogenase Associated with Ligand Binding and Inhibition by Mycophenolic Acid* (1996) (41)
Probing hydration contributions to the thermodynamics of ligand binding by proteins. Enthalpy and heat capacity changes of tacrolimus and rapamycin binding to FK506 binding protein in D2O and H2O. (1993) (41)
Insect moulting hormones: Crustecdysone in Calliphora (1969) (39)
Clarification of the taxonomic status and relationships of Pteridium caudatum (Dennstaedtiaceae) in Central and South America (2002) (39)
The Trolley Problem Mysteries (2015) (39)
Developmental changes in the late larva of Calliphora stygia. 3. The occurrence and synthesis of specific tissue proteins. (1971) (39)
Developmental changes in the late larva of Calliphora stygia. II. Protein synthesis. (1969) (37)
Inhibition of IMPDH by mycophenolic acid: dissection of forward and reverse pathways using capillary electrophoresis. (1996) (37)
Research on Human Subjects: Academic Freedom and the Institutional Review Board (2006) (37)
Inhibitors of hepatitis C virus NS3.4A protease 1. Non-charged tetrapeptide variants. (2003) (36)
Mtb PKNA/PKNB Dual Inhibition Provides Selectivity Advantages for Inhibitor Design To Minimize Host Kinase Interactions. (2017) (36)
Responses to Critics@@@Moral Relativism and Moral Objectivity (1998) (36)
The biosynthesis of crustecdysone in the blowfly Calliphora stygia (1969) (36)
The location of sulphydryl groups in α-crystallin (1987) (36)
On the structure of α-crystallin: Construction of hybrid molecules and homopolymers (1989) (35)
Content and Modality: Themes from the Philosophy of Robert Stalnaker (2006) (34)
Developmental changes in the late larva of Calliphora stygia. I. Haemolymph. (1968) (34)
On Some Ways in Which A Thing Can be Good (1992) (34)
Interactions of lens proteins. Concentration dependence of beta-crystallin aggregation. (1986) (34)
The control of prophenoloxidase activation in larval haemolymph of Calliphora. (1970) (32)
Goodness and utilitarianism (1993) (31)
The catabolism of crustecdysone in the blowfly Calliphora stygia (1969) (28)
Solution structure of FK506 bound to FKBP‐12 (1992) (27)
Philosophical Dimensions of Privacy: The right to privacy (1984) (26)
Hepatitis C virus NS3-4A protease inhibitors: countering viral subversion in vitro and showing promise in the clinic. (2006) (26)
On the structure of a-crystallin: the minimum molecular weight (1988) (26)
Purification and characterization of the NS3 serine protease domain of hepatitis C virus expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. (1997) (26)
Metabolism of some possible ecdysone precursors in Calliphora stygia. (1974) (23)
Taxonomic status and relationships of bracken ferns (Pteridium: Dennstaedtiaceae) of Laurasian affinity in Central and North America (2008) (22)
Metabolism of 3β,14α-dihydroxy-5β-(3α-3H)-cholest-7-en-6-one in Calliphora stygia (1975) (22)
Oxidative modifications to crystallins induced in calf lenses in vitro by hydrogen peroxide. (1989) (21)
The taxonomic status and relationships of bracken ferns (Pteridium: Dennstaedtiaceae) from sub‐Saharan Africa (2005) (20)
Rights and deaths. (1973) (20)
RECONSTRUCTING NORMAL α-CRYSTALLIN FROM THE MODIFIED CATARACTOUS PROTEIN (1985) (19)
Rights and Compensation (1980) (19)
Moral Explanation and Moral Objectivity@@@Moral Relativism and Moral Objectivity (1998) (18)
Taxonomic Status of Diploid Southern Hemisphere Brackens (Pteridium: Dennstaedtiaceae) (2012) (18)
SELF- DEFENSE AND RIGHTS (1976) (18)
Regulation of research on human subjects: Academic freedom and the institutional review board (1981) (17)
The No Reason Thesis (1989) (17)
The structures of two ecdysone analogues, cheilanthones A and B, from the fern Cheilanthes tenuifolia (1970) (15)
Effects of crustecdysone (20-hydroxyecdysone) on synthesis, release, and uptake of proteins by the larval fat body of Calliphora. (1971) (13)
Gnarled Trichomes: An Understudied Character in Pteridium (1996) (13)
Comparative studies of βs-crystallins from human, bovine, rat and rabbit lenses (1989) (13)
15N NMR relaxation studies of the FK506 binding protein: backbone dynamics of the uncomplexed receptor. (1993) (13)
On Full-Time Non-Tenure-Track Appointments (1978) (13)
Genetics of lucilin, a storage protein from the sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina (Calliphoridae) (1976) (13)
Stringency of Rights and "Ought"@@@The Realm of Rights.@@@Fundamental Legal Conceptions. (1993) (12)
The interpretation of puff patterns in polytene chromosomes. (1969) (12)
Effects of Exogenous Moulting Hormones on Puparium Formation in Calliphora (1969) (12)
The Legacy of Principia (2003) (11)
Academic Freedom and Tenure: Corporate Funding of Academic Research. (1983) (11)
How not to derive ‘ought’ from ‘is’ (1964) (11)
Allelopathic activity of frond run-off from Pteridium esculentum. (1990) (10)
Possible biosynthetic precursors of β-ecdysone in Calliphora stygia (1971) (10)
Developmental changes in the prophenoloxidases of larval haemolymph in the fly, Calliphora (1971) (10)
Worldwide relationships in the fern genus Pteridium (bracken) based on nuclear genome markers (2019) (10)
Inhibitors of Hepatitis C Virus NS3.4A Protease: P2 Proline Variants (2005) (10)
Verbs of action (1987) (10)
Bracken Taxa in Britain: A Molecular Analysis (1994) (10)
Origins and diversity of a cosmopolitan fern genus on an island archipelago (2015) (10)
Verification and trust: Background investigations preceding faculty appointment (2004) (9)
Cyanogenesis in Australian bracken (Pteridium esculentum): distribution of cyanogenic phenotypes and factors influencing activity of the cyanogenic glucosidase. (1990) (9)
Patterns of Gene Activity in Larval Tissues of the Blowfly, Calliphora (1973) (9)
Ecdysone biosynthesis in the blowfly Calliphora stygia (1973) (9)
The Decline of Cause (1987) (9)
Isolation ofβ-ecdysone (20-hydroxyecdysone) from the parasitic nematodeAscaris lumbricoides (1974) (9)
Review article: HCV ? STAT-C era of therapy (2010) (8)
Mctaggart on Time (2001) (8)
MORPHOTYPE AND CONFLICTING TAXONOMIES IN PTERIDIUM (DENNSTAEDTIACEAE: PTERIDOPHYTA) (2008) (8)
Dynamic NMR studies of ligand‐receptor interactions: Design and analysis of a rapidly exchanging complex of FKBP‐12/FK506 with a 24 kDa calcineurin fragment (1996) (7)
Structure and Development of the Lateral-Line Aerenchyma in Bracken Ferns (Pteridium: Dennstaedtiaceae) (2015) (7)
Differential replication of ribosomal DNA during larval development in Calliphora (Diptera). (1973) (7)
On the structure of alpha-crystallin: construction of hybrid molecules and homopolymers. (1989) (7)
Kamm on the Trolley Problems (2015) (7)
Bracken litter as mulch: glasshouse evaluation of phytotoxicity (1998) (6)
2-N-Arylthiazole inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. (2017) (6)
Metabolism of in Calliphora stygia (1976) (6)
Reply to Critics@@@Moral Relativism and Moral Objectivity (1998) (6)
Heterogeneity of γ-crystallins from spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) eye lens (1988) (6)
Thomson Against Moral Explanations (1998) (6)
Erratum: ``Observation of critical phenomena in a protein-water solution'' [Phys. Rev. Lett. 63, 2064 (1989)] (1993) (6)
Isolation of beta-ecdysone (20-hydroxyecdysone) from the parasitic nematode Ascaris lumbricoides. (1974) (6)
Some Reflections on Hart and Honoré, Causation in the Law 1 (2008) (5)
Physiological Correlates of Habitat Selection in Australian Cormorants (1966) (5)
Moral Relativism and Quasi-Absolutism@@@Moral Relativism and Moral Objectivity (1998) (5)
Biological activity of synthetic moulting hormone analogues in the blowflyCalliphora stygia (2005) (4)
Reconstructing normal alpha-crystallin from the modified cataractous protein. (1985) (4)
Inhibitors of hepatitis C virus NS34A protease. Part 3: P 2 proline variants (2004) (3)
On the structure of alpha-crystallin: the minimum molecular weight. (1988) (3)
The location of sulphydryl groups in alpha-crystallin. (1987) (3)
Structure of synthetic peptide analogues of an eggshell protein of Schistosoma mansoni (1993) (3)
Causality and Rights: Some Preliminaries (1987) (3)
Inhibition of cw-Crystallin Aggregation by y-Crystallin" (1990) (2)
Precis of Moral Relativism and Moral Objectivity: Precis of Part One@@@Moral Relativism and Moral Objectivity (1998) (2)
Causal Priority: A Comment (1985) (2)
Molyneux's Problem (1974) (2)
A Global Phylogeographic Study of the Chloroplast Genome in Bracken (Pteridium: Dennstaedtiaceae) (2006) (2)
Academic Freedom and Sexual Harassment (1994) (2)
Standardization of Dipteran Bioassay for Molting Hormones (1974) (2)
Developmental changes in the major inclusion bodies of polytene nuclei from larval tissues of the blowfly, Calliphora stygia (2004) (2)
Academic Freedom and Tenure: A Preliminary Report on Freedom of Expression and Campus Harassment Codes (1991) (1)
Time and tense (2001) (1)
Discussion: Part II (1990) (1)
Heterogeneity of gamma-crystallins from spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) eye lens. (1988) (1)
Human lens y-crystallins : Isolation , identification , and characterization of the expressed gene products ( eye / differential synthesis / phase diagram / cataract / homology ) (1)
Portraits of American philosophy (2013) (1)
Reply to critics (2011) (1)
TERNARY COMPLEX OF A CALCINEURIN A FRAGMENT, CALCINEURIN B, FKBP12 AND THE IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT DRUG FK506 (TACROLIMUS) (1997) (1)
An improved Calliphora bioassay for insect moulting hormones. (1970) (1)
A Favorites Reading List from the Cambridge Consortium for Bioethics Education (2011) (1)
Reply to Commentators (1993) (1)
Free Axial Lobes: An Important Diagnostic Character in Pteridium (Dennstaedtiaceae) (2016) (1)
Purification and characterization of the NS 3 serine protease domain of hepatitis C virus expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (1997) (1)
The case for legalised euthanasia (1997) (1)
The science of life; an outline of the history of biology and its recent advances (2009) (1)
Some Aspects of the Biosynthesis of the Molting Hormones in Calliphora (1974) (1)
Part One: Goodness (2009) (0)
Chapter 3. Bracken taxa in Britain: a molecular analysis (1995) (0)
Learning Objectives. (2017) (0)
The location of suiphydryl groups in a-crystallin (1987) (0)
Precis of Part Two@@@Moral Relativism and Moral Objectivity (1998) (0)
The Atomic Theory (2010) (0)
Part Two: Advice (2009) (0)
Pteridium nuclear gene phylogeny (2019) (0)
Correspondence: Professor Thomson Replies (1978) (0)
Reptiles, Amphibia, Fishes and Lower Chordata (2010) (0)
ATOMIC STRUCTURE OF FKBP12, AN IMMUNOPHILIN BINDING PROTEIN (1995) (0)
Morality and Action.Warren Quinn (1996) (0)
SOY volume 7 issue 1 Cover and Front matter (1989) (0)
( MIT ) “ More on the Metaphysics of Harm ” (2009) (0)
Side-chain hydroxylation in the biosynthesis of β-ecdysone (20-hydroxyecdysone) in the blowflyCalliphora stygia (1972) (0)
CJL volume 6 issue 2 Cover and Back matter (1993) (0)
A Defence of Abortion (Translation and Notions by Alexander Finiarel) (2017) (0)
ATOMIC STRUCTURE OF FKBP12-FK506, AN IMMUNOPHILIN IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT COMPLEX (1995) (0)
Origins of Pteridium on Galapagos Islands (2014) (0)
Common-sense Morality (1979) (0)
Comparison-Shopping in the Marketplace of Rights (2020) (0)
forthcoming in Philosophical Psychology Self-Sacrifice and the Trolley Problem (2012) (0)
10. Uma Narayan, Dislocating Cultures: Identities, Traditions, and Third World Feminism Uma Narayan, Dislocating Cultures: Identities, Traditions, and Third World Feminism (pp. 668-671) (1999) (0)
Is the Tyrosine Rich Eggshell Protein of Schistosoma Mansoni an Electron Transport Chain (1992) (0)
Genetic differentiation within laboratory populations ofDrosophila pseudoobscura (2005) (0)
Reptiles, amphibia, fishes and lower chordata, by Richard Lydekker, J. T. Cunningham, G. A. Boulenger, and J. A. Thomson. With four plates in colour, thirty-three in monotone, a map and many text figures. (0)
Précis of The Realm of Rights (1993) (0)
The subcommittee responds [2] (2007) (0)
Killing and Not Preventing Death (2013) (0)
Reply to Sinnott‐Armstrong (2003) (0)
HEPATITIS C VIRUS NS3 HELICASE DOMAIN COMPLEXED WITH SINGLE STRANDED SDNA (1999) (0)
What’s Wrong with Risk? (2019) (0)
Talking about Rights (1991) (0)
INSECT MOULTING HORMONES, SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF 2,25-DIDEOXY-ALPHA-ECDYSONE AND DEOXY ECDYSONE (1975) (0)
CAUSES AS DIFFERENCE-MAKERS * 1 (2012) (0)
ATOMIC STRUCTURE OF FKBP12-RAPAYMYCIN, AN IMMUNOPHILIN-IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT COMPLEX (1995) (0)
IMMUNE SYSTEM APPLICATIONS OF STRUCTURE-AIDED DRUG DESIGN (1995) (0)
Effects of Exogenous Molting Hormone on Protein and RNA Synthesis in Insect Tissues (1974) (0)
20. Academic Freedom and Research (1975) (0)
Comparative studies of beta s-crystallins from human, bovine, rat and rabbit lenses. (1989) (0)
Sequential resonance assignment and global fold of an fk 506 binding protein fkbp from bovine thymus (1991) (0)
Expressivist Relativism?@@@Moral Relativism and Moral Objectivity (1998) (0)
Notes on Contributors (2000) (0)
Metabolism of 3beta,14alpha-dihydroxy-5beta-(3alpha-3H)-cholest-7-en-6-one in Calliphora stygia. (1975) (0)
Is Liberty Possible? (2001) (0)
Defender of the Realm: Thomson on Rights@@@The Realm of Rights (1992) (0)

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