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John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill was a prominent British philosopher known for his advocacy of liberty and his development of utilitaria...

Ethics British Liberty Utilitarianism

9.3 Excellent

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Søren Kierkegaard

Søren Kierkegaard was a 19th-century Danish thinker whose work profoundly shaped Western philosophy. He explored themes...

19TH Century Ethics Existentialism Western

9.3 Excellent

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Epicurus

Epicurus was a Hellenistic Greek philosopher known for establishing Epicureanism. He advocated for a life focused on att...

Ethics Ancient Greek Epicureanism

9.2 Excellent

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Mencius

Mencius was a prominent Chinese philosopher living in the 4th century BCE. He significantly contributed to Confucian tho...

Ethics Ancient Chinese Confucianism

9.1 Excellent

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Soren Kierkegaard

Søren Kierkegaard was a 19th-century Danish philosopher and theologian known for his explorations of subjective experien...

Danish Ethics Existentialism Religion

9.1 Excellent

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Derek Parfit

Derek Parfit was a prominent British philosopher whose work profoundly impacted discussions of personal identity and mor...

Ethics Identity British Reasons

9.1 Excellent

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Epictetus

Epictetus was a prominent Stoic philosopher born in Hierapolis, Phrygia. He developed his philosophy while enslaved in R...

Ethics Ancient Roman Stoicism

8.9 Great

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Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius was a Roman Emperor (161-180 CE) and a prominent Stoic philosopher. His *Meditations* offers profound in...

Ethics Ancient Roman Stoicism

8.9 Great

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Bernard Williams

Bernard Williams was a prominent British philosopher specializing in ethics and political thought. He is recognized for...

Politics Ethics British Moral Psychology

8.9 Great

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Zeno of Citium

Zeno of Citium established Stoicism, a Hellenistic philosophy originating in ancient Greece. He taught that individuals...

Ethics Ancient Greek Stoicism

8.8 Great

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Xunzi

Xunzi was an influential ancient Chinese philosopher living in the 3rd century BCE. He developed a systematic ethical sy...

Ethics Ancient Chinese Confucianism

8.8 Great

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Robert Nozick

Robert Nozick was an American philosopher known for his defense of individual liberty and limited government. His work,...

American Politics Ethics Libertarianism

8.8 Great

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Martha Nussbaum

Martha Nussbaum is a prominent American philosopher specializing in ethics, politics, and human rights. Her most signifi...

American Politics Ethics Capabilities

8.7 Great

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Emmanuel Levinas

Emmanuel Levinas was a Lithuanian-born French philosopher whose work profoundly reshaped ethical thought. He argued that...

French Ethics Phenomenology Otherness

8.7 Great

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Martha C. Nussbaum

Martha C. Nussbaum is a prominent American philosopher specializing in ethics, law, and political philosophy. Her work c...

American Law Ethics Capabilities

8.7 Great

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Jeremy Bentham

Jeremy Bentham was a prominent British philosopher of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He developed utilitarianis...

Law Ethics British Utilitarianism

8.6 Great

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Peter Singer

Peter Singer is a prominent Australian philosopher whose work significantly shapes ethical thought. He’s best known for...

Australian Ethics Animals Utilitarianism

8.6 Great

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Diogenes of Sinope

Diogenes of Sinope was an ancient Greek philosopher associated with Cynicism. He lived in the 4th century BCE and is rem...

Ethics Ancient Greek Cynicism

8.5 Great

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Elizabeth Anscombe

Elizabeth Anscombe was a prominent British analytic philosopher known for her rigorous approach to philosophical problem...

Action Ethics British Analytic

8.5 Great

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Kwasi Wiredu

Kwasi Wiredu was a prominent Ghanaian philosopher who emphasized the need for conceptual decolonization across African i...

Language Ethics African Ghanaian

7.1 Good