Judith Jarvis Thomson

She is an American moral philosopher and metaphysician. She was born in 1929. She taught at MIT for a long time. She has six writings which are; Goodness and Advise(2003), Moral Relativism and Moral Objectivity(1996), The Realm of Rights(1990), Rights, Restitution and Risk(1986), Acts and Other Events(1977), Killing, Letting Die and the Trolley Problem(1976), The Right to Privacy (1975), Preferencial Hiring(1973). Her work in metaphysics has ontology of events, and the identity across time of people and other physical objects. And she is well-known for thought experiments.

(http://web.mit.edu/philos/www/thomson.html)

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Jarvis_Thomson)

Philippa Foot

He is a British philosopher. He was born in 3rd October 1920 and he died in 3rd October 2010. He argued for virtual ethics. And he is also well-known for thought experiments, he created the famous moral thought as Trolley Problem.

(http://www.informationphilosopher.com/solutions/philosophers/foot/)

(http://crookedtimber.org/2010/10/07/philippa-foot-has-died/)

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippa_Foot)

Joshua Greene

He is a Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. He studied moral judgment and decision-making using behavioral experiments, the ethical dilemmas. The well-known ethical dilemma, Trolley problem, was originally posed by the philosophers Philippa Foot and Judith Jarvis Thomson.  

(http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~jgreene/)

(http://www.informationphilosopher.com/solutions/scientists/greene/)

Marc Hauser

He was born in October 25, 1959. He is a famous evolutionary biologist and researcher of animal cognition. He was a Professor at Harvard University also, but  he has been found guilty of misconduct over his research.

 

(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/7972604/Marc-Hauser-monkeying-with-the-truth.html)

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Hauser)

 

Frances Kamm

 

She is Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy. She is the author of Creation and Abortion; Morality, Mortality, Vol. 1: Death and Whom to Save From It; Morality, Mortality, Vol. 2: Rights, Duties, and Status; and Intricate Ethics. Kamm also has published many articles on normative ethical theory and practical ethics.

 

(http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~phildept/kamm.html)

 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Kamm)

 

Jeff McMahan

 

He is an American Philosopher and a Professor at Rutgers University. He is author of two boks about ethics which are; The Ethics of Killing: Problems at the Margins of Life(Oxford University Press 2002) and The Ethics of Killing: Self-Defense, War, and Punishment. He has published papers about the ethics and the distinction between killing and letting die.

 

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_McMahan_(philosopher))

 (http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/people/data/jeff_mcmahan.html)

 (http://philosophy.rutgers.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=114&Itemid=210)