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This philosopher compared the title problem to the scenario of dynamiting a fat man who is blocking the mouth of a cave in her article “The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of the Double Effect.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this British philosopher who proposed a form of Neo-Aristotelian ethical naturalism in her book Natural Goodness.
ANSWER: Philippa Foot [or Philippa Bosanquet]
[10h] Clare Mac Cumhaill (“mac cool”) and Rachael Wiseman’s book Metaphysical Animals profiles the “Wartime Quartet,” which consisted of Foot and these three other women philosophers, who studied at Oxford during World War II. Name all three. You have 10 seconds.
ANSWER: G. E. M. Anscombe AND Mary Midgley AND Iris Murdoch [accept Elizabeth Anscombe or Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe for Anscombe; accept Dame Jean Iris Murdoch for Murdoch]
[10e] Metaphysical Animals chronicles the quartet’s opposition to this school of thought, which embraced the verification principle and was championed by the Vienna Circle.
ANSWER: logical positivism [or logical empiricism; prompt on positivism or empiricism]
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Columbia AWinona State1001020ME
Cornell AMaryland001010E
Cornell BMIT1001020ME
FloridaYale001010E
Georgia TechWaterloo B100010M
Illinois AChicago B001010E
Johns HopkinsVirginia Tech1001020ME
MichiganBritish Columbia001010E
NYUToronto C1001020ME
North Carolina ALSE1001020ME
North Carolina BArizona State100010M
NorthwesternUCF1001020ME
StanfordGeorgia State1001020ME
Toronto ATexas1001020ME
Toronto BChicago A001010E
UC Berkeley AColumbia B1001020ME
UC Berkeley BOhio State1001020ME
VanderbiltHarvard001010E
VirginiaRutgers001010E
WUSTL AIllinois B1001020ME
Waterloo AOttawa1001020ME

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2025 ACF NationalsYes2115.7191%67%0%