H. A. Prichard

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British philosopher moral philosopher person philosopher

H. A. Prichard was a 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his influential work in intuitionist ethics and his critique of consequentialist moral theories.

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Label	Occurrences
H. A. Prichard canonical	3
Harold Arthur Prichard	2

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Target entity: H. A. Prichard
Context triple: [Principia Ethica, influenced, H. A. Prichard]

A. G. E. H. Palmer
G. E. H. Palmer was a British scholar and translator best known for co-translating the influential Eastern Orthodox spiritual anthology *The Philokalia* into English.
B. Arthur Whitten Brown
Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
C. Cyril J. Mockridge
Cyril J. Mockridge was a British-born American film composer and arranger best known for his extensive work scoring Hollywood films for 20th Century Fox during the mid-20th century.
D. Robert G. Bratcher
Robert G. Bratcher was an American Bible scholar and translator best known as the principal translator of the Good News Bible (Today’s English Version).
E. Francis Henry Brown
Francis Henry Brown was a 19th-century American physician best known for his pioneering role in establishing pediatric care in Boston, including helping to found Boston Children’s Hospital.
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: H. A. Prichard
Target entity description: H. A. Prichard was a 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his influential work in intuitionist ethics and his critique of consequentialist moral theories.

A. G. E. H. Palmer
G. E. H. Palmer was a British scholar and translator best known for co-translating the influential Eastern Orthodox spiritual anthology *The Philokalia* into English.
B. Arthur Whitten Brown
Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
C. Cyril J. Mockridge
Cyril J. Mockridge was a British-born American film composer and arranger best known for his extensive work scoring Hollywood films for 20th Century Fox during the mid-20th century.
D. Robert G. Bratcher
Robert G. Bratcher was an American Bible scholar and translator best known as the principal translator of the Good News Bible (Today’s English Version).
E. Francis Henry Brown
Francis Henry Brown was a 19th-century American physician best known for his pioneering role in establishing pediatric care in Boston, including helping to found Boston Children’s Hospital.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British philosopher ⓘ moral philosopher ⓘ person ⓘ philosopher ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	20th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
criticized	consequentialism ⓘ utilitarianism ⓘ
educatedAt	New College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	Corpus Christi College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ
familyName	Prichard ⓘ
fieldOfWork	ethics ⓘ meta-ethics ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ
fullName	H. A. Prichard self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Harold Arthur Prichard
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Arthur ⓘ Harold ⓘ
influenced	John Rawls ⓘ W. D. Ross ⓘ contemporary intuitionist ethicists ⓘ
influencedBy	G. E. Moore ⓘ Henry Sidgwick ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ
knownFor	book "Duty and Interest" ⓘ book "Moral Obligation" ⓘ essay "Does Moral Philosophy Rest on a Mistake?" ⓘ essay "Duty and Interest" ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainInterest	critique of hedonism ⓘ justification of moral beliefs ⓘ nature of moral obligation ⓘ
movement	British intuitionism ⓘ ethical intuitionism ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
notableFor	critique of consequentialism ⓘ defense of intuitionist ethics ⓘ influence on 20th-century moral philosophy ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	intuitionism ⓘ non-naturalist moral realism ⓘ
placeOfActivity	Oxford ⓘ
positionHeld	White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford ⓘ fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford ⓘ
viewHeld	duty is not reducible to the promotion of good consequences ⓘ moral obligations are self-evident to rational intuition ⓘ moral philosophy cannot provide ultimate proofs of moral principles ⓘ moral thinking begins from particular duties rather than general principles ⓘ the concept of duty is irreducible ⓘ

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Principia Ethica → influenced → H. A. Prichard ⓘ

Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy → hasNotableHolder → H. A. Prichard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Harold Arthur Prichard

H. A. Prichard → fullName → H. A. Prichard self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Harold Arthur Prichard

White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford → hasNotableHolder → H. A. Prichard ⓘ

John Cook Wilson → notableStudent → H. A. Prichard ⓘ

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