Onora O’Neill
E140021
bioethicist
crossbench life peer
human
member of the House of Lords
philosopher
political philosopher
Onora O’Neill is a prominent British philosopher and crossbench peer known for her influential work in ethics, political philosophy, and bioethics, particularly on Kantian moral theory and trust.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Onora O’Neill canonical | 10 |
| Onora O'Neill | 6 |
| Onora O’Neill – moral philosophy | 1 |
| Onora O’Neill – political philosophy | 1 |
| Onora Sylvia O’Neill | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1211814 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Onora O’Neill Context triple: [Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, notableHolder, Onora O’Neill]
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Martha Nussbaum
Martha Nussbaum is an American philosopher renowned for her work in ethics, political philosophy, and the capabilities approach to human development.
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Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams was a prominent 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his critiques of utilitarianism and moral theory, his emphasis on the complexity of ethical life, and his influential work on integrity, moral luck, and the history of philosophy.
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C.
Seyla Benhabib
Seyla Benhabib is a prominent contemporary political philosopher known for her work on deliberative democracy, cosmopolitanism, and feminist theory.
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D.
Elizabeth Anscombe
Elizabeth Anscombe was a prominent 20th-century analytic philosopher known for her influential work in ethics, philosophy of action, and her role in editing and interpreting Ludwig Wittgenstein’s writings.
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E.
Michael Walzer
Michael Walzer is an American political theorist best known for his work on justice, war, and ethics, particularly in his influential book "Just and Unjust Wars."
- 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: Onora O’Neill Target entity description: Onora O’Neill is a prominent British philosopher and crossbench peer known for her influential work in ethics, political philosophy, and bioethics, particularly on Kantian moral theory and trust.
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A.
Martha Nussbaum
Martha Nussbaum is an American philosopher renowned for her work in ethics, political philosophy, and the capabilities approach to human development.
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B.
Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams was a prominent 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his critiques of utilitarianism and moral theory, his emphasis on the complexity of ethical life, and his influential work on integrity, moral luck, and the history of philosophy.
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C.
Seyla Benhabib
Seyla Benhabib is a prominent contemporary political philosopher known for her work on deliberative democracy, cosmopolitanism, and feminist theory.
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D.
Elizabeth Anscombe
Elizabeth Anscombe was a prominent 20th-century analytic philosopher known for her influential work in ethics, philosophy of action, and her role in editing and interpreting Ludwig Wittgenstein’s writings.
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E.
Michael Walzer
Michael Walzer is an American political theorist best known for his work on justice, war, and ethics, particularly in his influential book "Just and Unjust Wars."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Onora O’Neill Description of subject: Onora O’Neill is a prominent British philosopher and crossbench peer known for her influential work in ethics, political philosophy, and bioethics, particularly on Kantian moral theory and trust.
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