Jonathan Bennett (philosopher)

Jonathan Bennett
Born
Jonathan Francis Bennett

(1930-02-17)17 February 1930
Greymouth, New Zealand
Died31 March 2024(2024-03-31) (aged 94)
Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada
Education
EducationUniversity of Canterbury (M.A., 1953)
Magdalen College, Oxford (BPhil, 1955)
Academic advisor
J. L. Austin
Philosophical work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
Analytic
InstitutionsSyracuse University
Main interests
Philosophy of mind, metaphysics, philosophy of language, ethics
Notable ideas
Equivalence thesis (no moral difference between killing and letting die)

Jonathan Francis Bennett (17 February 1930 – 31 March 2024) was a philosopher, a specialist in Kant's work, and a historian of early modern philosophy. He had New Zealand citizenship by birth and later acquired UK and Canadian citizenship.