Facts: - influences: immanuel hegel , johann gottlieb fichte kant , karl marx , georg wilhelm friedrich - region: western philosophy - school tradition: kantianism - birth date: 1942 - main interests: kant , ethics , german idealism , social philosophy - name: allen william wood - era: contemporary philosophy - birth place: seattle , united states Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of allen w. wood .
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allen william wood -lrb- born october 26 , 1942 -rrb- is a philosopher specialising in the work of immanuel kant and the german idealists , with particular interests in ethics and social philosophy .he is the ruth norman halls professor of philosophy at indiana university and has held professorships and visiting appointments at numerous universities in the united states and europe .in addition to popularising and clarifying the ethical thought of immanuel kant , wood has also mounted arguments against the validity of ' trolley problems ' in moral philosophy .