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Philosophy and Ethics
At Bath Spa University we examine Eastern as well as Western philosophies and ethical theories, and include the influences of feminist and ecological thinking in addition to the more traditional Western thinkers.
Philosophy and Ethics provides you with many skills valued by employers such as clarity and precision in thinking, the ability to recognise unnoticed assumptions, the expertise to present a strong case, and to see the ethical issues involved in everyday decisions.
Philosophy has developed over thousands of years of human history and has been practised in diverse cultures and religious traditions. This subject permits the student to study a broad range of philosophical ideas, including non-Western traditions and thinkers, concerning the nature of knowledge, reality, truth and value. The pathway introduces a number of tools of philosophical and ethical analysis during year one, critically examining core concepts in epistemology, metaphysics and ethics, before proceeding to consider specific philosophical and ethical schools of thought in greater depth during years two and three.
For further information please contact the Head of Department.