Philosophy and Ethics Bath Spa University

Overview

Apply your knowledge of philosophy to contemporary challenges, issues and debates. This innovative Philosophy and Ethics program at Bath Spa University has been designed to enable you to acquire specialised subject knowledge alongside practical and professional skills.

The course explores the assumptions, beliefs and values which shape human behaviour and our responses to it. You’ll address the key questions which underpin all academic disciplines and concepts, and how they are fundamental to our study of history, literature, the arts and sciences.

Overview

Rather than teaching philosophy primarily as a history of ideas – although we do explore this – we focus on the application of current philosophical thinking in contemporary settings and circumstances. You’ll consider our responses to environmental crises, for example, or questions of identity, belonging, social justice and the interplay between the personal and the political.

We consider Western philosophical and ethical perspectives, and introduce you to the systems of thought of India and China. This mix of content and the inclusiveness of our approach make the Philosophy and Ethics course particularly distinctive, vital and compelling.

You’ll study Philosophy and Ethics with another subject as part of a combined course. Popular subjects to study alongside Philosophy and Ethics include:

• Creative Writing
• English Literature
• History
• Psychology