Socrates raised the basic moral question when he asked: Why are things not better than they are? How should things be instead? The importance of a theoretical and practical knowledge of morality and ethics for both private and public life is increasingly being recognized. As citizens and professionals, ethical fluency is a crucial skill for negotiating the complexities of contemporary life. The Ethics Minor is designed to provide conversancy with the major ethical theories and traditions, along with problem solving and analysis of cases, thus enabling students to prepare themselves for the ethical challenges they may face.

The Ethics Minor is not available to Philosophy Program students, nor to students in Arts and Contemporary Studies, Philosophy Option.

To receive the Minor, a student must complete six (6) courses from the following curriculum:

One (1) of the following:

Maximum two (2) of the following:

Maximum five (5) of the following:

† Note that these courses have antirequisites that are also part of this Minor;  PHL 302 and PHL 509 are antirequistes; PHL 214 and SSH 105 are antirequisites.