Philosophy, Religion and Ethics BA (single honours)

What is the relationship between the White House and the African American Freedom Struggle? How has our understanding of gender and sexuality changed? And what can philosophy teach us about how we think about religion?  

On this degree, you will cover a broad range of topics to contemplate big questions such as these, challenging traditional answers and thoughts regarding public policy, community life and personal choice.  

Considering news in the media, you will explore wide-ranging themes such as misunderstandings, understandings and implications of Jihad, the ethics of abortion, euthanasia, war and terrorism, the environment, and how Christian ethics are reflected in the media, arts, literature and film.  

You will consider philosophy, religion and ethics as both separate and integrated disciplines, and look at the connections between being human and ethics; philosophy and politics; human and animal rights; genocide; and sex, love and death; from historical and contemporary perspectives.  

Although Western thought forms a backdrop to this degree, you will also study Islam, Hinduism and Black American and African contexts, to give you a secure sense of how different ethnic and socio-economic groups offer crucial interdisciplinary and intercultural insights. 

As you progress through this course, you will develop highly transferable and employable skills, while tailoring your studies to your own areas of interest.