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This specialization is designed to integrate the social teachings of religions,
philosophical ethics, and the data of social and natural sciences into the study
of values and moral judgment. It provides critical skills for the study of theoretical
and practical approaches to contemporary global and regional issues of social
justice and sustainable development.
Applicants must be well grounded in religious and theological studies, philosophical
ethics, the social sciences, and, for ecological ethics, in the natural sciences.
The program, which has evolved from the historical tradition of Social Ethics
developed at Boston University by Walter Muelder, pertains to two larger areas
of study, namely, Global Ethics (focused on globalization, human diversity, and
human rights issues); and Ecological Ethics (focused on human rights in human
communities, and human responsibilities toward Earth and the extended biotic
community).
Degrees offered: Doctor
of Philosophy
Faculty: John
Hart, Chai-Sik
Chung, Brinkmann, Grodin.
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