Ethics B.A.

About this Program

• Find a home within Syracuse’s Department of Philosophy among faculty from a range of backgrounds with expertise in fields like ethics, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, philosophy of race and the history of philosophy.
• Learn from visiting scholars who address such topics as human cloning, the ethics of war, the relevance of evolutionary biology to morality, and the deep connections between philosophy and diverse fields like psychology, economics, computer science and political science.
• Conduct research and submit your work to undergraduate journals and conferences.
• Compete for the Peterfreund Prize, a $1,000 award recognizing rising seniors for their exceptional philosophical achievements.
• Gain ideal preparation for law school as studying philosophy has been shown to help students perform well on standardized tests like the LSAT, GMAT and GRE.

General Information

Ethics is a 24-credit Integrated Learning Major (ILM) encompassing the philosophical study of ethics, including theory and history, ethical issues in research, and the interdisciplinary study of ethical issues arising in the student’s primary major. Among the majors that can be combined with ethics are management, television/radio/film, graphic design, photography, political science, international relations, biology, public health, anthropology, psychology and sociology, as well as all majors offered by the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science. The Ethics major has sponsored visiting speakers on such topics as human cloning, the ethics of war, positive psychology, and the relevance of neuroscience and evolutionary biology to morality.