The Ethics Minor

The Ethics minor is an interdisciplinary program designed to help fulfill the core purpose of the institution to “prepare students to engage the world as informed, ethical and productive citizens.”  This minor complements any major, providing clear engagement with the ethical dimensions of who we are and how we ought to live as citizens of the world.  As an interdisciplinary minor grounded in the liberal arts, the ethics program provides opportunities for disciplined engagement with core human questions and dilemmas.  It also offers knowledge of basic methods, theories and tools in ethical analysis and practice. 

The Ethics minor is appropriate for students in any major, providing an integration project (see courses) that allows students to connect their work in ethics with issues in related to their major field of study.

Questions about the Ethics Minor?  Contact Dianne Oliver, Chair, Department of Philosophy and Religion (do9 @ evansville.edu; 488-1035)

Departmental Objectives for students taking an Ethics minor:

·    To explore questions of value, justice, responsibility and meaning in the realm of human conduct and the moral life;

·    To understand the fundamental theories and concepts of ethical and moral reflection in both philosophical and religious contexts;

·    To examine significant ethical issues in the contemporary world and ways in which moral reflection might be brought to bear on them;

·    To develop the ability to articulate the principles and theoretical underpinnings of students’ own ethical frameworks;

·    To cultivate judgment and a commitment to moral integrity in one’s own life and vocation.