Ethics and Political Philosophy
The Philosophy Department has an active group of researchers working in ethics and political philosophy. We have special interests in moral psychology, democratic theory, libertarianism, and bioethics. In normative ethics, our research focuses on consent, coercion, exploitation, normative powers, and moral constraints. There are many opportunities to pursue research in all of these areas and more. Faculty working in ethics and political philosophy:
Hallie Liberto
Professor, Philosophy
Rachel Singpurwalla
Associate Professor, Philosophy
Affiliate Faculty, Classics
1120A Skinner Building
College Park
MD,
20742
Contact Pat Greenspan for information about reading groups on topics in ethics. The department regularly offers advanced undergraduate courses and graduate seminars covering many topics in ethics and political philosophy.
Recent graduate courses in this area:
- Stoic Ethics and Moral Psychology (Singpurwalla, 2021)
- Democratic Theory (Kogelmann, 2021)
- Contemporary Political Philosophy (Moller, 2020)
- Normative Powers (Liberto, 2019)
- Capitalism & Its Critics (Moller, 2019)
- Democracy and Expertise (Kogelmann, 2019)
- Coercion and Nearby Moral Phenomena (Liberto, 2018)
- End-of-Life Bioethics (Kerstein, 2017)