This is a broad area, which could be sub-divided in a number of different ways. Note that in the areas of applied ethics and social and political philosophy, a number of our students have benefited from faculty present in other departments and schools, as well as at Georgetown, George Washington, and George Mason Universities.

Faculty in this area

• Peter Carruthers (Moral Cognition, Animal Rights)
• Susan Dwyer (Moral Psychology, Applied Ethics, Feminist Theory)
• Patricia Greenspan (Moral Philosophy, Moral Psychology, Practical Rationality)
• John Horty (Deontic Logic, Utilitarianism, Practical Reasoning)
• Samuel Kerstein (Applied Ethics, Moral Philosophy, Kantian Ethics)
• Dan Moller (Applied Ethics, Moral Philosophy, Political Philosophy)
• Christopher Morris (Moral Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law)
• Rachel Singpurwalla (Ancient Ethics and Politics, Moral Psychology)

Recent seminars in this area