The Specialization in Ethics and Development will encourage students to become conversant with relevant philosophical theories of justice, autonomy, community, and identity in relation to their own particular disciplines. They will relate this philosophical literature and apply philosophical skills to subjects such as economic and social sustainability; racial, gender, and ethnic conflict; humanitarian intervention; and globalization. Students and faculty will have the opportunity to address collaboratively in a philosophically sophisticated manner the difficult ethical issues that arise in the course of social, economic, political, and cultural development within an increasingly inter-connected global context.
The specialization, which is administered by the Department of Philosophy, is available as an elective to students who are enrolled in master’s and doctoral programs at Michigan State University. With the approval of the department or school and college that administers the student’s degree program, courses that are used to satisfy the requirements for the specialization may also be used to satisfy the requirements for the graduate degree program. The content of some elective courses may vary. The student’s program of study must be approved by the Director of the Ethics and Development Graduate Specialization.
Requirements for the Graduate Specialization in Ethics and Development
Master's students must complete 9 credits, and doctoral students must complete 12 credits from the courses listed below as approved by the Director of the Specialization. All students must take courses in at least two departments and at least one elective course at the 800-level.
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Complete the following courses: |
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PHL |
452 |
Ethics and Development |
3 |
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Complete at least 6 to 9 credits of electives from the following: |
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Department of Agricultural Economics |
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AEC |
810 |
Institutional and Behavioral Economics |
3 |
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AEC |
861 |
Agriculture in Economic Development |
3 |
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AEC |
978 |
Research Methodologies in Agricultural and Resource Economics |
3 |
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Department of Anthropology |
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ANP |
825 |
International Social Science Research: Methods and Praxis |
1 to 3 |
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ANP |
831 |
Seminar in Cultural Ecology |
3 |
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ANP |
436 |
Globalization and Justice: Issues in Political and Legal |
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Anthropology (I) |
3 |
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ANP |
837 |
Seminar in Economic Anthropology |
3 |
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ANP |
859 |
Gender, Justice, and Environmental Change: |
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Methods and Application |
3 |
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Department of Forestry |
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FOR |
450 |
Forestry in International Development |
3 |
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Department of Fisheries and Wildlife |
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FW |
858 |
Gender, Justice and Environmental Change: Issues and Concepts |
3 |
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Department of Geography |
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GEO |
418 |
The Ghetto |
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3 |
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GEO |
432 |
Environmental Ethics in Geography (W) |
3 |
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GEO |
454 |
Spatial Aspects of Regional Development |
3 |
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GEO |
813 |
Seminar in Urban and Economic Geography |
3 |
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GEO |
850 |
Seminar in Regional Geography |
3 |
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GEO |
854 |
Economics of Planning and Development |
3 |
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GEO |
872 |
Seminar in Human Geography |
3 |
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Department of Horticulture |
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HRT |
486 |
Biotechnology in Agriculture: Applications and Ethical Issues |
3 |
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Department of Philosophy |
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PHL |
440 |
Central Issues in Ethics |
4 |
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PHL |
450 |
Liberal Theory and Its Critics |
3 |
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PHL |
451 |
Philosophy and the Black Experience |
3 |
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PHL |
456 |
Topics in Feminist Philosophy |
4 |
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PHL |
485 |
Philosophy of Social Science |
3 |
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PHL |
840 |
Seminar in Value Theory |
2 to 4 |
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PHL |
850 |
Seminar in Social and Political Philosophy |
2 to 4 |
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Department of Political Science |
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PLS |
853 |
Political Economy of Development Policy |
3 |
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Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies |
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RD |
826 |
International Development and Sustainability |
3 |
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Department of Sociology |
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SOC |
832 |
International Inequality and Development |
3 |
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SOC |
850 |
Population, Food, and Development |
3 |
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SOC |
864 |
Social Ecology |
3 |
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SOC |
868 |
Science and Technology |
3 |
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SOC |
869 |
Community and Conservation |
3 |
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SOC |
890 |
Individual Readings |
1 to 9 |
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Students must present a final portfolio to the Director of the Specialization and a committee of affiliated faculty, which includes summaries of relevant field work, study abroad, conference presentations, and course work including one sample of their philosophical writing on an issue in ethics and development. |
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