Program Description
Program Description
Applied ethics is a growing interdisciplinary field that studies ethical issues in different areas such as politics, medicine, research, technology, as well as different forms of professional ethics. Questions such as global justice, ethical implications of new technologies in healthcare and environmental responsibility for future generations are some of the issues that applied ethics is dealing with. The subject has its disciplinary basis in moral philosophy and ethics but also requires area knowledge and expertise in different fields of application.The Applied Ethics programme at Link?ping University enables students to gain knowledge of ethical theories and methods, as well as of ethical debates in different fields of application. Acquired skills include how to analyse moral problems and ethical debates and how to critically assess ethical arguments and policy documents. Moreover, students will learn how to construct ethical positions and to write policy recommendations, as well as how to moderate debates and to participate in ethical deliberations in a fruitful way.
