Department of Philosophy

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Current Courses

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News

New Major in Law and Ethics for September 2023

April 6th, 2023

The Law and Ethics program is designed to expand students鈥� understanding of both law and ethics. Ethics, the study of the nature of morality and how we ought to live, includes moral and political questions about structuring interpersonal, institutional, and governmental relationships.

Events
Sept
28
Marshall Lecture in Public Philosophy

Dr. Joshua Nichols

鈥淯ndoing the Colonial Double-Bind: Interpretation and Justification in Aboriginal Law鈥�

7:00-8:30 PM, Scotiabank Theatre

Contact us

Faculty of Arts
Department of Philosophy
philosophy@smu.ca
902-420-5823
902-491-6286
McNally North Wing; RM 508
Mailing address:
Saint Mary鈥檚 University
923 Robie Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3C3