As a Jesuit and Catholic institution, Georgetown is deeply committed to the study of ethics.
"From the Plague to the Coronavirus: Islamic Ethics and Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic" by Ayman Shabana, professor of theology at Georgetown University in Qatar, focuses on the history of global public health measures in the Muslim context.
Established in 2001, the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service is a center for service-based scholarship and community outreach in pursuit of the common good.
Established in the 1990s, the Edmund D. Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics in the Medical Center is a university-based ethics resource for individuals who shape and give health care. The center is committed to the dynamic interplay between theory and practice, experience, and reflection.
The Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics in the McDonough School of Business brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars and teachers to advance understanding of the ethical issues inherent in the functioning of the market society.
The Kennedy Institute of Ethics is a center for practically engaged ethics at Georgetown University. Established in 1971 with a founding interest in medical ethics, it is one of the oldest academic ethics centers in the world.
The Georgetown University Program on Justice and Peace is a transdisciplinary, cross-cultural community that fosters creative and collaborative explorations of complex questions of practical morality and domestic and global politics.
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Speaking Up for Endangered Species in a Time of International Turmoil
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B.S. in Business Administration/M.S. in Foreign Service
B.S. in Foreign Service/M.S. in Foreign Service
M.A. in Arab Studies/Ph.D. in Arabic and Islamic Studies
Major in Justice and Peace Studies
Master of Professional Studies in Human Resources Management
Minor in Philosophy and Bioethics
Minor in Religion, Ethics, and World Affairs
