As a Jesuit and Catholic institution, Georgetown is deeply committed to the study of ethics.
The university is home to leading experts in fields such as bioethics, metaethics, and philosophy. Faculty research explores the moral dilemmas associated with an array of issues, such as international affairs, business, medicine, and human rights. Across schools, Georgetown’s commitment to educating future leaders about ethical values is reflected in its curricula and student programming. Several university centers, such as the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, are devoted to understanding the importance of moral principles in education, science and technology, and international relations, among other fields and disciplines.
Georgetown's Department of Philosophy sponsors this Ph.D. program for graduate students. The program has particular strengths in bioethics, ethical theory, the history of philosophy (especially medieval philosophy and nineteenth and twentieth century German philosophy), the Roman Catholic philosophical tradition, the philosophy of language and mind, and political philosophy.
The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs sponsors this program through which students can earn a minor in the College or a certificate in the Walsh School of Foreign Service. Participants explore the role of faith and values across topic areas including international relations, comparative politics, history, and culture.
The Program on Justice and Peace in the College offers undergraduate students a program of study related to peace and social justice toward a minor in the Georgetown College or a certificate in the Walsh School of Foreign Service, the School of Nursing & Health Studies, and the McDonough School of Business.
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…
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…
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. The program…
Acadia Institute Observing Bioethics Interviews
B.S. in Business Administration/M.S. in Foreign Service
Education and Social Justice Summer Research Fellowship
Encyclopedia of Islamic Bioethics
Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications Working Group of the Global Virome Project
Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy
Future of Political Theologies
Islamic Medical and Scientific Ethics
Islamic Studies Lecture Series
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
Max M. and Marjorie B. Kampelman Collection of Jewish Ethics
Minor in Philosophy and Bioethics
Minor/Certificate in Justice and Peace Studies
Minor/Certificate in Religion, Ethics, and World Affairs
Normative Orders Collaborative
O'Neill Institute-Pellegrino Center Program in Brain Science and Global Health Law and Policy
Ph.D. in Theological and Religious Studies
Psi Chi: The International Honor Society in Psychology, Georgetown Chapter
Reflective Engagement in the Public Interest
Religion and Global Development Program - World Faiths Development Dialogue
Religion in China and the United States Project
Religious Liberty, Political Freedom, and Democracy
Shigeo Morioka Asian Bioethics Collection