2011-2012 Archived Catalog Information

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY

Are whistle blowers heroes? Should terminal patients in grave pain have the right to die, and should medical practitioners have the right or duty to assist them in doing so? Do we betray our citizens when we outsource jobs? Is torture ever justified? When should the government be allowed to monitor our email exchanges? More generally, what place is there for morality in a profit-driven environment? How do we strike a balance between keeping ourselves safe and preserving basic democratic principles? The corporate world, rapidly developing technology, globalization, and the changing nature of warfare, to name but a few developments, raise new and complicated moral concerns.

The graduate program in Ethics and Public Policy (EPP) will train civil servants, policymakers, politicians, executives, professionals, scholars, and concerned citizens to identify and think through these questions and their implications. It will also encourage students to step back from specific policy questions to look at the bigger picture by taking seriously the rich history of ethics and political philosophy, and then to return to their specific areas of interest with a greater depth of understanding for the questions involved.

For more information, please contact Professor Nir Eisikovits, program director, neisikov@suffolk.edu.