Ethics (Minor)

Our world challenges us with loud voices, conflicting points of view, multi-layered dilemmas, and crises around every corner.

A Christian liberal arts education will grow your ability to think deeply, critically, and in a Christ-like way regarding the issues that face society. This Ethics minor will help you establish an understanding of basic ethical principles that apply to a variety of decision-making situations. You will unpack contemporary and moral social issues and develop methods to approach them from many perspectives.

You can shape your course load to focus on ethical principles related to biology, computer science, the environment, business, medicine, or psychology. Through it all, you’ll learn to think logically, examine critically, and debate rationally.

Ethics Degrees

  • Minor in Ethics

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Build Skills In: 

  • Logical thinking 
  • Critical examination 
  • Debating 
  • Interdisciplinary analysis
  • Persuasive communication
  • Ethical leadership

Career Opportunities: 

  • Ethics consultant 
  • Community organizer 
  • Secondary school teacher 
  • Chaplain 
  • Health care worker 
  • NGO worker 
  • Local government officer 
  • Social researcher 
  • Psychotherapist 

Ethics Bowl

Put philosophical knowledge into action with the Taylor Ethics Bowl team as they attend competitions to debate culturally relevant ethical topics. Our team has reached nationals every year since 2010.

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Ethics Curriculum Guides & Degree Options

Taylor faculty in the Biblical Studies, Christian Ministries, Intercultural Studies & Philosophy Department  provide hands-on mentorship, supporting students in and beyond the classroom.

The curriculum guides below outline required courses and degree requirements for each academic program.

Students interested in course descriptions and academic policies can check out our Undergraduate Catalog.

A Taylor liberal arts education will prepare you to live and work in a fast-changing world. It also goes a step further: laying a strong spiritual foundation that cultivates wisdom. You’ll become a well-versed individual, equipped with critical thinking skills, a lifelong love of learning, and an appreciation for God’s creation.

View Foundational Core Curriculum.

Pair Ethics Minor with a Major

Any major can be elevated with a minor in Ethics, and it pairs especially well with majors in Business, Environmental Science, and Communication. 

Ethics in Application

Taylor's Ethics Bowl team keeps on winning, recently finishing first place at the Spring 2025 inaugural Midwest Invitational. This adds to their steadily growing list a of accolades, following a third-place finish at Nationals in Spring 2024 and second at Regionals in Fall 2024.

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Related Majors

Ethics is part of the Biblical Studies, Christian Ministries, Intercultural Studies & Philosophy Department

Contact
May Young
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Biblical Studies

765-998-4786
[email protected]

Contact
Elissa Bennett
Biblical Studies, Christian Ministries, Intercultural Studies & Philosophy Program Assistant

765-998-5148
[email protected]

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