As a practical inquiry, ethics seeks to test and use its theoretical results in addressing ethical problems about subjects that range from health care and the environment to technology, business, and other social institutions. Philosophy of Religion and Religious Studies Courses in this specialization will examine the religious dimension of human beings. Typically, students who select this specialization will investigate the meanings of and justifications for the concepts and statements used to express various religious beliefs. Students will also utilize the existing program in religious studies, as well as the associated disciplines of anthropology, history, literature, psychology, and sociology, in particular. The nature of the self is emphasized in Indian philosophy,while harmony with nature and with other people is emphasized in East Asian philosophy.
African philosophy focuses on ancestor veneration and on the social utility of oracles.