Philosophy of Contemporary Challenges

Overview

Learn to understand and ask critical questions concerning international societal challenges, such as terrorism, socio-economic inequality, migration, populism and human enhancement with the Philosophy of Contemporary Challenges program offered at Tilburg University .

Learn to understand and ask critical questions concerning international societal challenges.

• Human enhancement – in physical and cognitive respects – is no longer the science fiction it used to be. What can we learn from the experience of disability to understand enhancement better?
• Terrorism poses a continuous challenge for the ways in which we organize our societies and our lives. How should we respond when our security and thus also our basic liberties are under attack?
• Socio-economic inequality is and remains a crucial challenge within countries, Europe and the world. Which socio-economic inequalities can be justified and on which basis? Which policy proposals would best tackle the many problems posed by inequality?

All courses are taught by experts in the respective fields and revolve around state-of-the-art literature from contemporary thinkers. You learn to come to grips with these at a high academic level and apply them to contemporary challenges in society. You can expect small-scale working methods with a great deal of interaction with your fellow students and teachers.

Career prospects

As a trained philosopher, you are able to analyze and reflect critically on social, political, and ethical issues. 

After graduating, you can also continue your career in various fields as an academic researcher who has already acquired an interdisciplinary background.