Philosophy degrees are all about asking big questions - the value of life, the basis of morality, the nature of the world around us. Thanks to the ever accelerating advancements made in the ‘hard’ sciences over the past 200 years, human knowledge has advanced to a point that once would have been inconceivable.
However, such disciplines can only really deal with ‘how’ – ‘why’ is a different matter altogether. Science cannot explain the purpose of human existence or fully get to grips with the complexity of human relationships; it can’t explain the value of life, or why something is right or wrong; and it cannot explore the ideas we use to make sense of the phenomenal world around us.
A degree in philosophy helps immerse you in an absolutely huge continuum of ideas and debates both past and present. The students can work in local government and the Civil Service, advertising, marketing and public relations agencies, management consultancies, secondary schools, further education colleges and higher education institutions, law firms, publishing companies, charities etc.
