Senior Project: Undergraduate Research.

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Permission of the department. The department invites students who have demonstrated strengths in philosophy to pursue a senior thesis under the guidance of one or more faculty members. Questions addressed might include: Which moral principles should guide stem-cell research? Are there any universal human rights? Can we reliably know our own intentions? Are political conflicts moral disagreements? Are there different ways of believing a claim is true? Applications due April 1 of a student’s Junior year.