Sacramento State University Department of Philosophy

10/02/2025

Our Ethics Center presents its 20th Annual Fall Symposium on The Ethics of Disagreement. Anyone worried about moral and political polarization? https://www.csus.edu/center/practical-professional-ethics/spotlights/spotlight.html

05/17/2025

"Majors in nutrition, art history and philosophy all outperformed STEM fields when it comes to employment prospects, according to a recent analysis of labor market outcomes of college graduates by major by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

"For computer science and computer engineering, the unemployment rate in those fields was 6.1% and 7.5%, respectively — notably higher than the national average.

"By comparison, the unemployment rate for art history majors was 3%, and for nutritional sciences, the unemployment rate was just 0.4%, the New York Fed found. The New York Fed’s report was based on Census data from 2023 and unemployment rates of recent college graduates."

In general, what college students choose to major in has significant implications for job prospects and future earnings potential.

04/09/2025

Another wonderful Nammour Symposium in the books! This year's symposium provided a lively forum for respectful dialogue among different religious and secular perspectives on many interesting contemporary issues. Special thanks to our student presenters, our guest speakers and faculty panelists, and the College of Arts & Letters!

10/30/2024

Another successful Fall Ethics Symposium hosted by our ethics center in partnership with Cosumnes River College!

10/18/2024

The Sac State Center for Practical and Professional Ethics presents a Fall Symposium on Hope & Change on October 28 in the University Union Hinde Auditorium.

04/20/2024

Disability is a dimension of diversity that is often neglected. Not today! Our Nammour Symposium on Disability and Bioethics offered another great opportunity for students to engage with guest speakers on important topics and showcase their own skills. This year's symposium also presented essay contest awards and a fantastic bioethics bowl demonstration!

10/10/2023

A fantastic Day 1 of the Fall Ethics Symposium on artificial intelligence at Sac State! Join us for Day 2 at Cosumnes River College.

*updated with pictures from Day 2!

04/14/2023

Check out these pictures from this year's Nammour Symposium on The Ethics of Art! This year's program included great talks by Dr. Troy Jollimore, CSU Chico, “Justice, Morality, and Narrative Art” and Dr. Brandyn Heppard, Pace University, “The End of Comedy: The Beginning of All Else."

03/29/2023

Philosophy faculty presented on diversifying the "canon" in philosophy at Sac State's Antiracim and Inclusive Campus Plan (AICP) Spring Symposium. What an engaging session with those who were able to attend!

We addressed questions such as, Is all thought philosophy? What should count as philosophy or a philosophical question?