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How can you prepare for your course?
Dr Herjeet Marway, lecturer in Philosophy, offers ideas for optional reading on topics we look at in the Department of Philosophy.
Suggested reading from Dr Herjeet Marway
- Excellent book offering introductory and advanced material on some of the bioethics topics we cover: David DeGrazia and Joseph Millum (2021), A Theory of Bioethics, Cambridge University Press
- Textbook outlining concrete global problems that we explore in depth in global justice: James Christensen’s (2020), Global Justice, Bloomsbury.
- Introduction to the philosophy of psychology (and one of the authors, Professor Lisa Bortolotti, is a philosopher here at Birmingham): Kengo Miyazano and Lisa Bortolotti (2021), Philosophy of Psychology: An Introduction, Polity.
- Short introductory piece to the ‘meaning of life’ question in our philosophy of religion module: Matthew Pinanlto (2023) ‘The Meaning of Life: What’s the Point?’
A more general resource that you might find useful:
- The online encyclopaedia for philosophy: Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy. Search by a topic you’re interested in, and you’ll find a comprehensive and up-to-date summary of the debate.
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Career opportunities
We’re proud to be the UK university most targeted by the country’s leading graduate employers for two years in a row (The Graduate Market in 2024 and 2025 High Fliers reports).
Our Philosophy postgraduate students have gone on to work in careers such as:
- 'Welfare and Community Officer'
- 'Trainee Production Journalist'
- 'Associate Lecturer'
Organisations our Philosophy postgraduate students have gone on to work in include:
- Age UK
- Philosophical Psychology
- UK Civil Service.
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