Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Faculty
Program Director: Michael Watson
Co-Directors: Matthew Siebert, Mary Imparato
Program Mission
The PPE program enables students to reason at a high level about political and economic decisions, by integrating the study of cause and effect relationships in the economy with statesmanship and sound philosophical understanding of ethics and human nature. For example, economic theory shows that prohibition of addictive drugs increases the profitability of violence, but does not decide whether such prohibition is an ethical solution, or a politically viable solution to problems of addiction. Anyone interested in developing a deeper understanding of ethical solutions to political and economic problems should be interested in the PPE program.