LSU Philosophy Department

11/24/2025

https://lsu.edu/blog/2025/11/lsu-ethics-bowl.php

The LSU Ethics Bowl team is proving that LSU’s success extends far beyond athletics. In only its second year of competition, the Cecil L. Eubanks Ethics Bowl Team has earned a place at the National APPE Ethics Bowl in St. Louis, standing out among long-established programs across the South. Ethics...

08/24/2025

Turns out studying philosophy is actually valuable. Philosophy majors don’t just argue well, they actually become better thinkers and do better on tests.

Data from 600k students shows they outscore every other major on reasoning, curiosity and open-mindedness.

https://theconversation.com/new-research-suggests-that-studying-philosophy-makes-people-better-thinkers-262681

04/14/2025

Join us on Wednesday, April 16 at 4pm (Coates Hall 143) for a talk with Dr. Laura T. Murphy, expert on Chinese contemporary slavery and forced labor, on lessons learned from fighting forced labor abroad & combatting authoritarianism at home and abroad.

07/17/2024

As predictive artificial intelligence becomes more widespread, ethical and philosophical questions remain about its use.

Director of the LSU Ethics Institute and professor Debbie Goldgaber weighs in: https://www.lsu.edu/blog/2024/07/17-goldgaber-ai-ethics.php

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02/28/2024

https://sites.google.com/view/frenchphilconference/home?fbclid=IwAR1yxlghwGpI4KWPpF10Agv-ab0YjjLYj1sQGQTiJryV7-3M6pQx8uRpa58_aem_AfnJeZMoaD1euOSoYK0zLn-55cHQcCFJltLhHiafGqz1Vq0NYVIW_D-mseQC4MVjd9M

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY 18-20 April 2024 An International Bilingual Conference The conference French and Francophone Philosophy Today gathers diverse scholars from around the world to consider past, present, and future directions of French and Francophone Philosophy. Under this rubric, we

05/11/2023

The Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies is hiring our next Coordinator of Office Operations! This is a full-time position with benefits and requires a bachelor’s degree and a year of experience with administrative related duties. Additional details and the application are available at the link below – we welcome your applications!

https://lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0102-Charles-E-Coates-Hall/Coordinator-of-Office-Operations---Philosophy-and-Religious-Studies_R00080481

05/02/2022

https://www.lsureveille.com/news/lsu-philosophy-professor-receives-grant-to-incorporate-moral-literacy-into-stem-coursework/article_77ee2570-c89d-11ec-b1b4-131b23f758c5.html

An LSU philosophy professor received a grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents to incorporate ethics and values into the university's science, technology, engineering and math curriculum.

04/29/2021

https://www.niutoday.info/2021/04/28/award-winning-advertising-copywriter-traces-his-success-back-to-his-philosophy-degree/

Jim Morris’ life has been filled with music, language, philosophy and advertising. That combination of influences and interests has made for an interesting journey. When he landed on campus in 1967, it was a different time. The assassination of John F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War and the political un...

03/01/2021

The LSU Ethics Institute is sponsoring a talk on the renaming of streets, parks and public spaces in New Orleans this Thursday! Please join us:

Please join the LSU Ethics Institute for a roundtable discussion from Thomas Adams and Sue Mobley on "Reconsecrating Urban Space: Lessons from Renaming New Orleans Streets."

09/30/2020

This guest column written by philosophy (and English) major Evan Leonhard makes the case for the value of humanist architecture and aesthetics. He does a great job representing the quality of philosophy majors here at LSU.

In the spring of 2020, before the world started ending, I had the displeasure of taking a course in LSU's Lockett Hall. Per campus lore, the infamous brick box —

05/18/2020

This summer intersession course is August 4th-17th and 100% web-based.