Global Philosophy & Worldviews and Social Care

Global Philosophy and Worldviews is a discipline that takes the great questions of human existence seriously and pursues them across the full breadth of the world's intellectual traditions. Where much philosophy taught in UK universities focuses primarily on the Western analytical tradition, a global approach draws on African philosophy, Chinese ethics, Hindu metaphysics, Islamic political thought, Jewish existentialism, Buddhist epistemology and many other frameworks, asking how different traditions have approached questions of truth, value, knowledge, justice and what it means to live well. Combining this with Social Care creates an applied dimension that connects philosophical inquiry to one of the most important practical fields in contemporary society.

At Liverpool Hope University this four-year full-time degree includes the option of a sandwich year, a year abroad and a work placement, giving you the opportunity to develop professional experience alongside your philosophical and social care studies. The philosophy and worldviews component will develop your capacity for critical reasoning, ethical reflection and rigorous analysis of complex ideas, while the social care element gives you grounded understanding of how care is organised and delivered, and of the policy, ethical and interpersonal dimensions of working with vulnerable people and communities.

Graduates from this kind of combination are well prepared for careers in the caring professions, including social work, community development, youth work, counselling, charity management and public health, where both ethical sensitivity and practical understanding of care systems are valuable. The philosophical training also opens doors in education, policy analysis, chaplaincy, ethics consultancy and the voluntary sector. For those wishing to continue their studies, the degree provides preparation for postgraduate work in applied ethics, philosophy, social work, theology and religious studies, or related disciplines.