道德与公共事务（EPAF）博士课程的学生将全面了解解决许多不同领域中特定公共问题的方法。使我们的计划与众不同的是，它将道德分析与社会科学相结合。EPAF的学生由研究公共问题的哲学家以及对这些问题的潜在价值感兴趣的社会科学和公共政策专家共同教与学。指导框架是公共理性–认为行使权力必须对行使权力的人民合理。校友将准备竞争学术职位或政府和民间社会中与政策相关的职位，或者作为顾问。
Students in the Ethics and Public Affairs (EPAF) PhD program will gain a comprehensive understanding of options for solving particular public issues in many different areas.<br><br>What makes our program unique is that it combines ethical analysis with social science. EPAF students are taught and supervised collaboratively by philosophers who research public issues along with social science and public policy specialists interested in the values underlying those issues. The guiding framework is public reason the idea that the exercise of power must be justifiable to the people over whom it is exercised. Alumni will be prepared to compete for academic jobs or for policy-related jobs in government and civil society, or as consultants.