Division 22 Philosophy and Religious Studies
This division covers philosophy and religious studies. It includes the history and philosophy of specific fields. This division has five groups:
GROUP 2201 APPLIED ETHICS
This group covers applied ethics. It included human rights and justice issues. This group has eight fields:
- 220101 Bioethics (human and animal)
- 220102 Business Ethics
- 220103 Ethical Use of New Technology (e.g. Nanotechnology, Biotechnology)
- 220104 Human Rights and Justice Issues
- 220105 Legal Ethics
- 220106 Medical Ethics
- 220107 Professional Ethics (incl. police and research ethics)
- 220199 Applied Ethics not elsewhere classified
GROUP 2202 HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SPECIFIC FIELDS
This group covers the history and philosophy of specific concepts or fields of study which defy geographical classification. This group has eleven fields:
- 220201 Business and Labour History
- 220202 History and Philosophy of Education
- 220203 History and Philosophy of Engineering and Technology
- 220204 History and Philosophy of Law and Justice
- 220205 History and Philosophy of Medicine
- 220206 History and Philosophy of Science (incl. Non-historical Philosophy of Science)
- 220207 History and Philosophy of the Humanities
- 220208 History and Philosophy of the Social Sciences
- 220209 History of Ideas
- 220210 History of Philosophy
- 220299 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields not elsewhere classified
GROUP 2203 PHILOSOPHY
This group covers philosophy. This group has twenty fields:
- 220301 Aesthetics
- 220302 Decision Theory
- 220303 Environmental Philosophy
- 220304 Epistemology
- 220305 Ethical Theory
- 220306 Feminist Theory
- 220307 Hermeneutic and Critical Theory
- 220308 Logic
- 220309 Metaphysics
- 220310 Phenomenology
- 220311 Philosophical Psychology (incl. Moral Psychology and Philosophy of Action)
- 220312 Philosophy of Cognition
- 220313 Philosophy of Language
- 220314 Philosophy of Mind (excl. Cognition)
- 220315 Philosophy of Religion
- 220316 Philosophy of Specific Cultures (incl. Comparative Philosophy)
- 220317 Poststructuralism
- 220318 Psychoanalytic Philosophy
- 220319 Social Philosophy
- 220399 Philosophy not elsewhere classified
GROUP 2204 RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES
This group covers the study of religion. It includes comparative religious studies. This group has eight fields:
- 220401 Christian Studies (incl. Biblical Studies and Church History)
- 220402 Comparative Religious Studies
- 220403 Islamic Studies
- 220404 Jewish Studies
- 220405 Religion and Society
- 220406 Studies in Eastern Religious Traditions
- 220407 Studies in Religious Traditions (excl. Eastern, Jewish, Christian and Islamic Traditions)
- 220499 Religion and Religious Studies not elsewhere classified
GROUP 2299 OTHER PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES
This group covers philosophy and religious studies not elsewhere classified. This group has one field:
- 229999 Philosophy and Religious Studies not elsewhere classified
