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How does one market a philosophy major?

My 'primary' major is biomedical engineering. I'm 2 courses short of a double major with philosophy, but I have a minor in philosophy pretty well secured. I'm trying to justify taking the two extra courses I need in order to get the major. If I didn't take these 2 philosophy courses, I could instead take two graduate level BME courses. On the surface, it feels hard to justify taking some philosophy classes over the tangible skills that I could gain from the graduate level BME classes. My BME advisor has strong opinion in favor of BME (unsurprisingly). 

I want to get the major, but its mostly because it feels personally important to me. I feel like the double major with philosophy and BME really accurately reflects my identity, in that I am passionate about both topics and I am able to sort of bridge the gap between humanities and engineering. But, it feels hard to justify on that basis alone. If I had a clear way of marketing degree, I would feel a lot better. I'm doing my concentration in ethics, which is good because that's probably most relevant to medicine. I also do genuinely think that the degree is valuable, in that it has improved my critical thinking skills. The problem that this advantage feels to vague to be able to really sell - if an interviewer asked me why that will be useful in my role as an engineer, I have a hard time coming up with any really clear examples of how philosophy could give me better critical thinking examples in this setting.

So, how do you market your philosophy major?
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IN your position, you could argue that your double degree gave you 1) analytical skills not typically learned by engineering majors, that would be very useful when interacting or leading a team, and when interacting with clients, and 2) gave you insights into ethics unmatched by most other engineers.