2007 Mid-Atlantic Regional Ethics Bowl
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
November 17 , 2007
Combining the excitement and fun of a competitive tournament with a valuable educational experience for undergraduate students in a day-long event, the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl is widely recognized by educators and received the American Philosophical Association & Philosophy Documentation Center's 2006 prize for Excellence and Innovation in Philosophy Programs. The format, rules, and procedures of the competition all have been developed to model widely acknowledged best methods of reasoning in practical and professional ethics.
In the Mid-Atlantic Regional Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, a moderator poses questions to teams of three to five students. Questions may concern ethical problems on wide ranging topics, such as the classroom (e.g. cheating or plagiarism), personal relationships (e.g. dating or friendship), professional ethics (e.g. engineering, law, medicine), or social and political ethics (e.g. free speech, gun control, etc.). Each team receives a set of ethical issues in advance of the competition, and questions posed to teams at the competition are taken from that set. A panel of judges evaluates answers; rating criteria are intelligibility, focus on ethically relevant considerations, avoidance of ethical irrelevance, and deliberative thoughtfulness.
The information provided above is taken from the National Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl website and can be found by clicking HERE.
To preview the cases to be addressed in the Regional Ethics Bowl, click HERE.
To view a printable copy of the event schedule, click HERE.
Click on the link to view the article of this event featured in the Daily Tar Heel: "UNC wins Ethics Bowl"
Co-sponsored with the Department of Athletics, Department of Religious Studies, Department of Philosophy, Department of History, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, Carolina Women's Center and Center for Global Initiatives.
TOP RANKINGS
(These teams will compete in the National Ethics Bowl Competition on February 21, 2008 in San Antonio, Texas. )
First Place: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Second Place: Clemson University
Third Place: Campbell University
Fourth Place: Williams College
ADDITIONAL PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS
St. Andrews Presbyterian College
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
University of South Carolina at Aiken
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