Ethics Bowl at the U.W.

The Ethics Bowl is an intercollegiate competition in ethical analysis for undergraduates.  Teams of three to five undergraduates are posed questions on a wide range of ethical topics.  Team responses are judged for soundness of reasoning, focus on and sensitivity to ethically relevant factors, and deliberative thoughtfulness.

 

The national competition, the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, is held in conjunction with the annual meeting for the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics.  To be eligible to compete at the I.E.B., teams must advance out of a regional competition.  Currently, the Northwest Regional will be alternately hosted by us and Whitworth College (Spokane, WA). 

 

We are always looking for students interested in becoming team members, helping with case preparation, or assisting in the planning and organization of the regional bowl.  Please contact us at ebatuw@washington.edu or Cathy Yu at cyu@u.washington.edu for more information.

The Ethics Bowl at the U.W. is a student organization whose purpose is to recruit, select, train, and send teams to the national and regional competitions and to plan, organize, and hold the NW Regional Bowl.  Please contact us for a current list of officers or for more information. 

The 2005 Team, pictured above at the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl in San Antonio, February 24, 2005, beat out 35 other teams from around the country to win the national title.  From left to right: Scott Brauer, Dane McCartney, Ron Belgau, Sahar Manavi, Cliff Borjeson.  Photo credit: David Alexander.

Created May 2006 (cyu).  Updated 11/14/06.