Regional Ethics Bowl Competition

When: Saturday, April 29, 9:45 am - 7:30 pm
Where: Savery Hall - View Map
Cost: Free
Contact: David Alexander, dalexand@u.washington.edu, 2066163328
More information:
http://staff.washington.edu/cyu/EBUW06/EBUW06home.htm

This year, for the first time, the Philosophy Department at the University of Washington will host a regional Ethics Bowl Competition. The Ethics Bowl is an intercollegiate comptetition in ethical analysis for teams of undergraduates. In advance of the comptetition, teams receive fifteen cases involving a host of problems in applied ethics, and attempt to develop the most defensible positions on what they take to be each case's most salient moral issue. During each match at the event, teams pair off, a moderator indicates the case, and poses a question about the case to the presenting team. After the team's ten minute presentation, the opposition then gives a five minute response. They may attempt to undermine the presenters' position, but may also simply press difficult or eglected questions. After a final five minute rebuttal by the original presenting team, a panel of three judges, typically composed of professional philosophers, has the chance to pose their own questions to the presenters. Ther presenting and responding teams then alternate positions, repeat the process, and are awarded a score out of sixty by each judge.

Schedule (all events take place in Savery Hall):

Friday, April 28, 5:30-6:30, keynote, Savery 249
Friday, April 28, 6:30-8:00, reception/check-in, Savery 331
Saturday, April 29, 9:30-1:30 and then 3-5:30 competition matches in
Savery 341, 335, 331K, and 315.
Friday, April 29, 5:45-7:30 trophy presentations and dinner, Savery 331.

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