What is an "Ethics Bowl"?

"An ethics bowl is a competitive yet collaborative event in which students discuss timely real-life ethical issues. In each round of competition, teams take turns analyzing ethical cases and responding to questions and comments from another team and a panel of three judges. An ethics bowl differs from a debate competition in that students are not assigned opposing views; rather, they defend whichever position they think is correct, provide each other with constructive criticism, and win by demonstrating that they have thought rigorously and systematically about the cases and engaged respectfully and supportively with all participants." (UA Little Rock, Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies)

Why?

As a way to encourage curiosity and ethical awareness and to remind engineers that we are not just good at math, CU Boulder's Engineering Activists (CEA) has teamed up with us to facilitate productive debate and conversations outside of a classroom setting through their very own Ethics Bowl.

How to Participate

Students interested in competing are required to email Tatumn.Short@colorado.edu regarding their interest and the names of the other members who will be competing alongside them. Each team is limited to 4 students.

The email's subject should be "Interest in Participating in CEA's Ethics Bowl", and all members in the group should be CC'd.