2024 Senior Secondary Students Ethics Olympiad
Domremy College entered two teams in the 2024 Senior Secondary Students Ethics Olympiad. This competition is a challenging day of answering ethical questions about eight cases set for study. This year these case ranged from AI, to the ethics of healthcare, to sponsorship in professional sports. The students work as a team to discuss the ethical concerns of the case, and provide commentary and dialogue on discussions from teams from other schools. This year, our Senior Ethics Green Team, consisting of Catherine, Grace, Niamh, Charley-Rose, and Mimi, placed eighth in the competition and received an honourable mention. Our Senior Ethics Orange Team, consisting of Georgia, Lara, Juliet, Isabella, Myra, Olivia and Valentina, were awarded the Most Improved School for the day’s competition. We are proud of all the students involved. The teams’ Captains’ reflections appear below.
Ms Anita Rombola & Ms Sarah Thompson, Ethics Club Teachers
Mimi, Year 11, Senior Ethics Green Team Captain
The Senior School Ethics Olympiad is an opportunity to expand your knowledge and perspectives on a range of topics. My team and I found varying perspectives not only from the other teams competing but from one another as well. This allowed us to experience situations in which we need to compromise with one another and take time to truly evaluate our own ideologies in comparison to others. This competition is also an opportunity to make connections with students from many different locations and backgrounds.
Georgia, Year 10, Senior Ethics Orange Team Captain
On Monday 6 May, our team participated in the Senior School Ethics Olympiad, an event that challenged us to apply moral reasoning and ethical principles to real life moral dilemmas. Throughout the day, we competed against various schools from across the state to discuss and delve into a range of ethical cases that made us use different frameworks and principles to evaluate the central moral tension. We worked as a team to analyse each case to consider a variety of factors, ethical theories and consequences which enabled us to approach each scenario with depth. It was very interesting to hear a range of diverse perspectives and insights, broadening our understanding of the complexities of making ethical decisions. Overall, the day provided us with valuable insights and knowledge about ethics and morality that we are able to apply in our daily lives.
