Ethics Club and the Senior School Ethics Olympiad

This semester, Domremy’s Ethics Club has focussed its lunchtime conversations around the set cases for the 2025 Senior School Ethics Olympiad. This year’s cases have led to really thoughtful discussions from a variety of perspectives. Our girls have particularly enjoyed discussing the ethical implications of eating some animals over others (or none at all), the use of curfews as a means of reducing youth crime, the revision of literature (and other art works) to better represent current world views and the ethical collection and use of data. 

We entered a Year 10 team and a Year 11 team into this year’s Senior Olympiad. All students represented our College with pride and engaged enthusiastically in very thoughtful and respectful discussions around the cases. They explored these through a variety of ethical frameworks and considered perspectives from a variety of cultures, genders, ages and experiences.

It is with great pleasure that we congratulate all involved and, in particular, our Year 11 team members who were awarded an Honourable Mention in this year’s competition. Below is a reflection from two members of this team, who have been involved in the Olympiad over the last three years.

“We were fortunate enough to have the opportunity to participate in the Senior Ethics Olympiad with three other Year 11 girls where we competed with fellow senior students across Australia in various ethical discussions. We spent hours reading and discussing cases, hearing from other students and learning each others’ various ideas. Over the years these events have given us the opportunity to strengthen our empathy and critical thinking skills, allowed us to share our thoughts and encouraged us to step beyond our comfort zones and broaden the landscapes of our mind.” Georgia and Juliet (Year 11)

Ms Sarah Thompson, Leader of Innovative and Global Connections