The 2023 Ethics Olympiad
On Thursday 27 July, a group of five girls from the philosophy club competed in the 2023 International Ethics Olympiad after winning gold in the regional competition earlier this year. In the lead up to the competition, they spent hours studying and practicing, ready to give their all to the competition. The Olympiad was made up of three rounds, where our team discussed, philosophised, and questioned unseen texts related to the topic areas of national service, vegetarianism and tradition, lookism, death and taxes, anger in politics, and evolutions in neurotechnology. We went up against 43 different schools from all around the world, ranging from India to Hong-Kong, to Canada. Overall, our team – made up of Zoe Linder (Year 10), Sophia Papadakis (Year 10), Leyla Bensan (Year 11), Bella Talib (Year 11) and Chiara Weaver (Year 11) – came in 15th place, a wonderful and impressive achievement. We are so grateful to have had this opportunity to display our knowledge and hard work and really enjoyed this experience! There is an Olympiad for middle school aged children later this year, or if you just want to give philosophy a try, please pop into philosophy club (every Tuesday after school in C4) and give it a go!
Chiara Weaver
Year 11
