Middle School Ethics Olympiad
On Monday 3 November, two teams of five Year 9 students competed in the Middle School Ethics Olympiad that took place over Zoom. This year’s competition looked at eight ethical cases on topical issues such as should artists’ ethics affect our artistic judgement?, bullfighting, using AI in the classroom and civilian intelligence in war to name a few. The competition involved discussing and refuting cases against a range of schools in NSW, being judged on ethical theories and moral objectivism.
The following eth-letes represented the College:
Team 1
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Jacinta Shori
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Eden Vonhoff
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Vivian Li
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Maria Katsaros
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Elena Vidanovski
Team 2:
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Marion Choi
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Lucy Yoegiar
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Madeleine Sutedjo
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Sophie Wong
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Ella Rentzepis
Through this competition, our eth-letes developed their critical thinking skills through engaging in important discussions with each other and students from a range of Australian contexts. The Ethics Olympiad provides students with a creative vehicle for developing skills in communication and respectful discourse while dealing with important and interesting ethical issues.
Both teams received an Honorable mention from the judges with Team 2 placing 5th overall!
