News Release

Another successful Ethics Bowl

University of Detroit Mercy students had a chance to test their critical thinking skills at UDM's 8th annual Ethics Bowl. Inspired by TV's College Bowl, and created to examine and find answers for tough ethical issues, the Ethics Bowl took place on Nov. 16th on UDM's McNichols Campus.

This year, 18 teams had their arguments evaluated in front of panel of judges drawn from across campus and the metro Detroit community. Among the guest judges were Administrative Law Judge Roy L. Roulhac, Michigan Employment Relations Commission; Michael Hovey, Director of the Office of Catholic Social Teaching for the Archdiocese of Detroit; Dr. Kenneth Richter, Director of Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital; Ed Roberge, Admissions, University of Detroit Jesuit High School; and Floyd Myers Truant Officer, Detroit Public Schools. The answers were rated in terms of intelligibility, focus, depth, and judgment.

Ethics Bowl competition begins when the moderator poses a variety of ethical questions to each competing team, and the team that comes up with the most morally defensible answer will win the match. Questions may address ethical problems on classroom topics (e.g. cheating or plagiarism), personal relationships (e.g. dating or friendship), professional ethics (e.g. engineering, law, medicine), or social and political ethics (e.g. free speech, gun control, etc.).

The first-place team has the honor of representing UDM at the Regional Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, Dec. 1 in Madison, WI. This event is in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE). Forty teams, representing colleges and universities throughout the United States, will put their abilities of ethical reasoning to the test.

Release date: November 08, 2007

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