Photo by Glenda Murray.
The IU Poynter Center Ethics Bowl team members were (back row from left) Khalil AbuGharbieh, Ryan Funk, James Bourke and Richard Miller, sponsor; and (front row from left) Melissa Seymour, coach, Megan Robb and Emma Young.
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The IU Poynter Center Ethics Bowl Team competed in the eleventh Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Feb. 24 in San Antonio, Texas, advancing to the quarterfinal round before losing to Eckerd College.
The competition is held each year in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics.
The IU team was sponsored by the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions.
Team members were Khalil AbuGharbieh, a sophomore majoring in political science, religious studies, and Near Eastern languages and culture; James Bourke, a senior majoring in philosophy, political science, and an individualized major in nonviolence in theory and practice; Ryan Funk, a sophomore majoring in political science, religious studies and certification in the Liberal Arts and Management Program; Megan Robb, a freshman majoring in English and India studies; and Emma Young, a freshman who is exploring her interests in history, linguistics, classics and religious studies. The faculty director was Richard Miller, director of the Poynter Center and a professor of religious studies at IU Bloomington. The coach was Melissa Seymour, a doctoral student in philosophy and a research assistant at the Poynter Center.
The 40 participating teams competed in three rounds in the morning. The teams were given 15 complex ethical and policy cases to study in advance of the competition, though they were not told what questions they would be asked about any case. For each match, one team was required to present a view on a case and then respond to questions from the opposing team and judges. Then the roles were reversed, and the opposing team presented an argument surrounding a case, after which they were to respond to questions. Teams were evaluated at the end of each match for the quality of their arguments, responses and counter-responses.
The top eight teams advanced to the quarterfinals. IU defeated Clemson University in the quarterfinal round and lost to Eckerd in the semifinal match. The Ethics Bowl was won this year by the team from the University of Washington.
The day-long competition is held each year as a method of involving students in viewing difficult situations from a variety of perspectives. The competition is presented by the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics and the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
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