{"id":27360,"date":"2026-10-29T15:01:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=27360"},"modified":"2026-10-29T16:33:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T20:33:17","slug":"students-to-compete-at-annual-ethics-bowl-set-for-nov-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/10\/29\/students-to-compete-at-annual-ethics-bowl-set-for-nov-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Students to compete at annual Ethics Bowl set for Nov. 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27363 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/10\/ethics-bowl-collage.jpg?resize=930%2C301&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Two side by side images of students competing at ethics bowl\" width=\"930\" height=\"301\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/10\/ethics-bowl-collage.jpg?resize=300%2C97&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/10\/ethics-bowl-collage.jpg?resize=768%2C249&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/10\/ethics-bowl-collage.jpg?w=828&amp;ssl=1 828w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 930px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 930\/301;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Detroit Mercy&#8217;s annual <a href=\"https:\/\/chass.udmercy.edu\/academics\/phl\/ethics-bowl.php\">Ethics Bowl<\/a> will be held on <strong>Friday, Nov. 6, from 12-4 p.m., <\/strong>in the Fountain Lounge, on the first floor of the Student Union. The competition brings together undergraduate students for a friendly competition that challenges their ethical reasoning and critical thinking skills.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by TV&#8217;s College Bowl, the Ethics Bowl is a campus-wide platform for students, staff, alumni, faculty and administrators to explore real-world ethical dilemmas.<\/p>\n<p>During the competition, teams of three to five students answer questions posed by a moderator on issues regarding:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Classroom topics (e.g., cheating or plagiarism)<\/li>\n<li>Personal matters (e.g., dating or friendship)<\/li>\n<li>Professional ethics (e.g., in engineering, law, medicine)<\/li>\n<li>Social and political issues (e.g., free speech, gun control, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A panel of judges, comprised of faculty, staff, administration and alumni, evaluates each team&#8217;s responses in terms of intelligibility, focus, depth and judgment. <strong>No specialized knowledge in ethical theory is required to compete in or judge the competition.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first-place team has the opportunity to represent the University at a regional competition and may advance to the national <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.appe-ethics.org\/about-ethics-bowl-appe-ieb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl<\/a><\/strong>, held in March during the annual meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics.<\/p>\n<p>For more information or to sign up to be a judge, contact Professor Martin G. Leever at <a href=\"tel:313-993-1135\">313-993-1135<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:ethicsbowl@udmercy.edu\">ethicsbowl@udmercy.edu<\/a> or check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/chass.udmercy.edu\/academics\/phl\/ethics-bowl.php\">Ethics Bowl website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=2MKkyGi9ukC4tnUivppxcQ4b8ZVR14ZCjGUlbn_Lf-dUMUlCTlhVU1NZV05JVjczV1REWU1ENEIwRi4u\">Register your team for Ethics Bowl <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=2MKkyGi9ukC4tnUivppxcQ4b8ZVR14ZCjGUlbn_Lf-dUMUlCTlhVU1NZV05JVjczV1REWU1ENEIwRi4u\">here.<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UDM&#8217;s annual Ethics Bowl will take place on Friday, Nov. 6, where undergraduate students are challenged to explore real-world ethical dilemmas and the first-place team has the opportunity to compete in regional and national competitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":27363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,4404],"tags":[6164,6165,581,208,205,7247],"class_list":["post-27360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ccnews","category-student-announcements","tag-chass","tag-college-of-humanities-arts-social-sciences","tag-detroit-mercy-ethics-bowl","tag-ethics-bowl","tag-philosophy","tag-philosophy-department"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-77i","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/10\/ethics-bowl-collage.jpg?fit=828%2C268&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27360"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27380,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27360\/revisions\/27380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}