{"id":1395,"date":"2024-11-22T11:26:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T16:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/?p=1395"},"modified":"2024-12-02T11:26:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T16:26:38","slug":"udm-ethics-bowl-team-places-seventh-in-regional-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/2024\/11\/22\/udm-ethics-bowl-team-places-seventh-in-regional-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"UDM ethics bowl team places seventh in regional competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1397\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1397\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1397 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2024\/12\/196DC391-91DA-464C-A846-7B2DAE4A63E7.jpeg?resize=300%2C226&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left to Right: Kelsie Shammami, Isabelle Francis, D.K. Mohammad, Juan Willis &amp; Kaleb Smith.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Five Titans \u2014 Isabelle Francis, D.K. Mohammad, Kelsie Shammami, Kaleb Smith and Juan Willis \u2014<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">made up <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the Detroit Mercy ethics bowl team that placed seventh out of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">20<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">twenty <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">squads <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">on <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nov<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ember<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> 16<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> at <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Upper Midwest Regional Ethics Bowl tournament, held at the University of Chicago.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The UDM squad, called \u201cAristotle Loves Tomato Sandwiches,\u201d only had one loss on the day. The cases under discussion touched on a wide range of topics, including artificial intelligence, technology, privacy, end-of-life medical interventions, animal rights and child welfare. All five students <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">on this winning team <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">are Political Science majors.&nbsp; <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Profs. Martin Leever and David Koukal mentored and then accompanied the team to Chicago.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Philosophy Department hosted UDM\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> annual Ethics Bowl earlier in<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> October <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2024, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">a legendary event w<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">hich <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">has <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">attract<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ed<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> students of all majors <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">from across the University for nearly twenty-five years<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">This <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">undergraduate competition <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">is <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">inspired by TV\u2019s College Bowl, but modified rules adapt the game to the subject of ethics.&nbsp; <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">We are excited to see the outcomes of next year\u2019s competition!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five Titans \u2014 Isabelle Francis, D.K. Mohammad, Kelsie Shammami, Kaleb Smith and Juan Willis \u2014made up the Detroit Mercy ethics bowl team that placed seventh out of 20 twenty squads on November 16th at the Upper Midwest Regional Ethics Bowl tournament, held at the University of Chicago.&nbsp; The UDM squad, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":682,"featured_media":1397,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2024\/12\/196DC391-91DA-464C-A846-7B2DAE4A63E7-e1733156759380.jpeg?fit=582%2C138&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/682"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1395"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1398,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395\/revisions\/1398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}