About the Ethics Bowl

Key Words to Describe an Ethics Bowl

An Ethics Bowl presents the opportunity for students to develop competencies in the following areas:

  • mutual respect
  • open-mindedness
  • meaningful dialogue
  • critical conversation
  • active listening
  • using evidence
  • challenging assumptions
  • thinking, rethinking
  • courage
  • flexibility, adaptability
  • risk assessment
  • synthesizing new information
  • intellectual improvisation
  • political, cultural awareness
  • original thinking