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University of Alaska Fairbanks ETHICS BOWL

Conscience Should Never Be Secondary. University of Alaska Fairbanks ETHICS BOWL. ETHICS BOWL.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks ETHICS BOWL

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  1. Conscience Should Never Be Secondary University of Alaska FairbanksETHICS BOWL

  2. ETHICS BOWL The Ethics Bowl is a tournament style debate competition meant to develop students’ skills of debate and analytical thinking. The Ethics Bowl is open to all currently enrolled undergraduate students with a sincere interest in ethical thought. Using ethical theory, students will debate on topics which have moral ambiguity. These topics will stretch students’ usual methods of reasoning and foster adaptive thinking necessary for contemporary issues.

  3. Preparation for Success Your Help is Key to Our Success

  4. The Ethics Bowl Scholarship Scholarship Distribution:First Place: $1500.00Second Place: $500.00Third Place: $250.00 In order to provide additional compensation and incentive for students to compete, we have procured $2,250.00 in scholarship money for the winners. Certificates will be provided to all other participants.

  5. Remedial Courses All of these remedial courses are tentative and will be held on Thursdays at 1pm.The Socratic Society will be performing all remedial classes except for those chosen by UAF Faculty. I) Informal Fallacies II) Formal Fallacies III) Western Ethical Theories-Utilitarianism IV) Western Ethical Theories- Deontology V) Western Ethical Theories- Virtue VI) Argument Tactics and Forms- Rhetoric VII) Argument Tactics and Forms-Forensics VIII) Ethics Bowl Debate Format IX)East Asian Ethical Theories (Possible) X) Ethics Bowl Cases 2012

  6. End Goal of Ethics Bowl Ethics Bowl Links:http://appeonline.com/ethics-bowl/regional-ethics-bowl/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ1VM7VSKcshttp://appeonline.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/2013-championship-cases-with-new-case-2.pdfhttp://philosophy.ucsc.edu/news-events/ethicsbowl/2012caregionalethicsbowl.html We the Socratic Society believe that this competition can provide the means to regional competition and accolades. By making the Ethics Bowl a popular event UAF can cultivate an otherwise neglected resource we have on campus; Debate. The Socratic Society will be making space for EIGHT teams. Please advise your students to sign up soon! For additional information please email dlstrigle@alaska.edu

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