International Hub for all things Ethics Bowl
Are you studying the IEB or NHSEB case pool? Have a take you’re willing to share?
Send it (written or video – your choice) to matt (at) mattdeaton.com and we’ll gladly share it.
Nothing especially fancy required – the point is simply to give teams something to chew on – a little outside input to inform their analysis and bowl prep.
Don’t be shy. You’ll be glad you did it, and so will your fellow ethics bowl enthusiasts.
The 2019-2020 National High School Ethics Bowl regionals case pool has been out for a couple of weeks now. If you’ve not downloaded your copy, get it at NHSEB.unc.edu here.
If you’re new, consider the tips here, and also check out the “How to Be an Ethics Bowl Coach” guide and other resources here. (Even if you’re a competitor rather than a coach, that stuff should prove helpful.)
If you need a primer on philosophical ethics, the open source ethics bowl version of Ethics in a Nutshell is here, and there are additional excellent resources on the NHSEB’s site here.
Happy ethics bowling, and stay tuned for analysis of select cases – requests welcome, as always.
Ever read an ethics bowl case and think, “I could do better than this…”?
Or pondered in the moments before falling asleep, “I love ethics bowl, but competing, coaching, moderating, judging and organizing just aren’t my bag…”?
Well, maybe you’d enjoy and be good at writing and editing ethics bowl cases.
If that sounds appealing, reach out to Robert Boyd Skipper at rskipper (at) stmarytx.edu. Per Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Chair Richard Greene, Robert is currently considering new volunteers for the IEB case writing team.
Current IEB coaches and competitors would of course have a disqualifying conflict of interest. But all others, reach out to Robert for more information.
Welcome to EthicsBowl.org, version 2.0.
A hacker, a bot, or some combination thereof infected critical files in February, 2018. (Way to go, hacker bots…) Hence, why the site was unavailable March and most of April, why some old articles are gone, and why the site is slightly redesigned.
The purpose remains the same — assist ethics bowl coaches who need and want the help, though I’ve decided to expand the target audience from high school ethics bowl coaches to ethics bowl coaches on any level. The more, the merrier, and maybe the various groups can benefit from one another’s expertise and company. So expect analysis of IEB cases next season, of course along with NHSEB cases per the original version.
With the site’s aims in mind, should you have ideas on how to do it better, don’t be shy. Supporting ethics bowl is how I get my extra curricular philosophical kicks, and my primary outlet for bettering the world. So ideas welcome and appreciated. And if you’re inclined to submit a guest article, pitch away – it’s very likely I’d welcome the opportunity.
Thanks for visiting, and welcome to EthicsBowl.org, version 2.0.