Citadel Ethics Team places 11th in 2018 Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl

2018 Mar 13

Harrison Wedgeworth of Ladson, SC (29456) was one of ten students on The Citadel Ethics Team who traveled to Chicago March 3-4 for the 2018 Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl.

Thirty-six teams from institutions across the United States took part in this year's Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl. Of the 36 teams, The Citadel placed 11th and won three of their four cases. During each case, the teams argued and defended their moral assessment of some of the most troubling and complex ethical issues facing society.

"The Ethics Bowl provides cadets with an opportunity for the careful analysis and discussion of current ethical issues from a variety of professional and social areas," said Grant Goodrich, Ph.D., Citadel professor and Ethics Bowl coach. "The students spend hours researching and developing their positions. They learn what the moral dimensions of each case are and how to examine each case from multiple points of view."

Each of the invited teams qualified for a national contest position based on performances during 11 regional ethics bowls involving hundreds of students. The Citadel team placed third at the Nov. 4 bowl hosted by St. Petersburg College in Clearwater, Florida, qualifying for the national competition.