The Ethics Bowl teams placed high at the Indiana Ethics Bowl Regional Tournament on Feb. 1 to end their current season. U-High’s A team placed second after five undefeated rounds, and the B team made the quarterfinals.
Ethics Bowl is a competitive academic team that debates moral philosophies. It is judged between rounds of two teams based on the nuance of their position on a given issue.
Sygne Stole, team captain, is pleased with Lab’s performance at the competition from both of its two groups.
“I thought they did very well,” she said. “We sent one older, more experienced team, and we got to the final championship.”
Sygne is an artist for the Midway, but she was not involved in the creation of this story.
She also showed appreciation for the less-experienced group of the team, who surpassed expectations at the tournament.
“We had a younger team who did incredibly well, especially given that they’re less experienced,” Sygne said.
She attributed both teams’ success to their thoroughness in analyzing their arguments.
“We consider as many sides of the moral dilemma as possible, so we’re really well-prepared to talk about other perspectives that we’re not arguing,” she explained.
Though this tournament marks the end of the scheduled season, the Ethics Bowl team will still continue to meet for practices.
Sygne said, “We will focus more on the philosophy side of the team.”
