For whom?
B2, B3 and (pre-)Master’s students in the academic year 2025-2026. 15 places available. Minimum number of students is 8.
What are you going to do?
You are going to join a team of Radboud students and debate international ethical issues with students from an American college (St. Anselm College, New Hampshire, U.S.). In the first meeting you will get acquainted with the competition format of a so-called ‘Ethics Bowl’. You will learn about the rules and regulations, how to prepare cases and learn about useful ethical notions in a lecture on Ethical Theories. In the second meeting you will learn more about debating strategies, rhetoric and public speaking and will be coached in how to make these tools your own. You will use the third meeting to prepare cases together with your team and participate in a staged ‘Ethics Bowl’. This is followed by three online meetings with the team from St. Anselm in which the Ethics Bowl will take place. Topics that will be discussed include the relationship between politics and religion, and the freedom of speech; topics that are subject to differing views on both sides of the Atlantic. The course will be concluded with a symposium together with students from the Nijmegen Student Debating Society Trivium Nijmegen where you will present the concept of an Ethics Bowl to those present.
What’s in it for you?
- You will learn how to analyze a complex ethical case
- You will learn how to formulate a strong argument
- You will learn to develop alternative viewpoints
- You will improve your presenting and public speaking skills
- You will get into contact with American students, and learn about their (ethical) way of thinking
Program
The program consists of 6 meetings and a closing symposium. The meetings take place at the university and are scheduled on Wednesday evenings from 18.30-21.00. We will start on 15th of October and the closing symposium is on December 3rd at the Latijnse School in the city centre of Nijmegen.