Ethics Bowl 2025

What is the APPE Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl?

• Teams of undergraduates from across the nation compete in regional and national matches where they analyze cases with multiple ethical dimensions and present their ethical analysis for a panel of judges.
• Cases are drawn from real-life examples that span many areas of ethics, including (but not limited to) bioethics, education, engineering, environmental, social and political, technology and research.

Why participate?

• It’s fun! Students not only get to work with one another to craft detailed assessments of real cases, but they also get to meet students from other universities, too.
• It’s free! No payment required.
• Helps to improve critical thinking and communication skills.
• A unique experience to discuss in job/school application letters.

What are the expectations?

• Meetings will be held twice a week for the 8-9 weeks before the competition. Each meeting will last roughly an hour.
• For the competition, teams should be comprised of 3-5 students. Registering multiple teams is possible if enough people want to participate.
• If someone is unable to attend the competition but wants to participate, they’re still welcome to attend meetings.