Mock ethics olympiad Lesson 50 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 18 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: the lesson at school .
0 In an ethics olympiad teams get a case, a short story with a hard choice, and discuss it in front of judges; they score for good thinking, not for "winning" an argument. 1 First the team reads the case together, underlines the key facts and lists the stakeholders, everyone the choice affects; then it puts the ethical question into one clear sentence. 2 The team builds a view with reasons, says honestly where members disagree, and each member presents a short part in turn. 3 Judges ask questions: listen, think, then answer directly; saying "we had not considered that" is better than bluffing, and when the other team speaks you begin with what was good in their view. 5 In an ethics olympiad teams discuss a case in front of judges and are scored on the quality of their thinking. 6 Reading the case means finding the key facts and listing the stakeholders, everyone the choice affects. 7 Preparation is half the work. 8 The ethical question should be put in one clear sentence, because clear questions lead to clear answers. 9 A team agrees a view with reasons, and honest disagreement within the team can be shared. 10 Each team member presents part of the argument clearly and briefly. 11 When judges ask a question, the team listens, thinks and answers directly. 12 Saying "we had not considered that" impresses more than bluffing. 13 When responding to another team, you begin with what was good in their view, then add to it or question it respectfully. 14 Olympiads reward collaboration, not putting the other team down. 15 Teams may draw on religious teaching, philosophy, law or experience, explaining why it matters to the case. 16 Reasons should be understandable to people of any faith or none. 17 After a round the team reviews what went well and what to improve. 18 Winning well means thanking the judges and the other teams and celebrating good thinking on all sides. ← previous Rights, duties and community dilemmasnext → Life begins: being born and growing up↑ back to Religion ethics This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/