The Ethics Olympiad cultivates the virtues central to democratic citizenship, and prepares students to navigate challenging moral issues in a systematic and open-minded way. High School Ethics Olympiads involve either online events or face to face events. Up to 40 teams can be at a at one time exploring ethical issues together. Judges award scores based on skills in critical, creative and collaborative thinking. Medals are awarded to schools that draw clear considered conclusions, address issues with a good understanding of multiple perspectives and where they respond well to critiques of their argument. The students explore interesting and relevant ethical cases using a format designed to promote respectful dialogue. High School students are normally aged between 14 and 17 years old.
