Ethical approach leads to Olympiad silver for 国产午夜福鈥檚 College
03 Jun 2025
Year 12 students Marcello Ferguson, Paddy Newton, Daniel Stockton, JJ Wada, and Ericsson Ye will compete at the International Ethics Olympiad after winning a silver medal at the South Island Championships.
The five-strong team members have pooled their skills to 鈥渙ut-negotiate鈥� most of their rivals with an impressive approach. Competing against 26 other Years 11鈥�13 teams, the College team has relished the challenge during a full-day competition where teams are tasked with explaining the most ethical approach to 鈥渕orally challenging questions鈥�.
Having won a silver medal, the boys will now represent New Zealand and compete against top schools from around the globe on 24 July.
鈥淎s a team, it is an opportunity for best friends to get together and utilise our synergy to do what we love in a competitive environment 鈥� that is, tackling some high-level ethical dilemmas by means of critical reasoning and discussion,鈥� Marcello explains.
JJ adds that 鈥渕ost of us have been involved in the Ethics Olympiad since Year 9, and while we haven鈥檛 always been in the same team, it鈥檚 incredibly rewarding to see how far we鈥檝e come 鈥� both as individuals and as a team鈥�.
The College team will face competitors from India, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory, Tasmania, Queensland, and Victoria, the United States, Canada, and New Zealand.
Meanwhile, another 国产午夜福鈥檚 College team 鈥� featuring Peter Beasley, William Butler, Lewis Devine-Smith, and Louis Sharr 鈥� has been recognised as the most improved team on the day at the Ethics Olympiad.
