Dialogical Practice for the Public Sector
2021 Public Philosophy Network Conference (with Michael Vazquez and Delaney Thull)
MOVED ONLINE DUE TO COVID-19 - OCTOBER 21-23, 2021
This interactive workshop session explores the promise of Ethics Bowl-style discussion for the purposes of advancing dialogues among government officials on issues of moral and political import. Faciliators introduce a modified discussion format which is designed to be implemented as a tool for learning in professional contexts. The pedagogical essentials on which the Ethics Bowl is based have tremendous potential as tools for promoting ethical literacy, engagement, and growth among audiences of all ages and across diverse demographic backgrounds. After highlighting these essentials and some changes to the format to adapt it to this new context, we ground our discussion in the concrete by simulating an Ethics Bowl-style discussion on two cases designed with professionals in mind.