"How am I responsible for the environment? Should there be limits on how we can punish people who do wrong? If very ill patients want to die, should doctors be held responsible if they help them? Who is responsible for the global spread of infectious diseases?"
If these and other questions about our responsibilities towards each other, our planet and our future make you think, then this competition is for you!
At the Uehiro Oxford Institute we think a lot about responsibility and how we can all do more to tackle some of the biggest ethical problems facing us today. We invite school students in Year 11, 12 or 13 (S4-S6 in Scotland, Years 12-14 in Northern Ireland, or the international equivalent, typically ages 15-18) to take part in our Practical Ethics and Responsibility Competition by making a video to tell us about an ethical problem and how you think responsibility is involved.
The competition is now closed for 2025.
Huge congratulations to the finalists from Westminster School (London), Christ's Hospital School, St Paul's School for Girls (Birmingham) and Highgate Senior School, and to all the Highly Commended teams!
Their videos can be found below, and also on our YouTube channel.
To take part in future competitions, teams of between three and five people should send us a video of up to four minutes in length. Full details of the competition plus the terms and conditions will be made available on the PERC Resources page and you can see the videos of last year's winners and the Highly Commended entries here.
