Philosothon - What Is It? 

On Thursday August 19, St Virgil's took a small but mighty team of three to the GYC 2021 Philosothon. This event is best described as a coming together of minds, where students participated in two thirty minute philosophy circles. These circles comprised of students from a range of schools across the Catholic and Independent systems and were based upon year level. Each group were given two questions to discuss during the timeframe and the philosophical discussions were facilitated by accompanying teachers. The questions we discussed on the night were:

• When is Civil Disobedience the right thing to do?
• Is it ever permissible to lie to someone who is gravely ill?

Our three students, Noah Haas, Michael Cooper and Oliver Dinnessen represented the College extremely well and thoroughly enjoyed participating in the event and interacting with their peers from other schools. The evening was a great way to challenge critical and creative thinking whilst considering important philosophical issues of our time.