| The Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest is an annual competition designed to challenge college students to analyze the urgent ethical issues confronting them in today's complex world. Students are encouraged to write thought-provoking personal essays that raise questions, single out issues and are rational arguments for ethical action.
This year's Suggested Topics are as follows:
• Reflect on the most profound moral dilemma that you have encountered and analyze what it has taught you about ethics and yourself. • Examine the ethical aspects or implications of a major literary work, a film or a significant piece of art. • What is the relation between religion and ethics in today's world? • How can ethics transform for the better a community, institution, or nation? • What is the relationship between genocide and ethics? nswer to essential questions of society and individual human beings may be, education is surely its major component. But what would education be without its ethical dimension? Many of us believe them to be inseparable. That is why this Prize in Ethics Essay Contest was established in 1989 by our Foundation. Thousands of students from hundreds of colleges and universities across the nation have participated. Through their writing, they explored their concerns and beliefs, their fears and their hopes.
While we suggest relevant topics each year, applicants are encouraged to choose any subject they feel strongly about, provided it is related to the domain of ethics.
The quality of the essays we have received over the years has been remarkable. It is with great difficulty that winners are chosen by a special committee of teachers and scholars.
We appeal to college students to send us their essays. We promise you they will not be ignored. In fact, we shall be proud to be your first readers. And perhaps your first critics and publishers Guidelines : http://www.eliewieselfoundation.org/EthicsPrize/Guidelines/EPStudent Guidelines2006.pdf | 
