lincoln-douglass debate 101

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Lincoln-Douglass De


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The Basics

Remember: All debate is:

Claim: Premise you are arguing. [Dogs are bad]

Warrant: Your evidence. [According to Harvard Study, 75% of dogs bite

Impact: Reasoning; So what? [Dog bites can lead to Rabies, which leadsDeath is bad]

Remember, If you know this, you can do any debate.


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What is LD? Philosophy Debate or Values Debate

Ethics and Morals [What Youll See the Most]

Political Philosophy [What Youll See the 2ndMost]

Metaphysics, concerned with abstract thought or subjects, as existence, causali[Advanced, Kritiks]

Epistemology or Logic [Advanced; Theory]

Meta-Ethics [Advanced; AEC]

Mano y Mano [One on One]

Times

6 Min Affirmative Constructive

3 Min Cross-Examination

7 Min Negative Constructive

3 Min Cross-Examination

4 Min Affirmative Rebuttal

6 Min Negative Rebuttal

3 Min Affirmative Rebuttal

4 Min Prep for both sides


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LD Resolutions

Compared to PFD, LD resolutions arent that different.

Only different being the scope of the resolution

PFD: Empirics and Real world since it deals with current events.

LD: Normative and Theoretical, since it deals with Idealism.

LD resolutions provide more clash with the topic


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LD Rez v. PFD Rez

LD Rez: Resolved: In the United States criminal justice

system, truth-seeking ought to take precedenceover attorney-client privilege.

Resolved: In a democracy, voting ought to becompulsory.

Resolved: The United States ought to guaranteeuniversal health care for its citizens.

Resolved: Oppressive government is more desirablethan no government.

Resolved: Individuals have a moral obligation toassist people in need

Resolved: It is morally permissible for victims to usedeadly force as a deliberate response to repeateddomestic violence.

PFD Rez

Resolved: The benefits of domes

the NSA outweigh the harms.

Resolved: Unilateral military forc

States is justified to prevent nucl

Resolved: The benefits of Americ

against foreign targets outweigh

Resolved: On balance, the Supre

in Citizens United v. Federal Elect

harms the election process.

Resolved - Current U.S. foreign p

East undermines our national sec


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Types of LD Resolutions


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The Case

Observations [ Framework Arguments to Benefit your side]

Value or a statement of some broad concept of great value that is specific to

Criterion, focused standard that your audience can use to determine whethe

provided adequate support for your value premise. It essentially defines you Just think of the Value Criterion as the Thesis of you case.

Contention Level arguments

Think of this as paragraphs of your essay


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Values The Essential Framework of the Case

What your case is overall about

Common Values [You as the case maker define what each below means, usually citing a philosopher, to upho

Justice

Morality

Freedom/ Liberty

Life

Human Rights

Free Expression / Speech

Democracy

Equality/Egalitarianism

Societal Good / General Will / Society

Majority Rule

National Interest / National Security

Legitimate Government

Individualism / Autonomy

Safety

Progress

Privacy


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Criterions

Is the means you use to uphold your Value.

Main goal for the criterion is to find away to construct a link betvalue and contention level argument.

Lets Look at a case


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Research

LD is based on Scholarly Research, rather current event/ News article

Great places to go to research Philosophy and Scholarly Articles inclu

www.academia.edu

Plato.Stanford.edu

www.Scribd.com

www.Jstor.org

Google.com/scholar
http://www.academia.edu/http://www.jstor.org/http://www.jstor.org/http://www.academia.edu/


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Basic Ethics: Utilitarianism vs. Deont

Utilitarianism: Basically Means Judge what is good by evaluating Greatest Goothe Greatest Amount of People.

Based on Consequential ethics, which means to evaluate what is good based on the situ

Two Burning Buildings Scenario

Deontology: Basically means to judge was is good by evaluating everything on f

Murder is bad

Stealing is bad

The difference in these two forms of judging Morality or what is good is usuallideas in LD debate.Youll see these two most often.

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