Impact Calculus
What is "weighing"?
Explaining why your impacts are MORE IMPORTANT than your opponents', even if theirs are true.
Which type of resolution deals most directly with morals?
Value
How long is parli prep time?
20 minutes.
Identify 3 weighing mechanisms.
Any 3 from: Probability, magnitude, time frame, strength of link
What is a common key word for value resolutions?
"Ought"
What is the most common type of resolution in parli?
Policy
What is "scope" and which weighing mechanism does it fall under?
What type of resolution is this:
"Parents ought not to lie to their children when a pet passes away"
Value
Name one purpose of the LOR and PMR (last speeches)
Accept: summarize, weigh, clean-up, clarify, etc.
What is "severity"? What is "reversibility"?
Severity: how bad the impact is
Reversibility: how permanent the impact is
Which type(s) of resolutions do not have an actor or a plan?
Fact, value
What speech does "MG" correspond to?
Member of Government = 2nd affirmative speech
What does it mean for an impact to be "cyclical"?
As time progresses without intervention, the impact gets worse + people are trapped further in a cycle (e.g. poverty)
What is a common framework for fact rounds?
Accept: truth testing, preponderance of evidence, etc.
Name the lengths of each parli speech.
7(A), 8(N), 8(A), 8(N), 4(N), 5(A)