Vocabulary
The cool kids' synonym for "value criterion"
What is a standard?
When the plan and the counterplan cannot get along, they compete according to this two-word phrase
What is mutual exclusivity?
Seeking the greatest good for the greatest number of people means you support this philosophy
What is utilitarianism?
The start of every theory shell; the rule that you're proposing for debate
What is the interpretation?
What a debater does when they give their voters and explain how they won the debate
What is crystallization?
The first of Aristotle's "three appeals," this word represents the credibility you display when you present your arguments
What is ethos?
This refers to when the counterplan might be compatible with the plan, but it's better to do the counterplan alone
What are net benefits?
If the ends don't justify the means, you might belong to this school of thought instead
What is deontology?
If you want the judge to decide the debate on theory, you have to explain why these two impacts are voters
So your judge can keep an organized flow, you respond to your opponent's arguments in this fashion
What is line-by-line?
What debaters are doing when they talk much, much faster than mere mortals
What is spreading?
A debater invokes this when they argue that the counterplan asserts a false dichotomy with the plan - we should "do both"!
What is a permutation?
Robert Nozick proposed a thought experiment about plugging into this technology that belongs in The Matrix
What is the experience machine?
This refers to what your opponent is doing if they tell you the Affirmative Case they're going to read at least 30 minutes before the debate starts
What is disclosure?
What are speaker points?
Another of Aristotle's "three appeals," this 'emotion word' is just as important for our brains as logical reasoning
What is pathos?
This small island nation in the Persian Gulf was the location for a plan that you looked at in class
What is Bahrain?
This moral theory emphasizes the importance of fostering good character traits, not consequences or rules
What is virtue ethics?
This acronym is used by a debater to say "my opponent should lose if I refute their theory interpretation"
What is an RVI?
The two-word phrase for comparing your impacts for the judge
What is impact calculus?
The study of knowledge and belief, or how we arrive at either - hint: it starts with an "e"
What is epistemology?
This kind of counterplan is a strategic option for the Negative to "PIC"
What is a plan-inclusive counterplan?
This philosopher with "K" in his name appeared in the cards for both sides of our framework drill
Who is Kant?
When the Affirmative defends more than what the resolution asks them to do, the Negative can read this argument
What is extra-topicality?
Not the NSDA Nationals, but the end-of-year tournament that "circuit level" debaters compete to qualify for - your instructor reached elimination rounds here
What is the Tournament of Champions?