Debate Knowledge
The advantages of being on OG
1. You speak first/you do not have to worry about being derivative of your opening half
2. You are the only team that gets to speak without responding to refutation
The goal of the feminist movement.
Social and political equality for all, regardless of class or creed.
The act of breaking up voter regions into areas to benefit a political party and their likelihood to win.
Gerrymandering!
Prioritizing the "greater good" over the morality of the action itself.
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The names and responsibilities of the Opening Government team.
Prime Minister - Model, Frame, Constructive Points, Prebuttle (if you want)
Deputy Prime Minister - Rebuilding, Refutation, Framing (if you want)
Taxes that we put on goods and products from things we import outside our country.
tariffs
This is a rise in prices, which can be translated as the decline of purchasing power over time. When it gets too high, there is often a correction in which no more demand exists.
Inflation
Prioritizing the morality of the action itself instead of the "greater good"
Deontologism
The y-intercept of the equation:
y=2x+6
6
The types of rebuilding and what they mean.
1. Negative Rebuilding - refuting the refutation already given
2. Positive Rebuilding - adding new material/reasons to prove why your point is still true
What is a way for a country to pressure another country to do something without resorting to war?
sanctions (political or economic)
The electoral college system (2 points)
1. Used in the USA
2. Voting for electors within a region to vote for the President
Why might doing things for the greater good be bad sometimes? (give a scenario)
is is a good scenario? taira decides
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What are two things you can "weigh" points on?
1. Severity (how bad the impact is)
2. Scope (how many people it impacts)
Conditions which make starting a war "the better" option.
1. Likelihood of winning
2. Massive harm to people would occur if you did not. (it is justified)
3. Violation of sovereignty
4. There is a better alternative society that will be built after the war (ex. if you kill one crazy leader, a better and less crazy leader is going to take power)
The differences between right and left-wing political parties.
Left: freedom, equality, fraternity, rights, progress, reform and internationalism
Right: authority, hierarchy, order, duty, tradition, reaction and nationalism
The ethical and legal reasons why a person should be able to do certain dangerous actions (skydiving, extreme sports, selling your own organs).
The right to bodily autonomy
What anime sticker I have on my iPad
Chainsaw man
1. Prove the statement is untrue
2. Prove that even if the statement is true, it is irrelevant
3. Prove that even if the statement is both true and relevant, your point has bigger impacts
Issues that can happen within social justice movements that prevent them from achieving their goals.
1. Fringe movements (a few crazy loud people)
2. No unity of the movement
3. Extreme views that are disconnected from the public interest
A method for companies to survive a recession where the government gives financial support.
The philosophical idea that you have the responsibility to follow laws and pay taxes as long as your government gives you protection and basic rights and standard of living.
Social contract theory
Who would win? Gengar or Waluigi
Debate it out.