the idea that people are or ought to be the same in terms of political, economic, legal, or cultural status
Equality
100
Ad Hominem
general category of fallacies in which a claim or argument is rejected on the basis of some irrelevant fact about the author of or the person presenting the claim or argument
100
Flow
the style of note taking in a debate round
200
Maslow
Philosophy on value, especially his Hierarchy of Needs
200
Cross examination
3 minutes time interval to ask questions about opponent's case
200
implied agreement by which people form nations and maintain a social order
Social contract
200
Begging the Question
the premises include the claim that the conclusion is true or (directly or indirectly) assume that the conclusion is true.
200
Cross examination
debater ask questions about other case
300
Karl Marx
Philosophy on justice, equality, societal values, revolution,
300
Negative Constructive
7 minutes to negate the resolution
300
the belief that the overall benefit of society ought to take precedence over individual liberty
Societal Welfare
300
Hasty Generalization
a person draws a conclusion about a population based on a sample that is not large enough. It has the following form:
300
Resolution
Proposal being debated (topic)
400
John Rawls
Philosohy on a new, pluralist approach to the Social Contract and "justice as fairness,"
400
1st Affirmative Rebuttal
4 minutes to affirm the affirmative case and refute the negative case
400
Catagorical Imperative
Central philosophical concept of the moral philosophy of Kant, and of modern deontological ethics
400
when it is concluded that one event causes another simply because the proposed cause occurred before the proposed effect
Post Hoc
400
Flaw in reasoning or inappropriate emotional appeal-basis for invalid assumptions
fallacy
500
Karl Popper
Philosophy on anti-Platonism
500
Negative Rebuttal
6 minutes to refute affirmative case and cover key points of negative case
final speech by the negative case
500
Popular Sovereignty
A significant natural rights concept which holds that authority rests with the people
500
a person "justifies" an action against a person by asserting that the person would do the same thing to him/her
Two Wrongs Make a Right
500
term of structure used to label core arguments presented in a case