Philosophers
The philosopher who created the categorical imperative
Who is Immanuel Kant?
The ultimate moral goal.
What is a value?
This philosophy asks what action will produce the most happiness.
What is utilitarianism?
The part of the kritik that isolates the specific issue within the affirmative case
What is the Link?
The organization that oversees high school debate.
What is the NSDA? (National Speech and Debate Association)
Who is John Rawls?
A hypothetical scenario where principles of justice are determined with no knowledge of your own characteristics.
What is the veil of ignorance?
A philosophy that would say lying is always wrong, even to produce good outcomes.
What is Kant?
The part of the kritik that says how the judge should evaluate the round.
What is the Roll of the Ballot?
What is Tabroom?
He wrote "Leviathan" and argued that in the state of nature, life would be solitary, poor, and short.
Who is Thomas Hobbes
The word as we can experience it.
What is the phenomenal world?
This philosophy would ask: What rule would rational people choose if they didn’t know their social position?
What is Rawls?
The type of kritik that points out problems in the way the opponent presented their argument
What are Kritiks of performance?
This national invitational tournament hosted by the University of Kentucky is one of the most prestigious in debate.
What is the Tournament of Champions (TOC)?
He wrote "Two Treatise of Government" and argued that governments must protect natural rights
Who is John Locke?
The principle that states we should do what makes the worst-off better off.
What is the maximin principle?
This framework focuses on what kind of person you should be, rather than rules or outcomes.
What is virtue ethics?
An answer to a kritik that says you can take two courses of actions at once.
What is a Perm?
This famous debate inspired the name of Lincoln-Douglas debate.
What are the Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858?
He wrote "The Social Contract" and introduced 'general will'.
Who is Jean-Jaques Roussea?
Is made up of the action being performed, the circumstances under which the action is taken, and the purpose of the action.
What is a maxim?
This Kantian test asks whether your action could be universalized into a rule for everyone.
What is the categorical imperative?
A common kritik that may argue that that the U.S. is built on the ongoing oppression of indigenous people.
What is Setcol?
The action whose morality was debated in the first national LD topic in 1980