Philosophies
This philosophy posits that we should act to produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
What is Utilitarianism?
What are the two sides of a case?
What is Affirmative and Negative?
This is the thing to which the debater says we should all strive.
What is the value?
This is the idea that people should be treated the same in terms of political, economic, legal or cultural status.
What is equality?
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It says that states have obligations to their citizens to protect their life, liberty and property.
What is John Locke's Social Contract?
What are contentions made of?
What is Claim, Warrant, and Impact?
This is the measuring stick for the value (or the standard to be judged).
What is the Criterion?
This value is the prerequisite for all other values.
What is Life?
Your standard is reducing political violence. That is consequential, right?
Leading Question
These are rights a person possesses due to membership in a particular society, and only apply to people in that society
What is the Societal Rights
In this speech, the debater is to read her case and attack her opponent's case.
What is the Negative Constructive.
It means to attack one's opponent's case.
What is refutation/rebuttal?
This value implies that we should look to the good of everyone as opposed to the good of a single individual.
What is societal welfare?
This strategy can use the following in the rebuttals
Evidence, Analysis, Implications, Impact and is called?
What is Extentions/Extending
These are rights a person possesses due to membership in a particular society, and only apply to people in that society
What is Natural Rights
This speech includes three contentions and the burden of proof.
What is the Affirmative Case?
This is the record of the debate round.
What is the flow?
This value can be defined in many different ways, but is classically defined as giving each his due.
What is Justice?
______________are stronger than weighing?
What are Turns?
That isn’t the same as anarchy, which is actually a rejection of government
What is the State of Nature
In this speech, the debater defends his case, attacks his opponent's case, and offers voting issues.
What is the Negative Rebuttal.
the term is given to addressing and refuting another debater’s argument. Debaters must (Blank) directly and specifically to their opponents’ arguments.
What is a Clash?
This value says that individuals should be in charge of their own person.
What is autonomy?
Four key areas to remember for LD
What is Framework, Contention, Weighing and Rebuttals