Reasoning
Evidence
Impact
Refutation
100

Not everyone is intrinsically motivated so there needs to be something outside of themselves to encourage them.

Cash incentive can create intrinsic motivation.

100

In a FBI case in 2012, it was only when lawyers agreed not to pursue the death penalty.

The threat of the death penalty helps to solve crimes.

100
De-extinction would inspire young people and create exciting new jobs.

Education and economics would benefit from de-extinction.

100

Censorship actually denies citizens from accessing the information that they need.

Censorship can also be used to protect society from terrorists.

200

Numbers show that for every death-row inmate who is put to death, 3 to 18 murders are prevented.

Death penalty penalty prevents crime.

200

Few job opportunities are available to high school dropouts so many of them turn to crime. (ETS, 2012)

Cash incentives help students who are struggling in school.

200

Without intrinsic motivation, people struggle to accomplish their goal and society will struggle to make progress.

Cash incentive decreases intrinsic motivation. 

200

Aircraft are now eco friendly.

There is the huge impact aircrafts have on the environment.

300

Endangered species have valuable medical uses.

Humans would also benefit from de-extinction.

300

In 2017, Chicago Business Journal reported that JetBlue transported more than 3,000 people out of Puerto Rico at no cost to the passengers.

The airline industry has also provided disaster relief around the world.

300

Society should not kill a person simply because he or she cannot afford a strong, expensive defense.

The death penalty leads to unequal justice.

300

De-extinction is actually beneficial to the future of the ecosystem. 

De-extinction would also harm living animals.

400

When the government blocks websites and erases posts, people cannot freely exchange information.

Censorship also puts democracy and free speech in danger.

400

Because of the small amount of available mammoth DNA, scientists would need to fill in the missing DNA with Asian elephant DNA. (Cosmos, 2017)

De-extinction will create hybrids.

400

Long term exposure to loud noises damages peoples' health.

Noise pollution comes planes.

400

Police officers, judges and lawyers will make sure only the guilty party gets the death penalty.

The death penalty also murders the innocent.

500

A total of 62.7 million jobs are indirectly supported by the airline industry. 

Entire countries benefit from commercial air travel.

500

They even offer instructions on building bombs. (Council on Foreign Relations, 2009)

Terrorists also use the internet to communicate.

500

As a result, their government can stay in power for as long as they like.

Internet censorship allows dictators to control and harm their citizens.

500

Teachers will be around to prevent this.

Cheating is on the rise because of cash incentives.