Secular ethics ought to be prioritized over religious ethics in the legislative process.
In America, we use John Locke's concept of the social contract theory to determine law. Locke argued that the government could not act on behalf of a collective conscience, and that individual conscience must be protected from government authority [1]. As such, religious differences ought to be tolerated. The concept of a separation between church and state therefore refers to the distance in the relationship between organized religion and the nation state [2]. In other words, it becomes not onl...
Certain convicted sex offenders should be executed
My argument will be that certain types of convicted sex offenders should be executed, rather than imprisoned. By convicted, I mean beyond a shadow of a doubt. A great body of evidence should be presented against them to try and minimise or even completely prevent wrongful execution. By certain types I mainly mean, but am not restricted to: Paedophiles & child pornographers Violent serial rapists Serial killers of a sexual nature. I don't want to argue semantics. My opponent should argu...
Age Of Empires is better than Civilization
Age Of Empires (A.O.E.) is better than Civilization due to its graphics quality, interactivity,and real time strategic play....
P.C.'s Are Better Than Macs
My argument is that P.C.'s are better than Macs. Definitions: Macs: computers manufactured by Apple Computers P.C.'s: Computers not manufactured by Apple Computers...
the best 2 martial arts
the first round will not count as part of the debate instead it will be for you to name your best martial art and explain the strengths of the martial art then in round 2 we will start debating my first pick is Dim Mak (nicknamed death touch) 1) The concept known as Dim Mak traces its history to Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncture that can kill using seemingly less than lethal force targeted at specific areas of the body. Dim mak is depicted as a secret body of knowledge with techniqu...
Atheism is more rational than Christianity
Planning to make my first debate a subject where I think I've pretty much heard all the arguments on both sides, and hope to provide some of my own perspectives on these positions. Format should require both sides to present a case, and interaction will occur when each of us does so....
That it should be a criminal offence for a politician to lie
Greetings budding opponents! My case today is simple - that a politician (local or national, being a minister of the state) in a democratic country should not be allowed to lie (tell deliberate mistruths) in public (in a situation where privacy could not reasonably be expected) and not face punishment. Appropriate punishment in most contexts I would perceive as being by-elections, though I don't think that's very important to the debate. As to the format, I'd like to do a slight variant of th...
I'm a Utopian idealist - prove me wrong!
I believe that over the course of the next decade or two, makind can create a massive leisure society in which everyone has plentiful supplies of anything they could possibly want, without having to work for it. This will be made possible by automation, improving fabrication technologies, the Internet and the Open-source movement. It is possible because there exists an abundance of all necessary resources. The proposal is detailed at adciv.org Automation (in the form of automated harvesting,...
The U.S. should leave south Korea
please excuse me I do policy debate not LD so if this is a little sketchy than work with me here thank you..this of course is the new policy debate topic for the 2010-11 season...the plan text is as follows Resolved: the United states federal government(USFG) should substantially reduce its military and/or police presence in South Korea. Since in Policy we run topicality i shall instead offer definitions for the sake of the debate 1.Reduce as defined by merriam websters Dictionary -to diminish...
Christianity Offers Freedom of Choice and Freewill to all.
Okay... lets say, you were found guilty of... uh... lets say disobeying a law of some kind. Nothing really bad, violent or gruesome but you were found guilty. Now the penalty, for breaking that law, is that you will be tortured and then if you survive, be put to death. Suppose, that I hear of your plight and I tell you, that I love you more than anything else in the universe; even more than even the life of my only child, that I will gladly give, in your place, to let them mutilate, torture...