We live only once.
I look forward to debating anyone. This debate is about logic base thinking. This is debate is a burden of proof on both of us for one cannot prove or give any evidence that we live only once. But this debate is to g...
Occam's Razor Exploits Goodwill
This is a simple argument that explains the problem with tolerating Occam's Razor in debate. For those unfamiliar, Occam's Razor is the idea that among plausible explanations, the simplest one should be chosen: http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/occam.html http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/scientific-experiments/occams-razor.htm http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/OCCAMRAZ.html The problem with Occam's Razor is it allows people to claim possibilities as sufficient reason for wh...
General Theism Contains a True Proposition for God's Existence
(1) Defining Theism I will define traditional (or according to the resolution, 'general') theism as the following: "There exists necessarily a person without a body who necessarily is eternal, perfectly free, omnipotent, omniscient, perfectly good, and the creator of all things" (R. Swinburne, 'The Existence of God'; p. 6). Dr. Rick Cornish further expounds, "Theism believes that one infinite, personal God is the ultimate reality... this God created the universe, disclosed Himself to mank...
Shared BoP Is Elitist
This debate is about the characteristic of burden of proof in public policy debates. To demonstrate, Con and Pro will pretend to be two people actually participating in a social program. Con will be a "strong" person. Pro will be a "weak" person. Before participation, Pro was skeptical of the social program necessarily being safe and respectful. Pro did not have evidence in advance of experience which proved the social program's unreliability, so was forced to "go with the program"....
Objective Morality Necessitates a Higher Being
Respond with an introductory argument in your first response, respond to specific points in mine with your second. I will do the same. Clarification: The ambiguous term "higher being" does not necessarily denote a god, but rather any being with cognitive capacity which surpasses that of a human in that it can conceive of an objective morality. This role is usually assigned to a god but does not necessarily have to be. First, consider that humans have yet to come to to total consensus on any m...
Is prolonged empire a good thing?
I personally am in favor of empire, but I would like to hear the opinions of others and what they think. Please realize that empires aren't inherently malevolent, can be any form of government (aside from things like anarchy), and still exist in the modern day. For example some modern day empires would be China, Russia, the U.S.A., and Brazil. Other than that, I am interested in what you have to say....
Should socrates have drank the hemlock
Purpose of debate is to define our reasons, "Why Socrates should have by drank the hemlock" or the opposite, "Why should he have not drunk the hemlock". R1. Why did we decide to chose our side of the debate. R2. Explanation R3. Rebuttal. R4. Conclusion of each side. Socrates was a man of integrity and never wronged the community of Athens at least not intentionally. Plato referenced a gadfly to demonstrate Socrates stirring up Athens to make them think as a gadfly would sting a horse an...
That the mind is a purely physical substance.
That the mind is a purely physical substance, existing in the brain and that all dualist accounts supposing the existence of a non-physical soul are false.
Rules:
1. A forfeit or concession is not allowed.
2. No semantics, trolling, or lawyering.
3. All arguments and sources must be visible inside this debate.
4. Debate resolution, definitions, rules, and structure cannot be changed without asking in the comme...
Should Socrates Drink The Hemlock?
I believe that Socrates should't have drank the hemlock. Many think he should of as David Hume states in "On Suicide" that "If suicide be criminal, it must be a transgression of our duty to either God, our neighbor, or ourselves." Thus meaning that Socrates must not believe in a God for him to kill himself with no guilt. However in "Apology" Socrates makes refference to his spiritual teachings and spirit guide who he feels watches him, and also states he does believe in a God. With that being sa...
Should Socrates have drank the hemlock?
Socrates took the correct course of action by drinking the hemlock. If he had not, he would have only confirmed his guilt, and made a hypocrite of himself, by turning his back on his own teachings. At the age of eighteen, Athenians were presented with the choice to leave the city, if they did not wish to follow the laws of the city. Socrates was well-advanced in his age, over seventy years old, the choice to depart the city had long since past, and thus, he made his bed now he must lie in it. If...