R: It is morally permissible to kill one innocent person to save the lives of many innocent people.
"It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong." It's because that I agree with this quote by Jeremy Bentham that I urge an affirmation of the resolution. "It is morally permissible to kill one innocent person to save the lives of many innocent people." [Definitions] For clarity I pose the following definitions. 1. Morally permissible: conforming to a circumstantial standard of right behavior. 2. More: a larger quantitative amount...
President Obama's plan for increasing troops in Afghanistan is in the US' best interest
I'm gonna go ahead and post my case in round 1. Thanks to anyone who accepts; this'll be practice for both of us. I'm running con because this is now my personal final version. Good luck. Please, no personal attacks, and try to be grammatically and structurally clear. Thanks :) _____________________________________________________________________ "[Since the] invasion by Genghis Khan and his two-million strong Mongol hordes to the superpower proxy war between the United States and the Soviet...
Gay Marriage
I really just needed to shove my opinion out there. What is the problem with gay marriage? Don't tell me the bible says no. The bible has nothing to do with what any man or woman should be allowed to do in their homes. The bible doesn't mean anything to non Christians., and not every American is Christian in the united states. We are not supposed to be based on one religion, so why does the bible have so much control? It shouldn't. So when someone says, the bible says marriage is between a man a...
Abortion
This is intended as an intelligent debate. I am a Conservative too, but I see abortion a little differently. I hope to keep this a friendly debate. I just wanted to instigate the debate now. You can accept anytime in the next 7 days and post your Round 1 in the next 9 days. The opening shots: Point 1: The prohibition of abortion will just make more deaths due to abortion. It will be in the same fashion as the prohibition on alcohol in the 1920s. The prohibition of abortion will lead som...
A modernized form of democracy should be the goal of every society
[Quote] "Government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the Earth." -Abraham Lincoln It is because I agree with this quote that I affirm the resolution: A modernized democracy should be the goal of every society [Definitions] (1) Modernized Democracy: how today's societies view democracy, that is, a political system in which the supreme power lies in the body of citizens who can elect people to represent them under a free electoral system (2...
LR4N6FTW4EVA is a Teenager
Thank you for taking the time to consider this debate. The resolution which I intended to defend is the following: "LR4N6FTW4EVA is a teenager, and as a teenager he is recognized by society and law as being without life experience or education and is prone to foolishness." I will be making frequent references to the laws and constitution of the United States of America, so I ask that readers from other nations forgive me for not including the views of their societies on teenagers. Our soci...
One cannot be Pro-life and a Democrat for it is that party that promotes the Pro-Choice agenda.
With all respect, one cannot be Pro-Life and Democrat for it like trying to serve two masters. In this case, the master of politics more than overpowers the master of humanity. For each time one casts their vote for a Democrat, they too cast their vote for a platform that promotes, legislates and condones abortion. In the end, every abortion that is performed and will be performed tomorrow is only done so due to each and every vote for a Democrat in Legislature, for President or appointment of l...
Marijuana is not addictive or harmful.
I don't care what you were taught in health class or learned in D.A.R.E.--marijuana is not addictive. The public school system is a product of the government. Do you honestly think that they will teach people things that would cause people to question its own laws? Millions of people are taught that marijuana is a horrible drug that causes dementia and paranoia. And millions of people believe it. People are taught that if you take one breath in of cannabis smoke, you are doing more harm than...
These scenarios ought to be treated equally in the eyes of the law.
Over the past couple of years we have read many stories about male and female teachers that have had affairs with their underage students. Unfortunately not many people have ever sat down and had a serious philosophical discussion about this issue. More often than not discussions on this issue have been reduced to emotional reactions unguided by any sort of reason. It is my purpose in this debate to shed some light on this subject and see if we can't come to some kind of a consensus. ===...
As Long As Abortion Is Legal We Should Feed Aborted Fetuses to the World's Poor
As long as abortion is allowed we should not let the dead fetuses go to waste. There are many starving, hungry people in the world. According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute 126,000 abortions are performed daily. http://www.abortionno.org/world.html 16,000 people die every day from starvation. Not only are 126,000 fetuses good enough to save everyone from world hunger, but also to keep people adequately fed. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_people_starve_to_death_in_the_world_every_da...