Conservatism and Libertarianism
I am Affirming. The burden of proof is shared, my opponent needs to show that on balance, the goals of Libertarianism and Conservatism are too far apart to be treated as actual allies.
What exactly defines a Libertarian and Conservative will be a point of contention between my opponent and myself, but my opponent acknowledges upon accepting that the definitions need to be within reason.
One is never the same person twice.
I shall be arguing that with the passing of every second, every unit of time, even at every individual instant, one is a different person. To be fair, this shall act as a clarifying statement only, and the first round will be devoted only to acceptance, greetings, etc. Greetings!...
Informing People of the End
Situation: an asteroid is heading for the Earth. There is nothing that mankind can do about it and the fate of the Earth is sealed. The world has three months left until complete destruction. The debate: Pro: argues that the government should tell the people of their findings as soon as they found out the news. Con: argues that the government should never tell the people of their fate. First Round acceptance only. This should be an interesting debate....
All people have the right to safely own an Atomic Bomb
Slavery is immoral. It is immoral because all people are created with equal authority over each-other; None. Legitimate authority can only be derived by consent. If a government loses the consent of the governed, those that withdraw their consent retain the same freedoms that the government claimed. The freedom to wage war, to conduct relations with foreign people, to regulate commerce within the boundary of their own property, and to defend themselves from foreign aggressors. Under thi...
Conditional statements may be determined to be true whether or not the conditions are true.
(Since Mangani has declined to accept this challenge 3 times, even while boldly and falsely proclaiming that my YECS argument's major premise is not true, and I am currently advised that he is not accpeting challenges at this time, I am opening up the challenge to anyone who wants to offer a rebuttal to my claim.) Arguments are built with propositions. Propositions assert that something is the case or that something is not the case. A proposition may be affirmed or denied. Propositio...
Abortion Is Morally Permissible
I want to begin by thanking KeytarHero for giving me the opportunity to have a debate with him on this very important moral issue. I'm going to defend two basic contentions as I proceed to make my case. First, there are no good reasons to think that abortion is morally wrong. And secondly, there are good reasons to think that abortion is morally permissible. In defense of that first contention, I'll begin by offering a brief critique of a common pro-life argument. C1: The sanctity of life do...
It is Probable That God Exists
Resolved: It is probable that God exists.
Rounds:
1. Acceptance only
2. Opening arguments
3. Clash
4. Closing arguments/clash
The Kalam Argument is a sound argument for the existence of God
My opponent can argue any Kalam Argument, as long as it consists of...
Immortality
This debate is for Wierdman's tournament. Thanks to Andro for accepting. I've wanted to do this debate for a while, and look forward to it.
What this debate is about:
We're going to discuss whether becoming immortal (living forever) would be a logical decision for an individual to make. The only thing happen...
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...