Torture is sometimes morally permissible.
Torture can be morally justified in rare circumstances. In the case of a ticking time bomb that could destroy a city and potentially kill millions of people the use of coerced interrogation to extract information can be justified. I am not arguing that torture should be made legal. Torture, like theft, could be ethical under certain parameters and still be against the law. Nor am I arguing that a general practice of torture can be made from the scenario I outlined above. What I wish to argue is...
Gun control lowers crime
The gun control licenses only abide to your good average citizen while thieves do not really care about these laws, causing a nuisence for lawful citizens and anopen field for criminals to do their work. in switzerland all men are required to be part of the militia and most keep fully automatis guns in there houses , yet there is virtually no gun violence there. citizens with guns deter crime not promote it....
It's time to re-introduce unemployed single mothers to the workhouse
The 1601 Act for the Relief of the Poor (colloquially known as the "poor laws") created a proto-welfare state in Great Britain and one of the main tenants of this legislation was the workhouse (1) where the poorest in society were provided with food and shelter in return for an honest day's work. However, with the formation of the National Health Service and the Social Security Department after the Second World War the last of the workhouses closed as the state then provided a safety net for...
Communism > Capitalism
Communism vs Capitalism So, in this world I've set up for the purposes of the debate, both theories exist, but neither has been exploited. We are a group of people trying to decide the fate of our society, and we have two theories to consider: capitalism and communism. I am the half that is arguing for communism, Vi is arguing for capitalism. All we have are the ideas and writings of those like Adam Smith and Karl Marx. Communism in essence, is far superior to Capitalism. It embodies a sy...
Gay Marriage Should Be Legal in the United States
This debate was issued to InquireTruth... twice. He let it expire both times. Now I open it up to the public to defend his position because he apparently will not do so. *************************************************** The proposition on offer is that Gay Marriage should be legal in the United States. For the purposes of debate, "Gay Marriage" will be held to mean marriage between two individuals of the same sex. This definition arises from two segments of relevant law common to most...
On the compulsory minimum wage
Minimum wages are economically stupid government policies. The "compulsory minimum wage" is said to be "compulsory" to distinguish it from the "natural" minimum wage. Wage is always less than the value of the hourly produce of an employee's labour. Otherwise, the employee would not be hired. Because of the nature of wage, we can divide the effects of minimum wage into three categories: -When the value of the minimum wage is below what would otherwise have been paid -When the value of...
A windfall tax should be levied upon publicly-financed investment banks
Everybody agrees that it is good news that a number of the investment banks that were bailed out by the taxpayer have now recovered from their positions of imminent bankruptcy and have recently reported massive profits. (1) The bad news is that they haven't learned from their mistakes. When these banks were on their knees begging the governments of UK and America to rescue them from the financial mire they had created for themselves through their collective greed and incompetence, they promis...
Fox News is Biased
This debate is whether or not fox News is biased, as pro I accept that I have the burden of proof, Con will have to argue a case that Fox News is not biased. ************************************************************ Definitions: Bias - influence in an unfair way; a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation....
Obama's Health Care Plan is beneficial to the United States of America
There will be no semantics, you know what I mean by the resolution. As usual, I will defer to the affirmative to open. Good luck....
Resolved: When in conflict, the United Nations should prioritize global poverty reduction over envir
Resolved: When in conflict, the United Nations should prioritize global poverty reduction over environmental protection. I will go Con. The Affirmative may present its case in the rest of round 1 and I will then lay out my case round 2 Then the affirmative can atttack/build their case in round 2 I will build my case/attack their case in round 3 Then can then attack my case and pretty much its the last rebuttals/conclusions so no new data...