Socrates should have drank the Hemlock.
Socrates indeed should have drank the Hemlock. Socrates believed in living justly and honorably. In his perspective to live well was to live honorably and justly. Hence, the decision to drink the Hemlock. To not follow through with his unwritten agreement with the Athenians would have been equally unjust as running away without Athenian consent. With that being said, Socrates whom is not afraid of death, in fact desires death to free his spirit from his body which he believed to be the prison of...
Nicolas Cage is probably a normal guy in real life
The Kalam Cosmological Argument
Thank you, contradiction, for agreeing to debate Kalām cosmological argument. In this debate, I shall show how the KCA is a poor argument and really holds no water. In the first round, I will allow contradiction to post his arguments. ROUNDS 1) Opening arguments from contradiction 2) First rebuttals 3) Second rebuttals 4) Closing arguments/fourth rebuttals. Good luck and I am looking forward to am engaging debate....
Friere's theory of education is effective than Hirsch's
In the essay, "Pedagogy of the Oppressed- Chapter 2," Paolo Friere outlines the "banking" concept of education as "Education...becomes the act of depositing...students are the depositories...the teacher is the depositor. Instead of communicating, the teacher issues communiques and makes deposits which the students patiently receive, memorize, and repeat." As described by Friere, the "banking" concept of education is quite oppressive, and unfortunately, that is the system utilized by the United S...
Infinite Regress disproves Moral Realism
An infinite regress in a series of propositions arises if the truth of proposition P1 requires the support of proposition <...
The purpose of education is development of the person
The purpose of education is development of the person because when a person is taught, they can associate their knowledge with everything else. In order to have a good job or to do the simplest thing you have to have some type of education. Like stated by Hirsh regarding education, in The Decline of Literate Knowledge. "Why is literacy so important in the modern world? Some of the reasons, like the need to fill to forms or get a good job, are obvious that they needn"t be discussed. But the chief...
A creator of the universe exists
Resolution:A creator of the universe exists No semantics No intentional fallacies No ad hom Dropped arguments are considered concessions...
There is a valid meaning of life in absence of religion and any form of God/s.
This means that you must definitely be the Pro.
Please don't be silly to need definitions and all of that, it is all just a Google search away.
If you argue something like "reproduce" then you must explain how infertile creatures and hybrids, such as ligers, have a meaning to their life.
Please also only accept this if you have more than one meaning at the ready o...
The mind is a purely physical substance
In this following debate, I will be arguing that the mind is a purely physical substance, like everything else in the universe. My opponents criteria has to be backed up by scientific evidence. I will start with my criteria in round 2 as soon as someone accepts the challenge....
(MIG Tournament) In Defense of "An Open Society and it's Enemies" Vol. 2
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