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The consumption of meat is ethically wrong
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Ethics: normatively to refer to a code of conduct that, given specified conditions, would be put forward by all rational persons.
Outlines:
- First round acceptance, just so I can outline everything (you can briefly outline your arguments if you want to).
- 4 rounds because of the outlining in the first.
- No new arguments in the last round.
- The...
Outlines:
- First round acceptance, just so I can outline everything (you can briefly outline your arguments if you want to).
- 4 rounds because of the outlining in the first.
- No new arguments in the last round.
- The...
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119 Comments
Updated 3 Days Ago
The Leibnizian Cosmological Argument is Sound - 2
Resolved: The Leibnizian Cosmological Argument is Sound.
Rounds:
1. Presentation of the LCA/Initial Refutation
2. Clash
3. Weighing/Clash
No new arguments should be presented in round 3 unless in direct response to a new argument presented in round 2.
God is defined as the necessary, personal first cause of the universe.
We should rationally accept an argument as sound...
Rounds:
1. Presentation of the LCA/Initial Refutation
2. Clash
3. Weighing/Clash
No new arguments should be presented in round 3 unless in direct response to a new argument presented in round 2.
God is defined as the necessary, personal first cause of the universe.
We should rationally accept an argument as sound...
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21 Comments
Updated 3 Days Ago
There Are Good Secular Reasons to Disallow Same-Sex Marriage
HonestDiscussioner and I have agreed on terms. I will launch immediately into my opening statement.
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The state regulates marriage for a reason. It dispenses benefits for a reason. Understanding what this reason is will tell us what criteria are and are not relevant to marriage, and thus whether any rights are being denied. If the state excludes same-sex couples from entering into legal marriages on the basis of criteria relevant to the public purpose of marri...
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The state regulates marriage for a reason. It dispenses benefits for a reason. Understanding what this reason is will tell us what criteria are and are not relevant to marriage, and thus whether any rights are being denied. If the state excludes same-sex couples from entering into legal marriages on the basis of criteria relevant to the public purpose of marri...
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The Cosmological Argument is Sound
Ave, ladies and gentlemen. I've decided to challenge TheHitchslap to a debate on the Cosmological Argument. He's obviously a fan of Christopher Hitchens, the late member of the New Atheist movement. I think it will be interesting, then, to see what he has to say about this argument. Perhaps he will fare better than his hero did against William Lane Craig at Biola University.
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Most Things Are Preferable to a Sharp Stick in the Eye
Resolution: "Most Things Are Preferable to a Sharp Stick in the Eye" The debate will be done in rhyming poetry format, and judged based on arguments and the structuring of those arguments. Both substance and style should be considered when voting. First round is acceptance. I'd like to thank my opponent for accepting this debate. Good luck....
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14 Comments
Updated 2 Weeks Ago
The Most Reliable Basis For Determining Morality Is Via Secular Means
I would like to start my time here at DDO with a subject that is very close to my heart, the nature of where we derive our morality from. In my view, it is via secularist means. I am issuing this as an open challenge to anyone with interest in arguing from a different position. Before we begin, I would like to clarify the terms, namely that: Morality - What we consider to be right or wrong Secularism - actions and thinking that are derived from a non-religious standpoint. Whoever decide...
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30 Comments
Updated 1 Month Ago
Resolved: that governments have a moral obligation to assist other nations in need.
I would like to start off framing this debate.
First of all, this debate is going to be Lincoln-Douglas Value Debate.
This debate will follow NCFCA LD Debate speech structure. (AC then NC then 1AR then NR then 2AR)
Remember: During the rebuttals(1AR, NR, and 2AR), no new arguments may be presented! You may only refute your opponent's position!
Round 1:
I will begin constructing the affirmative's/my case.(AC)
The next speech will be for t...
First of all, this debate is going to be Lincoln-Douglas Value Debate.
This debate will follow NCFCA LD Debate speech structure. (AC then NC then 1AR then NR then 2AR)
Remember: During the rebuttals(1AR, NR, and 2AR), no new arguments may be presented! You may only refute your opponent's position!
Round 1:
I will begin constructing the affirmative's/my case.(AC)
The next speech will be for t...
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1 Comments
Updated 2 Weeks Ago
It is most probable that a god exists.
Ave!
God is a maximally great being, and by definition, you cannot conceive of anything greater than god.
'Most probable' simply means that it is more possible than its negation. If the theist side's arguments are more plausible than t...
God is a maximally great being, and by definition, you cannot conceive of anything greater than god.
'Most probable' simply means that it is more possible than its negation. If the theist side's arguments are more plausible than t...
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23 Comments
Updated 1 Month Ago
The Cosmological Argment is Sound
Ave.
I am challenging Magic, an atheist, to a debate about the soundness of the cosmological argument. Soundness means that the premises of the argument are true, and that the conclusion follows logically from the premises. God is defined as the timeless (therefore beginningless), immaterial, spaceless, omnipotent, and p...
I am challenging Magic, an atheist, to a debate about the soundness of the cosmological argument. Soundness means that the premises of the argument are true, and that the conclusion follows logically from the premises. God is defined as the timeless (therefore beginningless), immaterial, spaceless, omnipotent, and p...
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21 Comments
Updated 2 Weeks Ago
RESOLVED: It is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.
INTRO
True love conquers all.
This is an expression which most of you are undoubtedly familiar with. But to what extent does such an expression hold merit?
For some, love is fleeting. For others, love is f...
True love conquers all.
This is an expression which most of you are undoubtedly familiar with. But to what extent does such an expression hold merit?
For some, love is fleeting. For others, love is f...
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55 Comments
Updated 4 Months Ago