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10. While under moral conflict, increasing benefits ought to be preferred to decreasing costs.
This is a debate for the Debate.com/Facebook tournament, Round 4, #10, to be judged by Jayant Tripathy, Danielle Limberg, and Drew Slagle. I wish my opponent luck. First, I'd like to define some key terms. Moral- of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical. Conflict- to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash. Increasing- to become larger or gr...
Morality can be mandated.
Round 3 - go! I affirm that morality can be mandated. The definition of morality as stated on dictionary.com is as follows - conformity to the rules of right conduct. The definition of mandated reads - a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue. So in other words, the resolution states - You can command/authorize rules of right conduct to act in a particular way on a public issue. This statement obviously rings true because it is enacted in our society every s...
On Balance, the Pen is Mightier than the Sword.
"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent." Mahatma Gandhi No one has proven the point that violence is not the only option, nor is it the best option better than Gandhi. Because he was able to accomplish so much without using violence, I proudly stand on the Pro side of this topic. Resolved: On Balance, the Pen is Mightier than the Sword." At this point I will provide my interpretation of the topic. "On Balance" -...
Suicide should be legal.
If you think about it, the second you are born... no, conceived... you are already starting to die. Although that is a philosophical idea about suciide and not a legal one, let us remember that legalities stem from philosophy along with morality, which has deep seeded roots that often coinside with spirituality. So in this debate, I will attempt to address various if not all aspects of suicide that point to the fact it should officially remain legal. According to Dictionary.com, suicide is t...
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| Debate Statistics | |
| Debates: | 4 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| Tied: | 0 |
| Won: | 3 |
| Win Ratio: | 75.00% |
| Percentile: | 85.92% |
| • | Abortion | Pro |
| • | Affirmative Action | Con |
| • | Border Fence | Pro |
| • | Campaign Finance Reform | Pro |
| • | Civil Unions | Pro |
| • | Death Penalty | Con |
| • | Drug Legalization | Con |
| • | Environmental Protection | N/S |
| • | Estate Tax | Con |
| • | Euthanasia | N/S |
| • | Flag Burning | Con |
| • | Flat Tax | N/S |
| • | Gay Marriage | Pro |
| • | Global Warming Exists | Pro |
| • | Gun Rights | Pro |
| • | Labor Unions | Pro |
| • | Late Term Abortion | Con |
| • | Medicaid & Medicare | Pro |
| • | Medical Marijuana | Pro |
| • | Minimum Wage | Pro |
| • | Missile Defense System | N/S |
| • | NAFTA | N/S |
| • | National Health Care | Pro |
| • | National Retail Sales Tax | Pro |
| • | Patriotism | N/S |
| • | PETA | Pro |
| • | Police Profiling | Pro |
| • | President George W. Bush | Con |
| • | Progressive Tax | Con |
| • | School Vouchers | N/S |
| • | Social Programs | Pro |
| • | Social Security | N/S |
| • | Term Limits | Pro |
| • | Tobacco Rights | Pro |
| • | United Nations | Pro |
| • | United States | N/S |
| • | War in Afghanistan | Pro |
| • | War in Iran | Con |
| • | War in Iraq | Con |
| • | War on Terrorism | Pro |
| • | Water Boarding | N/S |
| • | Welfare | Pro |
| • | World Trade Organization | N/S |