Video: BP Demo Debate from IDEA Youth Forum
False analogy: compares violent crimes to protect the environment, with foreign relations. These two are too dissimilar to be an applicable analogy.
Material fallacy: no cited authority on the claim: war is the most environmentally harmful action that you can take.
Unrepresentative evidence: uses story of Shell Corporation in Africa, hurting environment and hurting people’s lives. This example does not reflect all corporations across the board.
Slippery slope fallacy: argued that allowing violence to protect the environment would lead to people killing anti-gays because of their beliefs.
Straw man fallacy: misrepresents the Government side by saying they are advocating militias taking over water sources and selling water to poor people, when the Government case only advocates violence against the sources of environmental harm.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Chapter 6, Exercise 1
Construct criteria for the topic: Security is more important than privacy
To support the proposition that security is more important than privacy, we start by arguing that national security equates to life, because the goal of national security is to protect the lives of the citizens. Therefore, our burden is to prove that protection of life is more important than privacy, which essentially only improves the quality of life for someone. We will argue that more rights are more vital than privacy, yet all people value having life. Therefore, we argue that security is more important because it is more vital to the protection of life.
To support the proposition that security is more important than privacy, we start by arguing that national security equates to life, because the goal of national security is to protect the lives of the citizens. Therefore, our burden is to prove that protection of life is more important than privacy, which essentially only improves the quality of life for someone. We will argue that more rights are more vital than privacy, yet all people value having life. Therefore, we argue that security is more important because it is more vital to the protection of life.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
15 Propostions
5 Propositions of Fact
The war in Iraq was a failure
The ends justify the means
The death penalty increases crime
Obama has failed in office
The Colts will win the Super Bowl
5 Propositions of Value
Freedom is more important than security
National security outweighs personal privacy
Losing some freedoms is better than having too many
It is better to kill one to save many
Some regulation of business is better than none at all
5 Propositions of Policy
The United states should isolate itself
This house would negotiate with terrorists
The United States should open its borders
This house should declare war on Israel
The United States should make abortion illegal
The war in Iraq was a failure
The ends justify the means
The death penalty increases crime
Obama has failed in office
The Colts will win the Super Bowl
5 Propositions of Value
Freedom is more important than security
National security outweighs personal privacy
Losing some freedoms is better than having too many
It is better to kill one to save many
Some regulation of business is better than none at all
5 Propositions of Policy
The United states should isolate itself
This house would negotiate with terrorists
The United States should open its borders
This house should declare war on Israel
The United States should make abortion illegal
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