need help with LD debate?
my resolution is: it is morally permissible to kill one innocent person to save the lives of more innocent people can you help me with like definitions and criterion’s and points well arguments wit the whole think ill give 20 points for this help.
When I read the topic of your debate, my first thought was that your teacher should be slapped silly. I don’t see how you can research this topic in a reasonable amount of time. It has no key words. Debate topics such as "feminism", "capital punishment", "campaign finance", "right to bear arms", etc. work better because they have key words that pop up all over the place when you try to research the topic. But since you don’t have that kind of a topic you and your classmates will have to pull material for your debate out of your rear end.
Definitions should not be too difficult. Just use a Webster’s dictionary or credible online dictionary and no one will make too much of a stink over it.
Criteria for judging the debate is basically a measuring stick by which debate observers or judges decide who wins the debate. Your criteria could be "adherence to moral standards" or "lives saved". The important thing about criteria is you have to "sell" it to the judges. This means you explain why your criteria should be used for judging the debate and not whatever criteria your opposition thinks should be used.
As for points and arguments, these are the real problem you will have to deal with. You might be able to think of some but this won’t be an easy task. Just do the best you can with researching the topic and you should stumble across a few good arguments for your position.
Good luck!
When I read the topic of your debate, my first thought was that your teacher should be slapped silly. I don’t see how you can research this topic in a reasonable amount of time. It has no key words. Debate topics such as "feminism", "capital punishment", "campaign finance", "right to bear arms", etc. work better because they have key words that pop up all over the place when you try to research the topic. But since you don’t have that kind of a topic you and your classmates will have to pull material for your debate out of your rear end.
Definitions should not be too difficult. Just use a Webster’s dictionary or credible online dictionary and no one will make too much of a stink over it.
Criteria for judging the debate is basically a measuring stick by which debate observers or judges decide who wins the debate. Your criteria could be "adherence to moral standards" or "lives saved". The important thing about criteria is you have to "sell" it to the judges. This means you explain why your criteria should be used for judging the debate and not whatever criteria your opposition thinks should be used.
As for points and arguments, these are the real problem you will have to deal with. You might be able to think of some but this won’t be an easy task. Just do the best you can with researching the topic and you should stumble across a few good arguments for your position.
Good luck!
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