1. HI ! WHO ARE YOU?

2. Argument As Process

3. Argument As Product ALL were debaters !

4. What Is An Argument? Like a pancake !

5. “A connected series of statements designed to prove a proposition “ http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-572077907195969915video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-572077907195969915

7. Evil = Action in opposition to evidence and reasoning

8. The Game of Debate It’s All About Change

9. Advantages of Debate Experience “Those four years in debate were the educational foundation of everything I did. And I don’t mean that in some simple form…I’m saying the finest education I got from any of the institutions that I attended, the foundation of my mind that I got during those four years of competitive debate: that is, 90% of the intellectual capacity that I operate with today; Fordham [University] for college, Fordham for the Ph.D., Harvard for law school—all of that is the other 10%.” John Sexton, President, New York University Debate = Legal Training

10. Debate Helps Academic Performances

11. FLOWING / NOTETAKING

12.  The Stock Issues introduced by Aristotle “Lines or Topics of Arguments from which one can argue on any subject/issue.”

13. T.H.I.S.D. Topicality Harm Inherency Solvency Desirability

14. Asking & Answering Questions “The Answers You Get Will Always Be Determined By the Questions You Ask.”

15. Utilitarian or De-Ontological ? Jeremy Bentham & J S Mill Emmanuel Kant & John Rawls

16. Parliamentary Debate Most popular form of government in the world

17. Parliamentary Debate Format Government Versus Opposition

18. Lincoln – Douglas Debate 1:1 Propositions of Value

19. Lincoln – Douglas Debate Topics Resolved: Successor governments ought to pursue transitional justice through truth and reconciliation commissions Resolved: In the United States, jury nullification is a legitimate check on government. rather than through criminal prosecution. Resolved: International lenders ought to cancel the debt of highly indebted poor countries. Resolved: In the United States, plea bargaining in exchange for testimony is unjust. Resolved: Hate crime enhancements are unjust in the United States. Resolved: Public health concerns justify government violation of pharmaceutical patents. Resolved: It is just for the United States to use military force to prevent the acquisition of nuclear weapons by nations that pose a military threat. Resolved: Governments ought to make economic reparations for their country’s historical injustices. Resolved: Limiting economic inequality ought to be a more important social goal than maximizing economic freedom. Resolved: It is morally permissible to kill one innocent person to save the lives of more innocent people.

20. Public Forum, Controversy, Ted Turner or Crossfire Debate September Topic Released August 15

21. POLICY DEBATE

22. 2007-2008 National High School Policy Debate Resolution AFRICA Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its public health assistance to Sub- Saharan Africa.

23. Its either X or Y !

24. High School Debate In the Media “Resolved” http://vids.myspace.c om/index.cfm?fuseact ion=vids.individual&vi deoid=2037759460http://vids.myspace.c om/index.cfm?fuseact ion=vids.individual&vi deoid=2037759460