Ethics Debate Topics — page 11

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• My opponent seems to have constantly misunderstood me throughout this whole debate, therefore I would like to unravel their (quite immensely) flawed argument. Firstly, my opponent rebuts with the quote, "The person themselves have the right to commit suicide, but is not a right…
• I agree that there are multiple programs and different forms of treatment that could help a depressed individual, and that before being allowed to be put to death, a person should take psychological tests to ensure their decision is a proper one. But in the end, everyone is…

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• While steam cell research has been linked to many illness cures, whether or not it cures cancer is an entirely different debate. As for addressing someone who is sick and killing a baby could save him, what makes that's persons life more valuable than the baby's life? -How is…
• Hello Viridiel! :) I understand where you are coming from, and you make some reasonable arguments for the opposition, though I still don't feel that any of them could make killing a baby, okay. If the child is going to be born with a terrible physical disability, you shouldn't…

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• I apologize for taking as long as I have to respond, but I haven't been feeling well lately. First, I tip my hat to you. Your post is worthy of refutation. It is nice to see that the opposition can come up with good arguements as well. It might seem funny for me to say that,…
• Much of the debate surrounding abortion is whether or not a fetus is a person. If they are a person, I think most agree that they should have some fundamental rights. So what does science have to say about all this? Well, genetically speaking, a fetus is genetically…

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• You are correct I am not Dr. House, a fictional character played by Hugh Laurie, I am quite real and I perform all of my own stunts. I my not have made it clear in the scenario above that the mother's life is quite viable. Every effort should be made in order to keep her safe.…
• A late term abortion is defined as an abortion that occurs after the 20th week of gestation. Therefore if the mother is conscious during the first 20 weeks she should be well aware of her condition and should have by this point accepted her destiny to become a mother (otherwise…

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• The formulation of the just war doctrine, a moral framework for the institution of war, inadvertently serves to legitimise its activities and inherent barbarity. It undermines the intuitive norm against warfare by emphasizing the 'just' and undercutting the 'war', leading to a…
• The formulation of the just war doctrine, a moral framework for the institution of war, inadvertently serves to legitimise its activities and inherent barbarity. It undermines the intuitive norm against warfare by emphasizing the 'just' and undercutting the 'war', leading to a…

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• I probably should pass this on...
• I had my argument written down, about 8,000 words then I accidentally changed tabs and lost my entire argument. So Ajabi, I concede this round. I am really irritated but don't have the will to write it all out again. Frankly though, I don't think I can commit to this tournament…

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• 1. Having a baby is not a consequence. It's an expansion of family. Just because you don't want to feel pain doesn't mean you should hurt a baby instead. Also, in many cases, the female brings rape onto herself. So because there is a small chance the baby will grow up to be…
• The character limit has nothing to do with the aptitude of the argument. Abortion: The deliberate termination of a human pregnancy. This kills the baby. Murder is illegal. Abortion breaks laws. 1. Why should rape victims kill the baby? You get raped so you pay someone to commit…

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• Before I start I am going to tell you how I plan on euthanasia on being used if it were to be legalised. Firstly euthanasia can only happen when a doctor has confirmed that a person has an in curable and/or painful disease that will seriously effect someone's life. Also a…
• For this debate about the legalisation of euthanasia, I will be listening to my opponents points before I start mine.

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• I want you to look up who Tony Nicklinson is and tell me why euthanasia was not a legal option for him? It was clearly his choice, and other people(judges and attorneys in the court system) made him live in lockout syndrome even longer. He ended up refusing food and starving…
• I understand what you are saying that we should not be allowed to take out own lives, but isn't that your choice to make? Why even live in this world if we can't make out own decisions. Yes there could be medicine but what if a person has a disease where medicine doesn't work…

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• I've never finished a debate (I think) in one day. =====Counterarguments===== My opponent's argument basically lies on one major point: that a fetus has the potential to become a human being. Of course, I totally agree with this statement. However, this being a viable argument…
• =====Counterarguments===== "this is not used about crime but about responsibility. " ----> Responsibility? So if a kid procrastinates, which means he is irresponsible, should he be punished by law? Or what if I oversleep? The law should be concerned with protecting it's…

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• That is not what applies to the definition of "tangible." Just because the I can't touch the Empire State Building right now does not mean that the building isn't tangible. The definition of tangible is "perceptible by touch." So if the object in question can by perceived by…
• ...Whether a second person can feel the baby has nothing to do with if the baby is tangible or not. The mother can still feel it, therefore, it is tangible.

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• Extend all arguments.

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• Perhaps by focung narrowly, we can achieve clarity. We'll try. More DefinitionsAt the moment of conception the fetus, as defined for his debate, is a single cell, called a zygote. For about five days thereafter it is a floating spherical mass of cells called a blastocyst that…
• Thanks to my opponent for debating an important aspect of the abortion issue.The ResolutionIn a previous debate my opponent claimed:"The unborn entity, from the moment of concept, is a full-fledged member of the human community" http://www.debate.org...Due to forfeits by the…

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• Thank you for this fine debate and making my job easy. In this final debate I will be showing how my adversary's arguments do not stand as well as bring up a few dropped arguments. Argument 1 (We have to admit the fetus is a (human) life.) In your evidence, you define that life…
• To end round 2 two of this debate, I would like to begin by refuting your argument. So lets begin. " There are Cases where the fetus and mother could die or the fetus could kill the mother" Argument 1 At first, your argument sounds reasonable. So abortions sound very necessary.…

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• One in four elderly own a gun.[1] One in four women own a gun.[1] The issue is beyond gun ownership. Knife ownership combined with felonious intent is enough for an officer to shoot. It would probably be safe to say 100% of the above own a meat cleaver. As for Aggravated…
• My first point is that the FBI page cited is a EXTREMELY poor source to support my opponent's position. My opponent's number, 77 crimes nationally, is ludicrously incorrect. Aggravated Assault is the real problem. There were 258,765 arrests made for this crime in 2011[1] [1]…

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• All my opponent did last round is argue that we're all going to die some day. They did not explain how that contributes to their argument. They have still not responded to my arguments.
• I never denied that I am supposed to debate that murder of children is worse than murder of adults. The point I was making were that all I have to prove is that it is worse for a child to be murdered than for a adult to be murdered.All you did this round is say that "murder is…

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• Framework By opponent brings up the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. He claims that those wishing to perform an assisted suicide upon themselves are not in a correct state of mind. This is a semantics arguments and contradicts the full resolution of the debate. It states that an…
• Framework He begins by attempting to demonstrate that the government doesn't always make the best of inventions and they don't always turn out like they are intended to turn out. He refers to the guillotine. My framework clearly states that the government don't have a right to…

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• Thank you for excepting this debate. When you stated that in some circumstances the mothers life is in danger, the percentage is about 5% of the time that happens. Majority of the mothers are either to lazy or ignorant. they cant even send the HUMAN BEING i to and orphanage.…
• Is there a difference between murder and abortion. Well i humanely say no. Take this mental picture A person walks into a store buys an item then goes home, she realizes she doesn't want it, so she want to give it back.

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• The Stranger versus Offspring Objection Con thinks that the moral implications change in the modified version of Thomson's analogy where the violinist turns out to be your biological offspring that you never knew existed. However, even if our feelings of this modified version…
• The Stranger versus Offspring ObjectionThis objection to Thomson's argument tries to draw a dissimilarity between the violinist case and a pregnancy. To recap, the objection runs as follows. In Thomson's story the violinist is a stranger, whereas in the case of a pregnancy the…

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• First off, I need to negate your argument that every chance is small. That is not true at all. Every event in the universe has a probability. Flipping a coin one thousand times, odds are that you will get heads about 50% of the time. That is not a small chance. That is just one…
• Number one, the chances of killing yourself or a parent or someone important are very slim (less than a one hundredth of a percent). Also, MLK Jr. is already dead, so I don't have to worry about him. Yes, a million dollars really can save lives. Have you ever heard of loan…

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• I'm not sure what happened to my opponent. Perhaps he had private issues to deal with at home, or something happened to his internet. Whatever it was, it lead to a lackluster argument being used in his last round - how depressing. How is it lackluster? Not only does it ignore…
• My opponent states it's my burden to prove abortion is morally correct in every situation - which, admittingly, is horrendously sly wording. However, I trusted my opponent to have the dignity to not make this debate a sham and it seems he has done as such. Good! Now we can a…

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• It seems that Con has indicated in the comment section that he intends to argue that since abortion is legal in the U.S., it is therefore not 1st degree murder since such a charge entails the "unlawful" killing of a human being. My objective in framing this debate was not to…
• Pro will be arguing that the abortion of a human embryo is 1st degree murder.Con will be arguing that abortion is not 1st degree murder.Definitions for the DebateAbortion: The deliberate removal or action to cause the expulsion of an embryo from the womb of a human female, at…

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• i became extremely busy having to handle school and practice. I first wold like to present my counter argument against my opponents statement " Women don't just abort when they aren't willing to raise a child". my evidence is found at: . http://www.womenscenter.com... I would…
• This is my first debate so please just bare with me. i have had this argument before, but it was me vs. 6 Catholics and they wouldn't let me speak, and just decided that they won. plus they were very aggressive. My point is that people who go and have sex and get pregnant then…

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• 1. Abortion is about allowing woman the right to make choices about when they want to have children in relation to their age, financial stability & relationship stability. It is the not the place of government to legislate against woman's choices. 2. Raising a child is not an…

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• Thanks to my opponent for the argument. REBUTTALS: 1) By that logic, yes, a woman has the right to "throw a fetus out of her." Unfortunately, that logic isn't sound. If we have full body autonomy and are allowed to do whatever with the bodies we own, then a pregnant woman who…
• Introduction of Case: Abortion Should Be Illegal in the United States of America, barring a few special circumstances. This is comparable to medicinal vs. recreational marijuana. Abortion should only be needed in cases of medical necessity rather than because a child is not…

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• I have certain proof that this is not a good idea Doctors: http://www.youtube.com... http://www.youtube.com... Human Rights: http://www.youtube.com... http://www.youtube.com... http://www.youtube.com... Certain Laws n countries: http://www.youtube.com... Testimony:…
• The reason forced circumcision is bad for being forced is because it doesn't actually lessen sexual pleasure, that is all in the mind of how much you like sex, it is also a violation of human rights and no major medical organization recommends it anymore, to add on many…

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• i dont have a burden of proof.. this is a debate, you are con, anti.. am i wrong? or are you not con so prove the bible is true then, but you still dont have a case, god negates morality.. and becasue there is no god an assissin can kill you in your castle even no matter how…
• you are con

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• I've spoken to the opponent and was told he did not actually forfeit, rather, time ran out. So, to be fair, I will allow my opponent to respond in this round to my case. I also extend all of my points from the last rebuttal into this, so my opponent will have to effectively…
• I would quickly like to ask that for his fourth round (not the next one, the last one), the Con should not make a rebuttal as to be fair and provide an equal number of rebuttals. I'm not sure exactly how forfeiting goes as to who wins, so i just ask that he write the words "I…

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• well played sir well played
• I would also like to add that Homosexuals are to blame for variuose diseases such as AIDS not to mention the gay lifestyle is very self destructive to the human body, oh and humans have a much more developed brain that can make choices unlike any animal..... Its against human…

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• Seriously though, there is nothing wrong with being gay. People are always going to have their opinions, but this one drives me to anger. Gays are human too and have feelings. Gays are just who they are and will not change. Why would they? Gay oppression should well be frowned…
• First of all, I am not the typical Republican. When I made this account I had thought I was. Looking at my political views I do not categorize myself as any of the real political parties in my country (America). Aside from that of course I am a supporter of Homosexuals. I feel…

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• being homophobic doesn't necesseraily mean that you hate the Gays to the extent of killing them. It just may mean that they don't like the idea of a man on man and a woman on woman. It doesn't have to mean that homophobes want everyone who is gay/lesbian to die
• I would like my opponent to start off

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• Yes, I do understand that there are many opinions involving abortion. However, abortion is still abortion, regardless of what trimester the mom (or baby) is in. " They support a Womans choice to choose abortion, as long as it is extremely early in process. I am opposed to late…
• Abortion should be illegal because many reasons, and here I will name a few: 1. It is unethical 2. An unborn baby is still a baby,babies are human beings, and therefore an unborn baby is still a human being. 3. Killing any human being is murder. 4. No person should be able to…

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• I'll briefly hit the opponent's arguments, since they are largely a rehash of his previous statements, then give final voters. Opponent's ArgumentsEvidenceThe opponent, at one point, declared that I was "ignoring the evidence [implying that homosexuality as not natural, in some…
• I'm not going to do any more work for the opponent. His desire to place his argument in one big block of text will only be detrimental to him when it comes to voting. We'll go through the opponent's rebuttals in order.Homosexuality: Is it natural?The opponent's rebuttal here…

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• I don't think you understand the basis of hypothetical arguments. Allow me to expand on my previous god example. If I start a discussion with a friend with "lets assume god is real. do you want to go to heaven or hell? which would be better?"If my friend starts arguing my…
• "My opponent's argument is inherently wrong and false because of the fact that we can never know for sure "100% " that a person knows something."This is irrelevant to my theoretical scenario. I agree that in 95+% of real-life scenarios, we don't know for sure if a person knows…

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• @ Burden of proof argument: "Pro must show that abortion is NEVER moral OR imperative. Con must show that in at least one case, abortion is moral OR imperative." This is unfair, the CON has to prove that the abortion of a fetus is moral nor an Imperative. Not just in one case.…
• Alright lets begin. Let have fun and debate not argue! Big difference between the two, in a debate the two parties should learn from each other and end the debater more knowledgeable about both sides of the topic. An argument is not concern with education, fairness and most…

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• First, I believe that even though he will have an extra round, it is only fair that my opponent should give his closing arguments during Round 5. Response to Argument A: My opponent has pointed out two situations in which (as he claims) abortion is appropriate. a) Pregnancy…
• I am surprised to see that somebody would be willing to accept my challenge so quickly. I would prefer to allow my opponent to argue his case first, since he is for abortion while against it. Nonetheless, I would I like to say a quick word before he argues. I believe in a…