Instigator / Pro
8
1486
rating
1
debates
0.0%
won
Topic
#2790

Animals should have basic rights.

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
0
6
Better sources
4
4
Better legibility
2
2
Better conduct
2
2

After 2 votes and with 6 points ahead, the winner is...

gugigor
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
5
Time for argument
Two days
Max argument characters
10,000
Voting period
One month
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
14
1502
rating
40
debates
36.25%
won
Description

Animals are part of our society if they are pets or farmed animals, they contribute to it (although against their own will) therefor they should have basic rights, as anyone who contributes to society is given (or should be given).

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

Pro failed to argue what this would look like or even why, he merely asserted circularly it should be so because it should. Whereas con leveraged such things as the meat industry to imply lost benefits for people if animals had proper rights, which is a harm without any shown benefit to counter it.

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

Arguments to Con for a couple of reasons. First, Pro did not answer the question about animals attacking each other which is a legitimate concern when considering their rights, because humans cannot do anything about it. The second reason is that Pro conceded the argument of owners feeding their livestock bad food, which would be unregulatable do to the mass size. The third and final reason is that Pro conceded that the food industry created because of livestock would inherently result in their death which is fundamentally a violation of basic rights.

Sources is tied because neither side used any sources.

S/G is tied because neither side had any glaring errors that diverted from their arguments

Conduct is tied because both sides were respectful to each other and neither side forfeited in any way.