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Canada has stricter gun laws and lower violent crime rates, the two are co related, there are other reasons why violent crime is less https://www.rcinet.ca/en/2019/05/30/controversial-canadian-firearms-control-bill-passes/ https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Canada/United-States/Crime
Depriving me the right to vote is as agregious as a literalcy test on african americans
I am going to prove that Laws of Morality prove a Creator
We will make our cases for what the self is. Is it the physical elements making up the body? Something separate from that? Multiple levels of self?
People who are too cowardly to debate here, should refrain from mocking those with courage to try. Those too gutless or too lazy to do combat should defer to those with the bravado to at least give it a go
The question that all debates about abortion boils down to.
Americans are less free than other industrial nations
Standard of living indicates the income of a nation how much stuff people in that nation have quality of life is more esoteric a less rich nation can still be a better place if it is safe, if it offers education and health care at affordable prices good housing etc you can live a good life with less
The contender of this debate and the site I am debating on doesn't exist.
Living in the now is detrimental to happiness, you need goals
Is it better to save the "best" for last?
This debate is on the topic: "Developed nations have a moral obligation to admit people fleeing oppression." I will take the Con position. See the full description for more details.
We will specifically be arguing over the logical validity of whether the self is God. Of course, this debate will ignore the scientific method, but it will be philosophically and logically based.
Modified Speedrace debate. Should've accepted it then but well I didn't.
Hello all! What do I mean by "modern debate" and my supposed depressed state I describe to it? Debate is an art form created who knows how long ago, but purpose driven to challenge and find truth. It provides a structure to see clearly someone's ideas and gives you the ability to challenge them to check their validity. I loved debate at first sight as it helped me understand how to reason, but my experience has lead me to see an increasing misunderstanding by others of the point of debate.
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Debate on the soundness of the modal ontological argument
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My position is that an intrinsic moral code that outlines and defines good as an objective standard, rather than a utilitarian standard or Kantian Maxim, cannot exist without a supreme and objective outside source defining an action or mode of action as good. Your position (con) would argue against that hypothesis, and that a code of objective values CAN exist without God, OR, that a subjective system of ethical values could be as strong of a system.
Resolved: Violent revolution is a just response to political oppression.
Another debate I'm starting. Based on the recent 'facts don't care about your feelings' argument being chucked around here and there.
I will argue that migration is a human right. My opponent should argue that migration is not a human right. The full resolution to be debated is given in the full description.
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Pro (me): Per se the title; Con: Refuting the fact that there was a prior, fundamental action, direction, and purpose in the creation of human beings
This is a continuation of this debate: https://www.debateart.com/debates/660
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My position (con) is that an intrinsic moral code that outlines and defines good as an objective standard, rather than a utilitarian standard or Kantian Maxim, cannot exist without a supreme and objective outside source defining an action or mode of action as good.
Universal Morals: Morals that are generally accepted within all society's. Morals: A decision to tell between right from wrong.
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What one perceives to be real is reality, as opposed to reality existing as one holistic objective entity
I will be rebutting claims whereas as my opponent will be giving arguments for the existence of God.
I am suggesting that my revision of Pascel's Wager, is just as defensible or perhaps even more justifiable a position than atheism.
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You are not allowed to Kritik the subjectivity of 'Best' but you are allowed to Kritik that 'Power' is even a tangible thing to prioritise. YOU MUST REPRESENT MINIMUM ONE AND MAXIMUM 2 PRIORITIES AS THE ALTERNATIVE.
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I'm not a solipsist and neither are you!!
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