Lincoln-Douglas Debate

T h e F r e e E n t e r p r i s e I n s t i t u t e Liberalism, Values & Lincoln-Douglas Debate Essays on Lincoln-Douglas debate from eight years of Econ Update & the LD/Extemp Monthly. 2nd Edition! More articles by: George H. Smith Dale E. Miller Paul Heyne Gregory F. Rehmke & many others . Converted to Adobe Acrobat and placed on www.freespeaker.org in February 2002 by Greg Rehmke, Director of Student Outreach, Foundation for Economic Education Email: [email protected] Published September, 1992 by the Knowledge Network Foundation. Second Edition published September, 1994 by the Free Enterprise Institute. Second Edition, Second Printing, October, 1995 The Second and Expanded Edition of Liberalism, Values & Lincoln-Douglas Debate is published by The Free Enterprise Institute (FEI), a not-for- profit educational foundation based in Houston, Texas. Other FEI publications include The American Idea, published quarterly, LD Solu- tions, published through the school year, and Economics in Argumentation resource books on each year's national high school debate topic. For more information about FEI programs for students and teachers write: Gregory F. Rehmke Director of Educational Programs Free Enterprise Institute 9525 Katy Freeway, Suite 303 Houston, Texas 77024 (713) 984-1343; Fax: 984-0409 Liberalism, Values & Lincoln-Douglas Debate Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................. i Two approaches to the question of justice .. 21 by Paul Heyne About the Authors................................................ iii Two Approaches to Ethics ................................ 23 Applying Logic to LD ............................................ 1 by Dale E. Miller by George H. Smith Applying these theories to LD ............................. 24 Value Debating ........................................................ 1 Moral Argument ...................................................... 2 Debating about rights ......................................... 25 Building a Moral Argument................................... 2 by Dale E. Miller Criticizing a Moral Argument ............................... 3 What are rights? .................................................... 25 Arguments from Authority ................................... 3 How do I convince judges to Arguments from Rights.......................................... 4 accept rights arguments? .................................... 25 How to define your terms ................................... 5 Demystifying Democracy.................................. 27 by George H. Smith by Dale E. Miller 1. Definitions should not be too broad. ............... 6 2. Definitions should not be too narrow. ........... 6 Sanctity vs. quality of life ................................. 28 5. Definitions should not be circular. ................... 7 by Dale E. Miller Types of definition................................................ 8 J.S. Mill’s “On Liberty” ........................................ 29 by George H. Smith by Dale E. Miller Stipulative & lexical definitions ............................. 8 Conscription or an All-Volunteer Force? ........... 31 Precising definitions ................................................ 8 Pro Patria: Risking life for country ................. 31 Theoretical definitions ............................................ 9 by Dale E. Miller Loaded definitions ................................................... 9 Bibliography ........................................................... 31 Recommended reading .......................................... 9 Just and Unjust War.............................................. 32 From abuse to deadly force .............................. 10 Defending One’s Country .................................... 32 by George H. Smith Prosecution of the guilty vs. The right of self-defense ..................................... 10 protection of the innocent ................................ 34 Defining “abuse” ................................................... 10 by Dale E. Miller Deliberation on "deliberate” ................................ 11 Understanding the Resolution............................. 34 Justification ............................................................ 11 Striking the Proper Balance ................................. 35 Legal justification .................................................. 11 Political justification.............................................. 11 America’s radical past ........................................ 37 by Gregory F. Rehmke Analyzing value resolutions ............................. 14 by Dr. John Williams Only people have preferences ......................... 38 Facts and Values .................................................... 15 by Gregory F. Rehmke Moral, Aesthetic, and Political Values ................ 16 Nightmare on Lincoln-Douglas Street ............ 39 Intrinsic and Instrumental Values ...................... 16 by Gregory F. Rehmke Thinking About Political Values ...................... 17 The United States can only drift ...................... 41 Dr. John Williams Global food aid & national agricultural policy 41 The “Halo” Effect ................................................... 18 Global trade: economists vs. politicians ............ 42 Rights ....................................................................... 18 Values & trade-offs ................................................ 42 John Locke on property ..................................... 43 Politically correct @ 600 words-per-minute .. 79 by Catherine Valcke by Gregory F. Rehmke Speed debate’s hollow core .................................. 79 Why principle is costly in politics .................. 45 The drifting social "sciences" ............................... 79 by Richard L. Stroup A Poly. Sci. Ponzi scheme? ................................... 80 When Virginia joined the Union: Hard Science Envy ................................................. 80 Debating the role of government .................... 47 “Where’s your paradigm!?!” ................................ 81 Resolved: That an unjust (federal) government The information implosion .................................. 81 is better than no (federal) government at all. .. 47 The lost role of history.......................................... 82 The Collision between government Cooperation, competition & activity & individual rights ............................... 53 personal projects ................................................. 84 by Alex Kozinski by Gregory F. Rehmke Debate cases as personal projects ...................... 84 In Pursuit...of better speech & debate ............ 58 Choice, relevance, and excellence ...................... 85 by Gregory F. Rehmke People advance excellence. .................................. 85 Designing solutions ............................................... 58 Freedom, competition, and personal Enabling the pursuit of happiness...................... 58 projects in the real world ..................................... 86 In Pursuit of Happiness Loren Lomasky ....................................................... 87 and good government ........................................ 60 Abraham Maslow .................................................. 87 by Edward H. Crane Science, Value, & the (in)visible hand ............ 88 Enabling conditions ............................................... 60 by Gregory F. Rehmke Charity without choice, Politicization of science......................................... 88 An Enemy of justice? .......................................... 61 Bypassing bypass surgery .................................... 90 Radioactive bias & cancer.................................... 91 Justice, beneficence, & the law ........................ 62 Science & the Invisible Hand ............................... 92 by Howard Baetjer Jr. Trading for the public good ................................ 92 Science in the private sector ................................ 93 Civil Rights at the Crossroads.......................... 64 Values & limits upon scientific research ........... 94 by Gregory F. Rehmke Property rights & progress .................................. 94 A brief history of civil rights ............................... 64 The end of separate but equal ............................ 65 The Right to Health ............................................. 95 The State Against Blacks ...................................... 66 by Thomas Szasz The Role of Economic Growth ............................. 66 Who defines illness and treatment? ................... 97 Hope for the Affirmative? .................................... 67 Separating rights from claims ............................ 98 Culture, ideas & values...Frantz Fanon Thomas Szasz: The politics of addiction.... 101 & John Locke at Stanford ................................... 68 by Andrew Meacham George H. Smith Social Justice at Stanford ..................................... 69 Notes on the American Flag........................... 106 Locke vs. Fanon ...................................................... 69 by George H. Smith John Locke’s Revolutionary Ideas ....................... 71 The Flag in American History ...........................106 The Flag as Symbol ............................................ 108 Economic limits on Freedom of the Press .... 73 Flag Burning and the Supreme Court ............ 108 by Gregory F. Rehmke Resolved: That limitations upon the content Loose cannons in the national interest ....... 110 of student publications

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