At root, debate is a structured way of asking Why a lot.
You say you want to improve humanity. Why do you believe your ideas are better? Why do you claim those of your opponent are worse? Why do you favor this method over some other?
Why do you to improve human life, and what would that look like? Why that way and not some other?
At root, debate is a structured way of asking Why a lot.
You say you want to improve humanity. Why do you believe your ideas are better? Why do you claim those of your opponent are worse? Why do you favor this method over some other?
Why do you to improve human life, and what would that look like? Why that way and not some other?
Its not unreasonable to view Platos Dialogues as debates in which Socrates always won by asking Why a lot.
All logical processes begin with core assumptions that cannot be further defended, but logic very much CAN be used to identify and map those assumptions.
It is not logical to find baby seals adoreable but it is logical to want to defend them if you do. But even there you may find baby Eskimoes adoreable too and there may be a real world, practical and unavoidable conflict between loving seals and loving people who need them to survive.
The failure to perform that sort of analysis is a core feature of Leftist thought. They want the good feels but none of the bad, and since the world rarely works that way they develop the habit of lying early on.
At root, debate is a structured way of asking Why a lot.
You say you want to improve humanity. Why do you believe your ideas are better? Why do you claim those of your opponent are worse? Why do you favor this method over some other?
Why do you to improve human life, and what would that look like? Why that way and not some other?
Its not unreasonable to view Platos Dialogues as debates in which Socrates always won by asking Why a lot.
All logical processes begin with core assumptions that cannot be further defended, but logic very much CAN be used to identify and map those assumptions.
It is not logical to find baby seals adoreable but it is logical to want to defend them if you do. But even there you may find baby Eskimoes adoreable too and there may be a real world, practical and unavoidable conflict between loving seals and loving people who need them to survive.
The failure to perform that sort of analysis is a core feature of Leftist thought. They want the good feels but none of the bad, and since the world rarely works that way they develop the habit of lying early on.