Here is the topic list from which topics for September-October and
November-December will come. Following that is the list which will be
posted in the September Rostrum for voting for the next five topics.
Lowell Sharp
2000 L-D TOPIC CHOICES
When they conflict, the means ought to be prioritized above the ends in
making governmental policy.
A just society ought to use affirmative action programs to promote
equality.
The intervention of one nation in the domestic affairs of another nation
is morally justified.
Violent juvenile offenders ought to be treated as adults in the criminal
justice system.
Judicial activism ought to be valued above strict constructionism as the
basis for US Supreme Court decisions.
In America, government provision of welfare for the poor ought to take
priority over individual economic freedom.
Inaction in the face of injustice makes an individual morally culpable.
Establishing a safe educational environment in grades K - 12 justifies
infringement of students' civil liberties.
That colleges and universities have a moral obligation to prohibit the
public expression of hate speech on their campuses.
That the demands of the work environment justify an employer's violation
of employees' privacy.
2001 L-D TOPIC CHOICES
A ballot with the following topics will be published in the September
Rostrum. The results of the balloting will determine the 2001
Lincoln-Douglas topics: January- February (3rd choice), March-April (2nd
choice), Nationals (1st choice), September- October (5th choice, and
November-December (4th choice).
RT stands for "Resolved that."
RT: the right of an individual to emigrate ought to be valued above a
nation's right to limit immigration.
RT: When in conflict, equal treatment under the law ought to take
precedence over the exercise of prosecutorial discretion.
RT: Hate crime warrants additional punishment.
RT: In the United States, business monopolies ought to be allowed to
operate free of antitrust regulation.
RT: The public's right to know ought to be valued above the right of
privacy of candidates for public office.
RT: On balance, violent revolution is a just response to oppression.
RT: When they are in conflict, alleviation of a pressing social
concern justifies governmental infringement of a patent right.
RT: Decentralized governmental power ought to be a fundamental goal of
democratic society.
RT: The possession of nuclear weapons is immoral.
RT: a lesser developed nation's right to develop ought to take
priority over its obligation to protect the environment.
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