Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 05:31:45 -0600
From: Lowell R. Sharp <lsharp@jeffco.k12.co.us>
Reply-To: ld-l@europe.std.com
To: "ld-l@europe.std.com" <ld-l@europe.std.com>
Subject: Possible 2004 Topics
The following topics will appear in theSeptember Rostrum. I will begin
now collecting topic suggestions for 2005. Simply e mail them to me:
lsharp@jeffco.k12.co.us
NFL LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE TOPIC BALLOT
Please check the five topics which your NFL chapter would most like to
debate. The results of this balloting will determine the 2004
Lincoln-Douglas topics for: January- February (3rd choice), March -
April (2nd choice), Nationals (1st Choice), September - October (5th
choice), and November - December (4th choice).
Note: The bullets are offered in an attempt to present some of the ideas
discussed by the Wording Committee. The intent is to aid in topic
selection, not to limit topic analysis.
_____1. A just government ought to value the redistribution of wealth
over property rights.
· Intellectual Property Rights
· Social Spending
· Rich ^Ö Poor gap
· Taxation
· Real Property (zoning, taxing, taking, etc.)
_____2. In the United States, the use of race as a deciding factor in
college admissions is just.
· Supreme Court Decisions/Cases
· Reverse Discrimination
· Redressing Historical and/or Current Injustice
· Diversity
· Equal Opportunity
_____3. As a general principle, individuals have an obligation to value
the common good above their own interests.
· Communitarianism / Liberalism
· Mandatory Community Service
· Privacy Issues
· Technology in Society
· Fourth Amendment Rights
· Smoking Bans
· Health Privacy Issues
_____4. Individual claims of privacy ought to be valued above competing
claims of societal welfare.
· 4th Amendment Rights
· Patriot Act
· Medical Records
· Surveillance
_____5. The United States has a moral obligation to promote democratic
ideals in other nations.
· Cultural Imperialism
· Cultural Identity
· Human Rights
· Rule of Law
· Hegemony
· Nation Building
_____6. Media monopolization is antithetical to the public^Òs right to
know.
· FCC ruling
· Consolidation of Ownership
· Cross-media Ownership
· Media Moguls
· Informed Citizenry/Democracy
· Marketplace of ideas
_____7. Civil disobedience in a democracy is morally justified.
· Check on Government
· Individual Conscience
· Duty to Act
· Rule of Law
· Tacit Consent
_____8. A government^Òs obligation to protect the environment ought to
take precedence over its obligation to promote economic
development.
· Developed/ Lesser Developed Nations
· Future Generations
· Global Warming
· Finite Resources
· Sustainable Development
· Endangered Species
_____ 9. Even if disclosure is legally permissible, journalists have an
ethical obligation to limit material released to the public.
· Military Information
· Personal Information
· Privacy Victims/Accused
· Need to Know/ Want to Know
· Sensationalism / Paparazzi
_____ 10. A just society ought to value the legal rights of people with
mental illness above its obligation to protect itself.
· Involuntary Medication
· Homelessness
· Public Safety
· Legal Culpability
· Privileged Communication
· Patients^Ò Privacy
· Insurance Issues
· Labeling
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