Debate team

"FREE SPEECH IS NOT AN ABSOLUTE"


For & against

Background



In depth


MOTION 1

"THE UK SHOULD BAN SMACKING OF CHILDREN"


MOTION 2
“We should allow parents to use technology to ‘select’ the sex of their child”

Both sides

For

Against


Two debates this week
  1. This house would reintroduce corporal punishment into schools
Arguments for & against


2. This house believes that Premiership footballers deserve all the rewards they get.

General arguments

Simple for & against arguments

For

Against



“PEOPLE NEED PROTECTING FROM VIOLENT LYRICS, FILMS & VIDEO GAMES”

Simple for & against arguments


For



Against







Animal testing

Simple for & against arguments

Newsround
BBC ethics
Manchester Evening News
The Independent
ProCon.org

Arguments for the motion

Criticism of Animal Research at Imperial College London
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/michelle-thew/animal-research-imperial-college-london_b_4417511.html

Animal testing – its time to talk about it again
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jul/18/animal-testing-talk-about-medical-research

Animal Testing isn’t just an ethical problem – let’s invest in safer methods
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jul/12/animal-testing-safer-methods

So much animal pain, so little human gain
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/columnists/article3354663.ece

All beings that feel pain deserve human rights


Arguments against the motion

Am I the only person who thinks that 4.1 million animals used in medical experiments

Don’t let the forces of unreason stop research

We all agree about Cosmetics but we still need animals for medicine

A Necessary Evil

The hard arguments about vivisection




Motion 1

"Unhealthy lifestyles are not the business of government"

Essential reading

For & against government intervention to limit obesity
http://samfnu.systime.dk/fileadmin/filer/Tekster/Engelske/c_lw_gov_limit_obesity.pdf

The Nanny State's biggest test
http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21568074-should-governments-make-their-citizens-exercise-more-and-eat-less-nanny-states

For

I wont be giving up sugar, and that’s my responsibility
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/columnists/article4024281.ece

Next they’ll be regulating our trousers
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/10/action-on-sugar-regulating-tobacco-freedom

Its not the Governments role to give you willpower
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100169159/so-what-if-the-smoking-ban-stopped-you-smoking-its-not-the-governments-role-to-give-you-willpower/

The Michael Bloomberg nanny state: a cautionary tale
http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml


Against

The new front line: obesity
http://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2014/04/how-lessons-long-war-tobacco-can-help-us-shape-our-new-front-line-obesity

I give the nanny state three cheers
http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/bloggers/why-i-give-the-nanny-state-three-cheersand-so-should-labour.1396943872

Laws to curb junk food are societal housekeeping
http://www.theguardianLaws to curb junk food are societal housekeeping.com/commentisfree/2013/may/30/laws-curb-junk-food-smoking-society

Fat and sugar are just as deadly as cigarettes
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/columnists/camillacavendish/article3646395.ece

Very important in depth, background & current resources - Page 4 & 5

http://www.debatingmatters.com/documents/DM_TopicGuidesUnhealthyLifestyles20141.pdf


Motion 2

"We should be willing to compromise our privacy in the interests of national and international security"

Essential reading

Q&A: NSA's Prism internet surveillance scheme

Snoopers charter or justified safeguard? The Security Bill explained

For


Against


Very important in depth, background & current resources - Page 5 & 6

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