Sep-Oct 2014 Topic Announced and Introducing “Ask the Panel”
The NSDA 2014 September-October topic is “A just society ought to presume consent for organ procurement from the deceased.”
PDT is excited to announce a new series called “Ask the Panel.” On this edition, the panel of Bob Overing, Daiya Massac, and Chris Kymn will answer questions you have about the topic. Potential areas include topicality interpretations, stock arguments, counterplans, aff and negative burdens, the implication of skepticism arguments etc.
Four ways to get your questions to us:
1) Leave a comment on this article below
2) Message the Premier Debate Facebook page
3) Tweet us @PremierDebate
4) Email us at premierdebate [at] gmail.com
Questions messaged to us over facebook and emailed will be anonymous in the post.
Check PDT soon to see if your question will be answered in the article, we plan to release answers in the form of an article within the next 24 hours!
What do you think about the topic? Love it? Hate it? Let us know in the comments below!
8/16: Thanks for your questions! Check out the first Ask the Panel article! Any more questions? Feel free to ask them on that article and we might answer your question on a future AtP!
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What do you all think the stock NCs on this topic will be? Deontological positions immediately come to mind, but the offense seems pretty bad considering that in the aff world anybody can opt out of donating their organs.
Is there a way to justify religious freedom arguments on this topic without going the 1st amendment route? It seems like a fairly topical neg argument, but having it in conjunction with a constitution framework doesn’t seem that strategic to me
How do you think the phrase “just society” will be used in cases? Will it maybe exclude things like government based interpretations of the topic?
My first impression is that Plan/CP ground is limited. Is that accurate?
What do you think is good DA ground on this topic?
How would a discussion of what it means to be dead look like in a round? For example, there are debates on whether a brain dead patient is truly dead.
What do you think are stock util advantages for this topic. I though of a black market advantage but that’s all.
What do you think the role of science will be in these debates–like cross species donation and stem cells?
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