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The best coaching session ever. What we will go through . Principles in greater depth Examples of ways to use principles Examples of ways to argue principles well Examples of moots and finding the principles Where to put the principle in the case How to win the principle - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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THE BEST COACHING
SESSION EVER
- Principles in greater depth- Examples of ways to use principles
- Examples of ways to argue principles well- Examples of moots and finding the principles
- Where to put the principle in the case- How to win the principle
- Not necessarily in this order
WHAT WE WILL GO THROUGH
Rights•Social•Political•Economic• Individual viz-a-viz everyone
Duties•To others•Of the state•Relationships between actors
Freedoms/interests that are in jeopardy in the debate
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
Yes there is ALWAYS a principle
Change debates:
reason for the change is
buttressed by a principle
Judgement debate: will dictate the
kind of criteria you
select
IS THERE ALWAYS A PRINCIPLE?
Try harder• There is
always a principle
Look at the ELEMENTS of the debate to discern it
Think intuitively –
ask why?
WHAT IF I CAN’T FIND THE PRINCIPLE?
Problem •Why is this a thing•What are the issues•Think of why this is a debate
Model•Who is affected•Why is this the model•Who administers it?
Benefits•Is there a group this benefits and why
•What interests are progressed or detracted from?
ELEMENTS IN SEARCH OF PRINCIPLE
Go ahead
Tell me what you think
WHAT ARE SOME PRINCIPLES YOU CAN THINK
OF?
- National sovereignty- Bodily autonomy- Role of the state
- The market- Freedom of expression- Freedom of association
- Freedom of speech- Liberty/freedom
- Duty of care- Obligation to individuals/citizens
- equality
PRINCIPLES
THW invade North Korea
What is the principle operating here?
FINDING THE PRINCIPLE
THW make Holocaust denial illegal
PRACTICE MOOT
To what extent can individuals in a WLD say what they like?Harm principle?
When can we curb freedoms?Is speech really harmful in a meaningful sense?
What about the ramifications of the speech?Harmful when has a concomitant meaning?
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
THW allow pregnancy for profit
PRACTICE MOOT
Do whatever we like with our bodies?Is this circumscribed? When?
What harm accrues?Should the baby be relevant?
Societal harms? To what extent should external factors mitigate our freedom?
When does this happen?
BODILY AUTONOMY
THW allow the burning of the Koran
PRACTICE
There are a few principles hereFreedom of speech, market of ideas, religious freedom
Most market of ideas principle – allow to be shut down in the marketplace
Freedom of expression and speech untrammelled?Harmful?
Incenses…..
MARKET PRINCIPLES
THW ban burqa
PRACTICE
Why should someone be able to do what they want?Why is liberty and self-determination important?
SELF ACTUALIZATION
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
What does this mean?why is it important?
Conception of the good
SELF ACTUALIZATION
Make it a substantive point
Make it part of the problem
Make it a contextual factor
Make it a harm that is affected
Outline it in cost-benefit analysis
HOW TO ARGUE A PRINCIPLE
HOW TO WIN A PRINCIPLE
Often the best
narrative wins
Have a plausible conception - how does it
actually function in the real world
Pre-empt reasonable
limitations on your right – nothing is
absolute – there are ALWAYS
limits
Use analogies
Show how your principle
functions in the real world with
recourse to examples
Don’t argue them in a
vaccuum – apply them to the world and practical situations
Be reasonabl
e and practical
This will mitigate against
them coming and sounding
more reasonable than you and
winning
Be consistent in your application
– don’t make extravagant claims about
your principle
Opposition proposes another principle – what do you do?• Best conception
wins• Make yours more
important
Show how yours is the
most integral to the debate and
has is more detrimental if
abrogated
Use examples of how theirs is
wrong or irrelevant
COMPETING PRINCIPLES
Best when it comes out first
Maybe substantiate at second further – mostly gatekeepingShould not be coming out at third – defend or extend
WHERE TO PUT IT IN THE CASE