The Final Rankings Report

I would like to thank all the coaches who participated in the little discussion.

 

Resolution C seems to be the clear winner.

Resolution H seems to have come in second and Resolution B seems to have come in third.

Resolution F earns an honorable mention.

 

A. Resolved: It is just for the United States to use military force to prevent the acquisition of nuclear weapons by nations

that pose a military threat.

 

Make’s Mike’s final cut

Is on Travis’s back-up list.

Jen does not like it

Leo hates it

 

B. Resolved: Governments ought to make economic reparations for their country’s historical injustices.

 

Make’s Jon’s, Travis’s, Gina’s, and Leo’s final cut

Jen seems to like it

Mike doesn’t like it

 

C. Resolved: Limiting economic inequality ought to be a more important social goal than maximizing economic

freedom.

 

Make’s Ron’s, Jon’s, Travis’s, Gina’s, Leo’s, and Jen’s final cut.

Mike likes it for a November/December Topic

 

D. Resolved: It is morally permissible to kill one innocent person to save the lives of more innocent people.

 

Make’s Gina’s final cut

Mike likes it for a November/December topic

Is on Travis’s back-up list

Jen has serious concerns about it.

Leo hates it

 

E. Resolved: In the United States, jury nullification is a legitimate check on government.

 

Is on Jen’s “intrigued” list

Is on Leo’s back-up list

Mike hates it

 

F. Resolved: Successor governments ought to pursue transitional justice through truth and reconciliation commissions

rather than through criminal prosecution.

 

Make’s Jon’s and Leo’s final cut.

Is on Travis’s and Mike’s back-up list.

Jen likes the fact that it’s a new idea

 

G. Resolved: International lenders ought to cancel the debt of highly indebted poor countries.

 

Is on Leo’s back-up list.

Mike seems ambivalent about it

 

H. Resolved: In the United States, plea bargaining in exchange for testimony is unjust.

 

Make’s Jon’s, Travis’s, Gina’s, Mike’s, and Jen’s final cut

Is on Leo’s back-up list

 

I. Resolved: Hate crime enhancements are unjust in the United States.

 

Make’s Ron’s final cut

Jon, Mike, and Jen do not like it

Leo hates it

 

J. Resolved: Public health concerns justify government violation of pharmaceutical patents.

 

Make’s Gina’s final cut

Mike hates it.