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=== Contesting the Role of the Ballot === | === Contesting the Role of the Ballot === | ||
Determinism, arguably, requires a [[truth testing]] role of the ballot to operate. Since "ought" in the resolution means to prove a moral obligation, if moral obligations cannot exist, the resolution cannot be true. In this case, you would need to prove an alternative role of the ballot, like [[comparative worlds]], and show why determinism is not relevant under comparative worlds. | |||
However, the determinist might argue that their argument is relevant under comparative worlds, too. For if we cannot have moral obligations, no world could be "better" or "worse" than the other, since that requires a subjective moral interpretation as to the desirability of one world. | |||
=== Other Responses === | === Other Responses === | ||
There are some options if you wish to respond to determinism less substantively. | |||
You might argue that determinism is morally repugnant since it cannot assign moral blame. While this argument might seem viable, you are effectively saying your opponent is being immoral for running determinism. But if determinism is true, your opponent wouldn't be morally responsible for their action of reading determinism. The viability of these types of arguments, I think, are dependent upon the judge. | |||
Another argument might say, in debate, we are simply proving whether the resolutional action is moral or immoral. This doesn't require asking people to take any moral action, but rather, we are simply judging whether a statement is moral or not. Therefore, the normal determinism arguments would not apply since a particular body isn't responsible for an action or not. | |||
On a similar note, if the resolution is state based, you might argue that determinism only applies on an individual level, and show that your opponent has not proven why determinism would be relevant for state actors. | |||
== Sample Cases == | == Sample Cases == | ||