Product Description

The latest edition of this vade mecum for debaters has been thoroughly updated and includes a variety of brand-new material tailored for forensic leaguers at all levels.

Pros and Cons provides material for debates on a wide range of questions: arguments for and against appear in adjacent columns, numbered point by point, so that each "Pro" corresponds with the "Con" of the same number. From homosexual priests to cameras in the courtroom, Pros and Cons covers the hottest new debating topics, including: Genetic engineering, test-tube babies, Internet censorship, euthanasia, "political correctness" and much more.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #149919 in Books
• Published on: 1999-06-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 263 pages

Review
An impressive resource. Well over one hundred controversies are covered in the book. The contributors have produced a powerful testament to the scope of public debate. An essential reference. Pros and Cons is an impressive piece of work.
–Controversia, November 2002

Customer Reviews

Everybody should have one!
Thought-provoking and informatve; well-written and entertaining; sure to stimulate free speech and intellectual endeavour wherever it is read. Essential for debaters of all ages, debate coaches, and anyone interested in improving their dinner party conversation. Never find yourself without a contentious opinion again!

Unequivocally the best resource for any Debate Coach
Time is a precious commodity. Sadly, I wasted a lot of time getting together resources for my debate team. Our High School was not new to debate, but I was. Eventually, I stumbled across this work, and I must rank this as the number one resource any debate couch must have for the practice of debate.

This resource has allowed me to have many debate practices. The resource while not written for Canadians, is very, very easily adapted to our concerns.

The pre-research that has been done for typical debate topics saves any debate coach an incredible amount of time. It can make you the expert on a tremendous number of varied debate topics. It also has several extensions or ancillary debates too.

As well, using the information from this book, I have tried giving the information beforehand to my debaters on a particular debate topic, and with this common background information, have run practices which focus on the rhetoric alone. My students have experienced very good development in this way.

The book is fantastic, and after such a short period of time, well thumbed. I may need to search out a hardcover version.

An essential resource for student debaters
During my years as a competitive debater, I found Pros and Cons to be a very useful resource. The book clearly and effectively lays out the main arguments for and against a variety of debate resolutions, making the task of building a solid case much easier. I would recommend it as a handy resource for any student who seeks to excel at debate.

-Alim Merali, author of Talk the Talk: Speech and Debate Made Easy