Should we debate with the enemy?

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PROS
Argument forIt's important to try and convince your opponents, even the worst ones.
Argument forDebating with the enemy is the best way to fight his ideas
Argument forDebating with the enemy allows us to progress
Argument forDebating with one's enemies is an ethical obligation, the opposite of discrimination.
Argument forDebating with the enemy helps prevent violence
Argument forOne must debate with one's enemies under appropriate conditions
Argument forTo counter the enemy, you have to know him
Argument forTo refuse to debate the enemy is to wallow in entrenchment and dogma.
CONS
Argument againstTo debate with the enemy is to recognize the legitimacy of his arguments.
Argument againstTo debate with the enemy is to participate in the dissemination of his ideas.
Argument againstDebating with the enemy leads nowhere
Argument againstYou can debate with your opponents, but not with your enemies
Argument againstThere are better ways to fight your enemies
Argument againstSome debates are humiliating, even dehumanizing for the people they target
Keywords : Debate, Enemy[ edit ].

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On the one hand, advocates of a debate with the enemy believe that it is healthy to confront arguments that don't go our way, in order to improve the quality of our own arguments and objectivity. They also believe that it is harmful to leave a dangerous ideology unchallenged, and that the undecided can always be convinced. Detractors, on the other hand, believe that such debates are doomed to failure and give visibility to opposing views.

Arguments forPros

What are the pros of adversarial debate?
  • Argument forIt's important to try and convince your opponents, even the worst ones.
  • Argument forDebating with the enemy is the best way to fight his ideas
  • Argument forDebating with the enemy allows us to progress
  • Argument forDebating with one's enemies is an ethical obligation, the opposite of discrimination.
  • Argument forDebating with the enemy helps prevent violence
  • Argument forOne must debate with one's enemies under appropriate conditions
  • Argument forTo counter the enemy, you have to know him
  • Argument forTo refuse to debate the enemy is to wallow in entrenchment and dogma.

Arguments againstCons

What are the cons of adversarial debate?
  • Argument againstTo debate with the enemy is to recognize the legitimacy of his arguments.
  • Argument againstTo debate with the enemy is to participate in the dissemination of his ideas.
  • Argument againstDebating with the enemy leads nowhere
  • Argument againstYou can debate with your opponents, but not with your enemies
  • Argument againstThere are better ways to fight your enemies
  • Argument againstSome debates are humiliating, even dehumanizing for the people they target

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BibliographyBibliography

  • Alain Brossat, Peut on parler avec l'ennemi ?, Noir et rouge, 2014.

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