What would you do if telling the truth caused more harm than lying? Is it ever right to sacrifice one innocent person to save five? Should we judge an action by its consequences, by the intentions behind it, or by principles that should never be broken?

Let's debate!

Clayton, an internationally award-winning debate coach and debater, will be your host for a respectful battle of ideas built around some of philosophy’s most fascinating moral dilemmas. Along the way, we’ll bring in thinkers such as Aristotle, Kant, John Stuart Mill and others. All of them are brilliant people who spent their lives thinking about right and wrong and still managed to disagree spectacularly with one another. You’ll choose sides, challenge their arguments and decide whose philosophy survives when confronted with messy real life.

But this isn’t a philosophy lecture. You’ll debate. As the dilemmas become more difficult and the room divides, Clayton will introduce strategies and tactics used by champion debaters: how to build a persuasive case quickly, expose weaknesses in an opponent’s reasoning, anticipate counterarguments, frame an issue to your advantage and respond effectively under pressure. You may find yourself defending a position you completely disagree with — and discovering that you can make a surprisingly convincing argument for it. No philosophy or debating experience is needed. Come ready to think, argue, change your mind, make someone else change theirs, and discover what happens when the world’s greatest ethical thinkers meet competitive debate.

如果说实话比撒谎造成的伤害更大，你会怎么做？牺牲一个无辜的人去救五个人，这在道义上能成立吗？我们应该用结果、意图，还是永远不该违背的原则来判断一个行为？

来辩论吧！

Clayton，国际获奖辩论教练和辩手，会主持这场围绕哲学中最引人入胜的道德困境展开的尊重式思想交锋。过程中我们会引入亚里士多德、康德、约翰·斯图尔特·密尔等思想家的观点。他们都是聪明绝顶的人，花了一生思考对错，却仍然能在互相对立的问题上产生巨大的分歧。你会选择立场，挑战他们的论点，并决定当面对混乱的现实生活时，谁的哲学能活下来。

但这不是一堂哲学课。你要辩论。随着困境变得更棘手、房间开始分裂，Clayton会介绍冠军辩手使用的策略和战术：如何快速构建一个有说服力的论点、如何暴露对方推理中的弱点、如何预判反驳、如何把一个议题塑造成对自己有利的框架，以及如何在压力下有效回应。你可能会发现自己要为一个完全不同意立场辩护——然后发现自己居然能为它做出意外有说服力的论证。不需要任何哲学或辩论经验。准备好思考、辩论、改变主意、让别人改变主意，以及发现当世界上最伟大的伦理思想家遇到竞技辩论时会发生什么。