Friday, 11/13

Starter #42: FREE WRITE!!!!

Class Biz:
Honors Lunch Meeting today!

AGENDA
Today's Goals: 

• Apply your understanding of political philosophy, rhetorical appeals and logical fallacies to political debate

1. Analyze some  of the Democratic Debate and take notes as you watch on....

• Any connections to political philosophy (negative v. positive liberty; opinions on economic liberty; classical conservativism/legal moralism)
• Examples of doublespeak and/or logical fallacies
• Three Aristotelian Appeals (ethos, pathos, logos)
• What values did you hear these candidates speaking to? (liberty? security? equality? "patriotism"? compassion? family values, etc...)

For your entertainment:
Bad Lip Reading of Republican Debate footage
Bad Lip Reading of the Democratic Debate footage

2. Work Time: 
Draft op-ed article, continue gathering evidence