Faculty Publications
A Personal/Political Case For Debate
Document Type
Article
Keywords
Civic habits, Debate, Personal/political
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Philosophy and Rhetoric
Volume
52
Issue
1
First Page
86
Last Page
92
Abstract
Debate is a civic skill necessary for democracy. Participation in debate is important not only because it teaches habits of advocacy that enable a person to win an argument, but because debate, at its best, teaches us how to lose and, in losing, understand why others act the way they do.
Department
Department of Communication Studies
Original Publication Date
1-1-2019
DOI of published version
10.5325/philrhet.52.1.0086
Repository
UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
Recommended Citation
Palczewski, Catherine Helen, "A Personal/Political Case For Debate" (2019). Faculty Publications. 596.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/596
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