Instigator / Pro
0
1491
rating
1
debates
0.0%
won
Topic
#2933
it is better to be feared than loved
Status
Finished
The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.
Winner & statistics
After 7 votes and with 7 points ahead, the winner is...
Intelligence_06
Parameters
- Publication date
- Last updated date
- Type
- Standard
- Number of rounds
- 3
- Time for argument
- Two weeks
- Max argument characters
- 10,000
- Voting period
- Six months
- Point system
- Winner selection
- Voting system
- Open
Contender / Con
7
1737
rating
172
debates
73.26%
won
Description
it is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
Round 1
Forfeited
My opponent has forfeited, leaving me the chance of building my constructive first and get the upper hand early.
Burden of Proof
According to Oromagi and Wikipedia, The Burden of Proof rests on Pro[1] as the topic is being instigated by Pro and there isn't any specifications that the Burden of proof is shared. There are two methods that I can win the debate. To satisfy either(if not both) would be enough.
- I have successfully used evidence to prove that it is NOT better to be feared than loved.
- I have pointed out how Pro failed to prove the topic statement
Right now, the second one goes without saying as Pro has not built his constructive yet.
Loved and Feared
This house believes that if not both, it is better to be loved than to be feared(Method 1).
Philosophically[2] and scientifically[3], it is VITAL for a human being to be loved. Now if one loves another(or oneself), the latter would be loved. As a result, if Love is important, then it is also important to be loved. Since self-love is love, and loving yourself makes you loved, [4][5] would also count here.
[6] A study shows that it is better to be loved than to be feared. I suspect Pro already knows about this article, but I doubt disproving Harvard's solid evidence would be a solid idea.
On the other hand, Fear is an emotion that would make you go AWAY from others[7], which would prevent you from exchanging love from that person. If someone fears you, you are a threat to them. I demand proof that being a threat to other beings is vital. If not, since there is proof that being loved is vital, it would mean that being loved is more important to a person than being feared.
Since it is better to have something that is vital than something that can be discarded for a person's mental health in this case, it is better to be loved than to be feared.
Conclusion
- It is better for one's mental health if one chooses something vital to one's mind instead of something non-vital.
- Being loved is mentally vital, being feared isn't.
- Thus, it is better to be loved than to be feared.
- I will win if I prove that it is better to be loved than to be feared better than my opponent.
- I proved that, My opponent didn't prove his side of the claim.
- As of this stage, I have the upper hand.
Sources
Round 2
Forfeited
The BoP is on Pro. Pro has said nothing. I have proven Pro’s proposition to be incorrect in the last round and I decide to extend all arguments made by Con.
Vote Con.
Round 3
Forfeited
Pro, the bearer of the BoP failed to prove why it is better to be feared than to be loved. I have proved that it is Not better to be feared than to be loved and there is no refutations yet. I extend my arguments.
Vote Con.
Do what?
Someone come here to prove that 0/0=0!
You're right.
Either your try or you don't. If you try, there is a potential for success and failure. If you never try, your success rate is exactly 0%
Fine, I admit that I am using my own interpretations in my last comment, but that statement is a false dichotomy. Just because I succeed 0% when I don't do anything, doesn't mean I miss 100%. I also miss 0%. A person who never plays basketball doesn't lose 100% of his NBA games. He wins none and he loses none.
First, you're just imposing assumed motive onto the speaker. Second, your logic works both ways, you can't fail if you don't try, but you also can't succeed.
No. You miss 0% of the shots you don't take because there is nothing for you to miss at the start. This dude is acting like as if I am SUPPOSED to take shots indefinitely but I have no moral obligations to take shots. I don't miss them if I don't take any. I don't get rejected by girls when I don't even ask them out. Simple logic.
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." - Wayne Gretzky
"I have never been rejected from a girl... because I never tried dating any."
--Numerous boys, All of human civilization
Ironic that Andrei Sator is currently on my TV right now. Instant disproof.
No that's never happened to me. Try contacting a mod maybe.
i'm frustrated. i submitted my first round two days ago, and for some reason it did not post. i am trying to recover my initial round because i do not want to rewrite the entire thing. is this a common glitch on dart?
I'm really expecting some Machiavellian evidence from The Prince about this topic. He gave several examples in the book, and a bit about the nature of love and fear. I don't want to give arguments so I won't say what specifically.
I am expecting a personal relationship angle in this debate.
Read The Prince lately?
Guess who was one of them? Hitler.