Debates post 1

-what to have for dinner
-occurs at home
-purpose is to decide what to eat for dinner
-may help arrive at a better decision because you can persuade people to want what you want.
-unstructured debate
-effect on decision making process is that you can get everyone else to agree on something

-who gets to sit shotgun
-occurs in the car
-purpose is to decide who gets to sit up front
-in the end it will seem more fair because the person who won must have had a good reason
-unstructured debate
-effect is that the person who sits in front deserves it because they won the debate..

-in a courtroom
-occurs in a courtroom
-purpose is to decide if someone is guilty or not
-helps arrive at a better decision because you have information to prove things
-structured debate
- effect is that the person will be PROVED innocent or guilty

-office meetings
-occurs at an office building
-purpose is to decide about budgets and stuff
-helps arrive at a better decision because some people might be biassed about what they want money spent on but this way other people can hear all views about it
-structured debate
-effect is that the budget will be made to be the most beneficial

-presidential election debates
-occurs on tv
-purpose is to persuade people that they should be president
-helps people arrive at a better decision about who to vote for because they can hear their ideas
-structured debate
-effect is whoever is voted president