What type of debate is a Lincoln Douglas debate?

Answer 1

Lincoln-Douglas (LD) is centered around values. Cases typically have a value premise, value criterion, and multiple contentions. The value premise is a way of judging the resolution (such as justice or national security). The value criterion is how the case's contentions achieve the value premise (such as utilitarianism or the Rawlsian veil of ignorance). The contentions are a case's main arguments. Philosophy and analytical arguments should play a heavy role in an LD debate.

Answer 2

When Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas were both campaigning for the Illinois senate seat in 1858 they competed in a series of seven debates, where the main issue was slavery, later know as the Lincoln Douglas debates.

In Speech and Debate, there is a category of debate known as the Lincoln Douglas Debates, or LD, and those debates are usually about morals.