LD Socratic Circle

Description

LD Socratic Circle
Dates: Starts January 5, 2026
Meeting days: 6pm-7pm CT on Mondays
Cost: $100 members / $115 non-members
Instructors: Caleb McClure & Anne McClure

Description
Join us for a discussion group focused on integrating philosophical reasoning and framing into Lincoln-Douglas Value Debate. We will emphasize how to frame not just the factual question of the resolution but the moral worldviews that motivate our decisions about value. We will engage with guest speakers,  spend significant time revising our own cases and responses, and strategize about how to help our judges better understand LD debate. 

BIOs
Caleb McClure was the 2025 LD Champion and is known among his peers for his righteous yet curmudgeonly opposition to consequentialism. His goal is to help us return to first principles and take this year’s resolution to a new level.

Anne McClure has an MA in Faith & Culture with a specific interest in virtue ethics. She is one of the coaches of Stella Maris Speech & Debate club, and she would love to see us stop debating definitions and focus on the big questions facing our world today.

 

 

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