Argument Maps
18 motion maps · 3 cross-case maps · 21 in total
Cross-case maps
Each compares several motions around one question, separating the arguments on each side from the assumptions, values and weighing questions they share.
- Cross-caseCross-case map A: Social Media, Identity and Youth
How do digital environments shape identity, autonomy, authenticity, and social expectations?
Connects: Social Media Authenticity · Child Influencers · Voluntary Solitude
23 nodes · 25 relationships
Open map - Cross-caseCross-case map B: Education, Opportunity and Evaluation
How should education systems balance fairness, access, incentives, and measurable outcomes?
Connects: Outcome-Contingent Tuition · Virtual Schools · University Grade Distribution Caps
24 nodes · 27 relationships
Open map - Cross-caseCross-case map C: Urban Development and Housing Justice
How should cities balance housing supply, community belonging, affordability, and local autonomy?
Connects: Redevelopment and Right to Return · Residential Zoning Reform
24 nodes · 26 relationships
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Motion maps
One map per motion, built directly from its written case. Maps open with each argument folded; expand an argument to see its mechanism, evidence, assumptions, impacts, values and the attacks against it.
Environment & Sustainability
18. Environmental Movements and Corporate Partnerships33 nodes · 39 relationships
How to read a map (tutorial)
This structure template shows the shape every motion map follows. Its node text describes each element’s role; it is not research content and is not counted among the 21 maps.
Legend
Node types
- Claim— What a side asserts.
- Mechanism— How the claimed effect happens.
- Evidence— Material that supports a step; linked to sources.
- Assumption— What must be true for the reasoning to work.
- Counterevidence— Material that challenges a step. Dashed outline.
- Rebuttal— A response to an attack.
- Impact— The consequence that follows.
- Value— Why the consequence matters.
- Weighing— How competing impacts are compared.
Relationships
- supports— Makes the target more likely or more important.
- challenges— Weakens or attacks the target.
- depends on— Only works if the target is true.
- qualifies— Limits the scope or strength of the target.
- leads to— Causes or produces the target.
- justifies— Explains why the target matters morally.
- conflicts with— The two cannot both be fully honoured.
Lines labelled “(across sides)” connect a Proposition element to an Opposition element: these are the points where the two cases directly clash.