This lesson will cover the basics of EA (Effective Altruism), the application of EA to debate, criticisms of EA, and resources for EA. This lesson is by Lawrence Zhou (2014 NSDA Champion, Fulbright Taiwan Program Trainer, and MA in Communication & Journalism)

This lesson will: cover what makes a risk existential, detail how existential risks are different from other risks, provide a survey of commonly discussed existential risks, discuss relevant considerations when reading existential risk impacts, and highlight key strategies for answering existential risk impacts. This lesson was created by Jacob Nails & Nick Smith.

This lesson will cover suffering risks (s-risks), or future events that have the potential to produce immense suffering. It will contrast s-risks with x-risks (extinction risks), suffering-based ethics, examples of s-risks, and how to respond to the claim that we should prioritize suffering over happiness and s-risks over x-risks. This lesson is by Amadea Datel, a student & debater at Dartmouth College.

This lesson will investigate possible tensions between effective altruism and non-consequential ethics, interrogate the idea that the amount of good is relevant, and identify alternatives to pursuing the "most good". This lesson is by Marshall Bierson (Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Catholic University of America and PhD in Philosophy from FSU).

In this lesson, we’ll analyze the arguments for and against factoring in the interests and well-being of future people into our decisions. We'll then break down the role that these arguments have in a debate round. This lesson was created by Evan Alexis.

In this lesson, we’ll be covering the origins of climate change and its implications today. We'll then cover how to apply what we've learned about climate change to debate. This lesson was created by Evan Alexis.

This lesson will cover nuclear war background context, identify current flashpoints, how to debate nuclear war impacts, and provide additional resources for investigation. This lesson is by Amadea Datel.

This lesson will introduce AI, machine learning, singularity, real-world applications of AI, and how to debate the impacts of AI. This lesson is by Amadea Datel.

This lesson will provide background context on pandemics, reasons why they come up in debate rounds, and how to navigate debating impacts about pandemics. This lesson is by Amadea Datel.

This lesson will cover how to leverage the skills learned in debate for good, both in your own life and in the lives of others. This lesson was created by Lawrence Zhou.