Definitive scope

A point of information is a question or comment made by a debater to a speaker on the other side of the motion. A debater may offer a point of information by rising while a speaker for the other side is speaking.

BP debate like most competitions do not allow speakers to offer points of information during the first and last minutes of a speaker’s speech and instruct judges to give time signals to indicate when POIs are allowed. Social Contract Theory, John Locke (inalienable rights) , Thomas Hobbes

(self-preservation), Jean-Jacques Rousseau (General Will), Quiz and answers and lots more