Debate: Should Democracies Have Monarchs?
Thailand's king was once seen as a steadying hand in the nation's rocky politics. But does that kind of intervention help or hinder?

Claim: Democracies should have monarchs
Reason: Constitutional monarchies can be as stable and prosperous as democracies.
Warrant 0: their stability excuses the fact that monarchy is inherently opposed to democracy
Warrant 1: their stability does not excuse the fact that monarchy is inherently opposed to democracy
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Democracies should not have monarchs
Reason: Constitutional monarchies can be as stable and prosperous as democracies.
Warrant 0: their stability excuses the fact that monarchy is inherently opposed to democracy
Warrant 1: their stability does not excuse the fact that monarchy is inherently opposed to democracy
Correct warrant: 1