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From the Ted Talk by Michael Sandel: The lost art of democratic debate

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Now, there were two dissenters, one of whom was Justice Scalia. He wouldn't have gtenard the cart, and he had a very iintrsteeng dissent. It's interesting because he rejected the Aristotelian premise underlying the majority's opinion. He said it's not possible to determine the essential nature of a game like golf. Here's how he put it. "To say that something is essential is ordinarily to say that it is necessary to the achievement of a certain object. But since it is the very nature of a game to have no object except aenmeumst, (Laughter) that is, what dgienthusisis games from productive aivcitty, (Laughter) it is quite ismiolbspe to say that any of a game's arbitrary rules is essential."

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Now, there were two dissenters, one of whom was Justice Scalia. He wouldn't have _______ the cart, and he had a very ___________ dissent. It's interesting because he rejected the Aristotelian premise underlying the majority's opinion. He said it's not possible to determine the essential nature of a game like golf. Here's how he put it. "To say that something is essential is ordinarily to say that it is necessary to the achievement of a certain object. But since it is the very nature of a game to have no object except _________, (Laughter) that is, what _____________ games from productive ________, (Laughter) it is quite __________ to say that any of a game's arbitrary rules is essential."

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  1. activity
  2. distinguishes
  3. interesting
  4. impossible
  5. granted
  6. amusement

Original Text


Now, there were two dissenters, one of whom was Justice Scalia. He wouldn't have granted the cart, and he had a very interesting dissent. It's interesting because he rejected the Aristotelian premise underlying the majority's opinion. He said it's not possible to determine the essential nature of a game like golf. Here's how he put it. "To say that something is essential is ordinarily to say that it is necessary to the achievement of a certain object. But since it is the very nature of a game to have no object except amusement, (Laughter) that is, what distinguishes games from productive activity, (Laughter) it is quite impossible to say that any of a game's arbitrary rules is essential."

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Important Words


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  3. amusement
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  5. aristotelian
  6. cart
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  29. scalia
  30. underlying