IQ2 debate: Do liberals hold the moral high ground?

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Voters at Kellogg Middle School make their choices during Tuesday's primary election in Rochester.
Alex Kolyer for MPR 2012

A new debate from the Intelligence Squared series.

Do conservative or liberal philosophies lead to more just outcomes? Which side best embodies the nation's most cherished virtues?

The debate motion is: Liberals hold the moral high ground.

For the motion

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Howard Dean, former Democratic National Committee chairman, presidential candidate and governor of Vermont.

Melissa Harris-Perry, Maya Angelou presidential chair at Wake Forest University.

Against the motion David Brooks, op-Ed columnist at the New York Times.

Robert George, political philosopher and professor of jurisprudence at the Princeton University.