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	1	+= Democracy AC=
	2	+
	3	+
	4	+====I affirm and value morality. Morality begins with the preservation of freedom:====
	5	+
	6	+
	7	+====A) analytic. ====
	8	+
	9	+
	10	+====B) analytic. ====
	11	+
	12	+
	13	+====Individuals come together to the collective for self-preservation as the common will; the collective has no power above the sovereign so requires deliberation as the basis for action. Rousseau bracketed for gendered language====
	14	+Jean Jacques Rousseau "THE SOCIAL CONTRACT OR PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL RIGHT" 1762. Translated by G. D. H. Cole
	15	+6. THE SOCIAL COMPACT I SUPPOSE ~~individuals~~ men to have reached the
	16	+AND
	17	+would be absurd, tyrannical, and liable to the most frightful abuses.
	18	+
	19	+
	20	+====The general will must be achieved through democratic deliberation under free and equal conditions. Benhabib====
	21	+Seyla Benhabib 94 ~~Eugene Mayer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Yale University, and director of the program in Ethics, Politics, and Economics, and a well-known contemporary philosopher~~, "Deliberative Rationality and Models of Democratic Legitimacy", Constellations Volume I, No/, 1994, Published by Blackwell Publishers, BE
	22	+I define democratic legitimacy as the belief that the major institutions of a society and
	23	+AND
	24	+certain decision affecting all.18 Deliberation is a procedure for being informed.
	25	+
	26	+
	27	+====Thus, the standard is maintaining procedures for democratic deliberation. This requires creating opportunities for individuals to collectively partake in the political sphere. The standard does not say that we listen to polls or political momentum, but rather that governments have a duty to respect institutions that allow for democracy.====
	28	+
	29	+
	30	+====Prefer the standard:====
	31	+
	32	+
	33	+====Deliberative democracy is epistemically more reliable since it accounts for a plurality of opinions. Christiano====
	34	+Christiano, Tom, "Democracy", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2015 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2015/entries/democracy/.
	35	+Two kinds of in instrumental benefits are commonly attributed to democracy: relatively good laws
	36	+AND
	37	+sixties, thus democracy is a side constraint on any other ethical theory.
	38	+
	39	+
	40	+====Oppression - Democracy is a key motivating factor and methodology for resisting oppression. Glasius and Pleyers====
	41	+Glasius, Marlies, and Geoffrey Pleyers. "The global moment of 2011: Democracy, social justice and dignity." Development and Change 44.3 (2013): 547-567. ~~JL~~
	42	+On the surface, the Arab revolutions and Russian protests, which demand democracy,
	43	+AND
	44	+and the authoritarian style of . . . leadership’ of ‘political parties,
	45	+
	46	+
	47	+====Moral progress - Democracy allows for self-correction and only alternative is totalitarianism. Sen====
	48	+Amartya Sen, "WHY DEMOCRATIZATION IS NOT THE SAME AS WESTERNIZATION. Democracy and Its Global Roots", The New Republic Online Post date: 09.25.03 Issue date: 10.06.03
	49	+The value of public reasoning applies to reasoning about democracy itself. It is good
	50	+AND
	51	+debate – even if there are problems with democracy it always self corrects.
	52	+
	53	+
	54	+==Contention 1 is deliberation==
	55	+
	56	+
	57	+====Nuclear energy consistently fails to engage in effective public deliberation – India’s example provides three reasons. Bhadra====
	58	+Bhadra, Monamie. "Fighting Nuclear Energy, Fighting for India's Democracy." Science as Culture 22.2 (2013): 238-246.
	59	+Now, those tactics are showing obsolescence as the nuclear establishment engages more substantively with
	60	+AND
	61	+~~the vote~~". (quoting Chatterjee, 2004, p. 18)
	62	+
	63	+
	64	+====If the nuclear industry is incapable of engaging the public, then the public can never be aware of what is going on. The Bhadra evidence explains that nuclear experts are incapable of effective deliberation, which means the public can’t form and fight for action on nuclear.====
	65	+
	66	+
	67	+====Public trust in the nuclear industry is near rock bottom - any attempt to reconcile inevitably fails and leaves the population unequipped to evaluate nuclear programs. Ramana====
	68	+M.V. Ramana (2011) Nuclear power and the public, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 67:4, 43-51, DOI: 10.1177/0096340211413358, ~~JL~~
	69	+A number of studies have found that knowledge is a less important factor than trust
	70	+AND
	71	+there is little reason for the general public to trust statements about safety.
	72	+
	73	+
	74	+==Contention 2 is secrecy==
	75	+
	76	+
	77	+====The public is excluded and kept in the dark for decision-making processes regarding nuclear energy, no one knows what’s going on, which is fundamentally different from how a democracy should work. Kyne and Bolin====
	78	+Dean Kyne ~~Department of Sociology and Anthropology, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley~~ and Bob Bolin ~~School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University~~ "Emerging Environmental Justice Issues in Nuclear Power and Radioactive Contamination" Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2016, 13, 700; doi:10.3390/ijerph13070700 RY
	79	+Public participation: While public participation and the right to know has been a hallmark
	80	+AND
	81	+the problems of distributive justice and procedural justice will not be adequately addressed.
	82	+
	83	+
	84	+====Secrecy kills deliberative democracy since it excludes constituents from knowing about or participating in the decision making process. Hamilton====
	85	+Lee H. Hamilton ~~former member of the United States House of Representatives and currently a member of the U.S. Homeland Security Advisory Council~~ "COLUMN: Government secrecy is killing our democracy behind closed doors" Mar 30, 2016. RY
	86	+Openness is not a panacea, but it makes good government more likely. Representative
	87	+AND
	88	+statement, "(S)unlight is said to be the best disinfectant."
	89	+
	90	+
	91	+==Contention 3 is corruption and corporate power==
	92	+
	93	+
	94	+====Widespread corruption exists in the nuclear industry. Tanter====
	95	+Richard Tanter, "After Fukushima: A Survey of Corruption in the Global Nuclear Power Industry", Asian Perspective 37 (2013), 475–500, ~~JL~~
	96	+During the eighteen months from the beginning of 2012 to mid- 2013, major
	97	+AND
	98	+, and Canada—and India, a probable but unconfirmed case.1
	99	+
	100	+
	101	+====Corruption ruins public trust because we have no way to hold people accountable. Tanter====
	102	+Richard Tanter, "After Fukushima: A Survey of Corruption in the Global Nuclear Power Industry", Asian Perspective 37 (2013), 475–500, ~~JL~~
	103	+Clearly, the first lesson for the rest of the world to learn from Japan
	104	+AND
	105	+regulation, governance, and allocation of liability, mistrust is unfortunately rational.
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	107	+
	108	+=Underview=
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	110	+
	111	+====And discount neg evidence – corporate propaganda markets nuclear power as the only solution to climate change in order to shut down democratic deliberation about alternative energy futures. Wasserman 16====
	112	+(Harvey, http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/07/29/ny-times-pushes-nukes-while-claiming-renewables-fail-to-fight-climate-change/ , 7-29)
	113	+The idea that nuclear power might fight~~s~~ climate change, and that
	114	+AND
	115	+outlets like the New York Times that try to hide that obvious reality.
	116	+
	117	+
	118	+====Nuclear reactors risk meltdown – an existential threat that causes heinous structural violence, is comparable to nuclear war, and irreversible - Muto====
	119	+Ichiyo Muto, "Buildup of Nuclear Armament Capability and the Post-War Statehood of Japan : Fukushima and the Genealogy of Nuclear Bombs and Power Plants", Page 171-212 ~| Published online: 22 Mar 2013, Journal Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Volume 14, 2013 - Issue 2, ~~JL~~
	120	+In the battered Fukushima Daiichi nuclear structures, which continue to spew out radiation incessantly
	121	+AND
	122	+more Fukushimas occur, Japan as a society may have little chance to survive
	123	+
	124	+
	125	+====Renewables are surging and will replace nuclear. EPI====
	126	+Earth Policy Institute ’15: (Lester R. Brown, with Janet Larsen, J. Matthew Roney, and Emily E. Adams , "The Great Transition: Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy." Earth Policy Institute 2015//FT)
	127	+Few of the cost calculations for nuclear power that are used by utilities are complete
	128	+AND
	129	+a temporary dip but rather the beginning of the end of nuclear power.
	130	+
	131	+
	132	+====And the nuclear industry is holding back renewables Lyderson====
	133	+Lydersen ’15: (Kari Lydersen, "Why the nuclear industry targets renewables instead of gas." Midwestern Energy News. 02/06/2015//FT)
	134	+Yet the nuclear industry, which generates almost a fifth of the nation’s energy,
	135	+AND
	136	+federal mandate to reduce carbon emissions, nuclear is often pitted against renewables.

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	1	+Torson

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	1	+West

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	1	+Brentwood Jackson Aff

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	1	+SEPTOCT - DEMOCRACY AC

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	1	+Narbonne