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+A) Moral evaluation presupposes freedom |
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+B) freedom necessary |
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+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 1 bracketed for gendered language |
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+Jean Jacques Rousseau “THE SOCIAL CONTRACT OR PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL RIGHT” 1762. Translated by G. D. H. Cole |
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+6. THE SOCIAL COMPACT … most frightful abuses. |
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+The general will must be achieved through democratic deliberation under free and equal conditions. Benhabib |
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+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 |
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+I define democratic … for being informed. |
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+Deliberative democracy is epistemically more reliable since it accounts for a plurality of opinions. Christiano Christiano, Tom, "Democracy", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2015 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2015/entries/democracy/. |
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+Two kinds of … advance those interests. |
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+Democracy is a key motivating factor and methodology for resisting oppression. Glasius and Pleyers |
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+Glasius, Marlies, and Geoffrey Pleyers. "The global moment of 2011: Democracy, social justice and dignity." Development and Change 44.3 (2013): 547-567. |
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+On the surface,. . . leadership’ of ‘political parties, |
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+Democracy is key for social struggle – black lives matter proves. Bradley |
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+Bradley, S. M. "The Rise of #blacklivesmatter." American Book Review 37.3 (2016): 5-5. Project MUSE. Web. 9 Sep. 2016. https://muse.jhu.edu/. JL |
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+The cases … recent US history. |
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+Moral Progress - Democracy allows for self-correction and only alternative is totalitarianism. Sen |
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+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 |
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+The value of … like North Korea. |
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+Nuclear energy consistently fails to engage in effective public deliberation – India’s example provides three warrants. Bhadra |
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+Bhadra, Monamie. "Fighting Nuclear Energy, Fighting for India's Democracy." Science as Culture 22.2 (2013): 238-246. |
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+Now, those tactics … Chatterjee, 2004, p. 18) |
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+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 |
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+M.V. Ramana (2011) Nuclear power and the public, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 67:4, 43-51, DOI: 10.1177/0096340211413358, JL |
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+A number of … statements about safety. |
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+The public is excluded and kept in the dark for decision-making processes regarding nuclear energy. Kyne and Bolin |
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+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 |
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+Public participation: While … be adequately addressed. |
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+Secrecy kills deliberative democracy since it excludes constituents from knowing about or participating in the decision making process. Hamilton |
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+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 |
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+“Openness is not … the best disinfectant.” |
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+Widespread corruption exists in the nuclear industry. Tanter |
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+Richard Tanter, "After Fukushima: A Survey of Corruption in the Global Nuclear Power Industry", Asian Perspective 37 (2013), 475–500, JL |
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+“During the eighteen … but unconfirmed case.” |
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+Big nuclear has caused regulatory capture and manipulates policy makers to serve their interests – we need to stand against the trend before its too late. Brutoco and Austin |
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+Rinaldo Brutoco and Madeleine Austin, "The Upcoming Nuclear Peril: Worse Than the BP Oil Disaster", Thursday, 01 July 2010 09:32, Rinaldo Brutoco is a well-known futurist and the founding president of the World Business Academy, a nonprofit think tank launched in 1987 with the mission to educate and inspire the business community to take responsibility for the whole of planetary society. He is a frequent public speaker and a prolific author on renewable energy, climate change and sustainable business strategies. He is the co-author of "Freedom from Mid-East Oil" (2007), a leading book on energy and climate change and "Profiles in Power" (1997), a college textbook on nuclear power and the dawn of the solar age. Madeleine Austin is vice president of the World Business Academy and a member of the Hawaii Energy Policy Forum. She is the co-author with Rinaldo Brutoco of "The Nuclear Nemesis" (ABA, Trends May/June 2008) and "The Nuclear Nemesis Redux" (Forum CSR International, Dec. 2008)., http://www.truth-out.org/archive/component/k2/item/90459:the-upcoming-nuclear-peril-worse-than-the-bp-oil-disaster |
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+“How many crises … and act now.” |