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+====I value morality because the word “ought” implies moral obligation. |
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+Utilitarianism is the only moral calculus available for governments.==== |
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+Robert E. Robert Goodin, professor of government and philosophy, explains professor of government at the University of Essex, and professor of philosophy and social and political theory at Australian National University, “Utilitarianism as a Public Philosophy”, Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy, May 1995, BE |
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+Consider, first, the argument from necessity. Public officials are obliged to make |
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+, aggregates and averages is just not sufficiently fine-grained for that. |
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+====Thus, the value criterion is maximizing expected wellbeing. Prefer this for two additional reasons: |
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+1 We naturally want to make the world better and make decisions based on the consequences of our actions. Thus, you should intrinsically default to my value criterion.==== |
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+Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, specialist in ethical and legal philosophy, elaborates American philosopher. He specializes in ethics, epistemology, and more recently in neuroethics, the philosophy of law, and the philosophy of cognitive science, "Consequentialism", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2014 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed), BE |
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+Even if consequentialists can accommodate or explain away common moral intuitions, that might seem |
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+to determine what is morally right or wrong, just as consequentialists claim. |
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+====2 Our brain instinctively tells us that pain is bad and pleasure is good. Non-natural moral facts are inapplicable to the real world and inaccessible to our thoughts==== |
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+David Papineau, Cambridge philosopher, explains – (David David Papineau is an academic philosopher. He works as Professor of Philosophy of Science at King's College London, having previously taught for several years at Cambridge University and been a fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge, “Naturalism”. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/naturalism/ 2007) GHS//GB |
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+Moore took this argument to show that moral facts comprise a distinct species of non |
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+it is hard to see how we can have any knowledge of them. |
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+====Contention 1 – guaranteeing the right to housing requires billions of dollars, which mandates budget cuts in soft areas like social security and healthcare insurance, sinking millions into poverty |
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+The aff’s guarantee of housing increases subsidies by billions – there’s no way to fulfill the right to housing without massive spending==== |
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+Clark 16, Patrick Clark (news, political analysis, commentary) 7-26-2016, "Why It’s So Hard to Build Affordable Housing: It’s Not Affordable," Bloomberg, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-26/why-it-s-so-hard-to-build-affordable-housing-it-s-not-affordable//ghs-mr |
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+A real estate developer wanted to increase affordable housing in Denver, trying to make |
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+National Review Institute. "That's basically how housing markets have always worked." |
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+====Increases in federal spending mandates budget tradeoffs==== |
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+Sange 11, Sange, Alexandra. "House Passes New Rules For The 112th Congress." National association of community health centers. January 18, 2011. Web. February 07, 2017. http://blogs.nachc.com/washington/house-passes-new-rules-for-the-112th-congress//ghs-mr |
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+As a part of the transition to the new Congress, the House of Representatives |
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+rule increases in revenue cannot be used to offset increases in mandatory spending. |
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+====Congress will cut soft areas first – social security, healthcare insurance, and education would be the first to go==== |
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+Marans 16 Daniel Marans (general assignment reporter with a focus on politics and economic policy.), 12-9-2016, "Top House Republican Unveils Plan To Gut Social Security, “Huffington Post,http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/top-house-republican-social-security-cuts_us_584b1bb8e4b0e05aded3ff3c//ghs-mr |
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+WASHINGTON ― President-elect Donald Trump distinguished himself on the campaign trail as the |
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+will fight any plan to replace Medicare with a voucher,” he added. |
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+====Maintaining current social security programs key to keeping millions of senior citizens and minority populations out of poverty – turns case and outweighs on magnitude==== |
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+CBPP 16, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, By, 10-25-2016, "Social Security Keeps 22 Million Americans Out of Poverty: A State-By-State Analysis," Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, http://www.cbpp.org/research/social-security/social-security-keeps-22-million-americans-out-of-poverty-a-state-by-state//ghs-mr |
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+Social Security benefits play a vital role in reducing poverty in every state. WITHOUT |
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+, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. |