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+====I affirm and value Just State Action, defined as government policy that guarantees rights by ensuring people have equal moral status.==== |
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+====People are inherently equal at birth, so systemic exclusion of particular groups arbitrarily denies due.==== |
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+Winter and Leighton: Winter, Deborah DuNann Professor of Psychology, Whitman College, and Dana C. Leighton, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology, Southern Arkansas University. “Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology in the 21st Century.” New York: Prentice Hall, 2001. BE |
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+Finally, to recognize |
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+building lasting peace. |
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+=====Since justice requires rectifying actual mistreatment, we should address material conditions of violence first.==== |
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+Pappas: Pappas, Gregory Fernando. Texas AandM University “The Pragmatists’ Approach to Injustice.” The Pluralist, Volume 11, Number 1, Spring 2016. BE |
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+In Experience and |
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+AND |
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+ to each patient. |
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+====The standard is Promoting Social Equality. Promoting Social Equality means increasing all peoples’ ability to have a say in the conditions that govern them.==== |
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+====I advocate that countries prohibit the production of nuclear power following Germany’s phase-out model. This entails decommissioning reactors over a ten-year period.==== |
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+WNN writes: World Nuclear News Source that writes about news affecting nuclear power and nuclear weapons “Proposal for financing German nuclear phase-out.” WNN, April 2016. RP |
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+Following the Fukushima |
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+AND |
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+markets Stefan Dohler. |
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+====Advantage 1: The War Against Workers==== |
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+====Nuclear power is a form of economic exploitation – the state forces poor workers into jobs with dangerous conditions.==== |
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+Alldred shows: Alldred, Mary. Ph.D. candidate, Stony Brook Ecology Department “Environmental Injustice in Siting Nuclear Plants.” Environmental Injustice, Volume 2 (Number 2), 2009. RP |
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+In stages (2)–(5) of |
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+AND |
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+of 50 mSv. |
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+====The nuclear industry pays off state officials to cover up nuclear power’s risks, fabricating studies on the safety of plants.==== |
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+Shrader-Frechette: Shrader-Frechette, Kristin. O’Neill Family Professor, University of Notre Dame “Answering ‘Scientific Attacks’ on Ethical Imperatives: Wind and Solar Versus Nuclear Solutions to Climate Change.” Ethics and the Environment,, Volume 18, Number 1, Spring 2013. RP |
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+Part of the |
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+AND |
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+use renewable energy. |
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+====These cover ups are DELIBERATE ATTEMPTS by the state – they want people to just return to jobs in factories, providing labor.==== |
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+Cousins notes: Cousins, Elicia Researcher, Carleton College, Claire Karban, Fay Li, and Marianna Zapanta. “Nuclear Power and Environmental Justice.” Carleton College, Environmental Studies Comprehensive Project, no date. RP |
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+Those who experience |
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+the Chernobyl zone: |
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+====Shift away from nuclear is inevitable due to decreasing uranium supply – banning nuclear power is key to ensure renewable jobs and grow the industry now.==== |
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+Schönau: Electricity Schönau. German Power Company “100 Good Reasons Against Nuclear Power.” 2009. RP |
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+Nuclear power is |
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+AND |
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+with relevant references. |
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+====A phase out of nuclear power leads to a full shift to renewables – Europe proves.==== |
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+Shankleman writes: Shankleman, Jessica. Contributor, Bloomberg News “Germany Just Got Almost All of Its Power From Renewable Energy.” Bloomberg News, April 2016. RP |
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+Clean power supplied |
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+AND |
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+or energy storage.” |
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+====Advantage 2: Resisting Racism==== |
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+====Every stage of nuclear production is tied to colonialism – the government mines on areas they think of as wastelands.==== |
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+Endres 1: Endres, Danielle Department of Communication, University of Utah “From Wasteland to Waste Site: The Role of Disocurse In Nuclear Power’s Environmental Injustice.” Routledge, November 2009. RP |
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+In addition to |
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+and tailing piles. |
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+====Nuclear power is a continuation of the legacy of slavery – the government can place reactors near those they deem as disposable==== |
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+Mangano writes: Mangano, Joseph J. Contributor, The Nation “Reactors and Racism.” The Nation. August 2005. RP |
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+The Entergy Nuclear |
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+most vulnerable members. |
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+====These forms of exploitation prime society for mass death and killings, and eventually extinction.==== |
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+Scheper-Hughes writes: (Prof of Anthropology @ Cal-Berkely; Prof of Anthropology @ UPenn) (Nancy and Philippe, Introduction: Making Sense of Violence, in Violence in War and Peace, pg. 19-22) |
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+This large and |
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+ feelings of victimization). |
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+====Unlike the wealthy, indigenous groups often lack the financial or political capital to challenge such injustice.==== |
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+Parkins writes: Parkins, John R. Department of Resource Economics, University of Alberta “Social and Ethical Considerations of Nuclear Power.” April 2011. RP |
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+A related ethical |
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+in anyone’s backyard” (Hannon and Norton 1997). |
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+====Mere regulations get circumvented, so nothing short of prohibition solves.==== |
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+Ross shows: Ross, Timothy J. Professor of Civil Engineering, University of New Mexico “Avoiding Apocalypse: Congress Should Ban Nuclear Power.” UB Law, Fall 2011. RP |
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+Currently, the NRC |
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+the general public. |