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... ... @@ -1,0 +1,98 @@ 1 +====Phenomenal introspection is reliable and proves that util’s true.==== 2 +**Sinhababu** Neil (National University of Singapore) "The epistemic argument for hedonism" http://philpapers.org/archive/SINTEA-3 accessed 2-4-16 JW 3 +The Odyssey's treatment 4 +AND 5 +favors the kind of universal hedonism that supports utilitarianism, not egoistic hedonism. 6 + 7 + 8 +====Thus, the standard is maximizing happiness. Prefer the standard:==== 9 + 10 + 11 +====4. Reductionism: personal identity doesn’t exist.==== 12 +**Olson** Eric T. (Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield) "Personal Identity" Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Aug 20, 2002; substantive revision Oct 28, 2010 http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-personal/~~#PsyApp JW 13 +Whatever psychological continuity may amount to, a more serious worry for the Psychological Approach 14 +AND 15 +, you are both hungry and not hungry at once: a contradiction. 16 + 17 + 18 +====5. Determinism is true: our bodies are controlled by biological principles only – there’s no room for free will.==== 19 +**Drescher** Gary L. (Visiting Fellow at the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University, PhD in Computer Science from MIT) "Good and Real: Demystifying Paradoxes from Physics to Ethics" Bradford Books May 5^^th^^ 2006 20 +One prominent notion is that we have both a ghostlike component (our consciousness or 21 +AND 22 +to deviate sometimes from the same rules that such particles otherwise always obey. 23 + 24 + 25 +====Only consequentialism is consistent with determinism.==== 26 +**Greene and Cohen** Joshua Greene and Jonathan Cohen (Department of Psychology, Center for the Study of Brain, Mind, and Behavior, Princeton University) "For the law, neuroscience changes nothing and everything" November 26^^th^^ 2004 Phil.Trans.R.Soc.Lond.B (2004)359,1775–1785 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1693457/pdf/15590618.pdf JW 27 +The forward-looking–consequentialist approach to punishment works with all three responses to 28 +AND 29 +requires compatibilism. Accordingly, the standard legal account of punishment is compatibilist. 30 + 31 + 32 +====6. Morality must be universalizable.==== 33 +**Pettit** Phillip "Non-Consequentialism and Universalizability" The Philosophical Quarterly Vol. 50 No. 199 pp. 175-190 April 2000 JW 34 +Every prescription as to what an agent ought to do should be capable of being 35 +AND 36 +, indeed, that no other agent is ever likely to confront them. 37 + 38 + 39 +====Only consequentialism can be universalized.==== 40 +**Pettit 2** Phillip "Non-Consequentialism and Universalizability" The Philosophical Quarterly Vol. 50 No. 199 pp. 175-190 April 2000 JW 41 +There is no difficulty in seeing how the universalizability challenge is supposed to be met 42 +AND 43 +The Federal Government of Mexico ought to ban the production of nuclear power. 44 + 45 + 46 +===Advantage 1 - Accidents=== 47 + 48 + 49 +====The Laguna Verde power plant is plagued with corruption and hazards, making a Chernobyl-esque accident likely, endangering local populations==== 50 +**Nauman 13**, Talli. (TALLI NAUMAN is an environmental analyst for the Americas Program . She is a founder and co-director of the independent international media project Journalism to Raise Environmental Awareness, initiated in 1994 with support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.) May 28, 2013. http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/05/28/mexicos-troubled-nuclear-plant/ NP 10/11/16. 51 +With Latin American countries still turned off to nuclear power two years after Japan’s monumental 52 +AND 53 +Another would be to take the irresponsible parties to court to establish accountability. 54 + 55 + 56 +====Laguna Verde is next to a volcano and on the ring of fire. Accident’s are incredibly likely – it’s almost melted down before, and the response system’s inadequate, making evacuation unlikely. ==== 57 +AGR 14. A Green Road Project, 4-19-2014, "Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Plant," No Publication, https://agrdailynews.com/tag/laguna-verde-nuclear-power-plant/, accessed 10-11-2016. NP. 58 +Historically, this region looks like it can generate huge tsunami waves; (1838 59 +AND 60 +Busby talks about the coverups that happened at TMI, Chernobyl and Fukushima. 61 + 62 + 63 +====The plant’s tech is super outdated which increases the risk of plant failure ==== 64 +AGR 14. A Green Road Project, 4-19-2014, "Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Plant," No Publication, https://agrdailynews.com/tag/laguna-verde-nuclear-power-plant/, accessed 10-11-2016. NP 65 +"The Federal Electricity Commission has revealed that its Laguna Verde nuclear power plant has 66 +AND 67 +report said, 22 are "damaged" and eight are "obsolete." 68 + 69 + 70 +====Nuclear accident would destroy local economies and Mexican territory==== 71 +**Godoy 11.** Emilio Godoy. ((Vega De Alatorre, Mexico) MEXICO: Villagers Complain of Health Risks from Nuclear Plant. www.globalissues.org/news/2011/03/30/9088 March 30, 2011. 72 +A nuclear accident could affect 80 percent of Mexican territory, according to a 2008 73 +AND 74 +whose sister takes three different medicines every eight hours to manage her illness. 75 + 76 + 77 +====An accident would split the country in two, bankrupting México, leading to drastic global consequences==== 78 +GRB 14. A Green Road Project, 4-19-2014, "Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Plant," No Publication, https://agrdailynews.com/tag/laguna-verde-nuclear-power-plant/, accessed 10-11-2016. NP 79 +There are NO publicly accessible radiation monitoring networks in Mexico as there are in many 80 +AND 81 +, it would have more severe consequences for many generations into the future. 82 + 83 + 84 +===Advantage 2 – Pollution=== 85 + 86 + 87 +====The Laguna Verde power plant is incredibly dangerous – it causes millions of liters of radioactive chemicals to leech into water, contaminating fish and local ecosystems, and releasing dangerous chemicals into the air==== 88 +**WI 93.** February 12, 1993. Nuclear time bombs threaten Mexico and Argentina. https://wiseinternational.org/nuclear-monitor/386/nuclear-time-bombs-threaten-mexico-and-argentina. NP 10/11/16. 89 +(386.3785) WISE Amsterdam - Already, the report says, millions 90 +AND 91 +the caller personally threatened one of the Greenpeace staff people, Juan Schroeder. 92 + 93 + 94 +====Radiation from Laguna Verde exposes villagers to unwanted illness and suffering==== 95 +**Godoy 11**. Emilio Godoy. ((Vega De Alatorre, Mexico) MEXICO: Villagers Complain of Health Risks from Nuclear Plant. www.globalissues.org/news/2011/03/30/9088 March 30, 2011 96 +Brenda Mancilla, a 23-year-old Mexican woman, has suffered from 97 +AND 98 +electrical fault, and was at risk of meltdown, according to Salas. - EntryDate
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