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+Second, all non-consequentialist theories collapse to consequentialism. Two warrants - first, since real-world acts never contain the certainty necessary for absolute obligations, and second since inaction fails to resolve moral dilemmas. Peterson 10 |
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+Peterson 10 “A Royal Road to Consequentialism?” Martin Peterson (Section for Philosophy and Ethics, Eindhoven University of Technology). Ethic Theory Moral Prac (2010) 13:153–169 |
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+Briefly put, the …cardinal utility scale. |
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+Third, psychological evidence proves we don’t identify with our future selves. Continuous personal identity doesn’t exist. |
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+Opar 14 (Alisa Opar is the articles editor at Audubon magazine; cites Hal Hershfield, an assistant professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business; and Emily Pronin, a psychologist at Princeton) “Why We Procrastinate” Nautilus January 2014 |
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+The British philosopher ….might be you. |
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+Analytic |
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+If there’s even a risk of ethical uncertainty, we should always prioritize the survival of the human race to ensure future value. Bostrom 12 |
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+Nick Bostrom. Faculty of Philosophy and Oxford Martin School University of Oxford. “Existential Risk Prevention as Global Priority.” Global Policy (2012) |
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+These reflections on… any existential catastrophe. |
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+The standard is minimizing existential risk |
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+Plan Text: The Federal Government of Belgium should prohibit the production of nuclear energy by decommissioning all functioning nuclear reactors now. Becker 3/24 |
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+Oda Becker 3-24-2016, "German nuclear plants are vulnerable to terrorist attacks – study," RT International, https://www.rt.com/news/337092-german-nuclear-plants-terrorists/ |
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+The recent news … European nuclear plants. |
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+Relations bad now |
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+Płomeka and Stankiewicz 5/6 – Polskie Radio (Beata and Ewa OBAMA’S FAREWELL TOUR OF EUROPE: HOW HAVE EU-US RELATIONS CHANGED BETWEEN 2008 AND 2016? 5/6/16 Euranet Plus http://euranetplus-inside.eu/obamas-farewell-tour-of-europe-how-have-eu-us-relations-changed-between-2008-and-2016/ Acc 9/10/16) CW |
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+Some experts, when …always been misguided. |
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+Belgium decommissioning key to US presence in Europe’s energy markets |
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+Cultice 6/20 Curt Cultice, 6/20/16, "New Opportunities for U.S. Companies in Belgium's Civil Nuclear Energy Industry ,” US Dept of Commerce, http://www.power-eng.com/articles/npi/print/volume-9/issue-3/nucleus/new-opportunities-for-u-s-companies-in-belgium-s-civil-nuclear-energy-industry.html, AP |
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+Croigny: Generally speaking, … potential local partners. |
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+Energy markets are the cornerstone of the transatlantic alliance. Stori 14 |
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+ (January 27, 2014 | by Val Stori, OWAP Project Director Trade Missions Critical in Building an Offshore Wind Industry |
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+Perhaps one of … in US developments. |
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+Russia’s threatened nuclear war and they’re upgrading their arsenals – US needs to work with Europe to check this back NOW |
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+BBC 5/3 BBC, 5-3-2016, "US accuses Russia of nuclear sabre-rattling, amid Nato tensions," BBC News, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36197856 |
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+US Defence Secretary … great military powers. |
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+US-EU cooperation on Russia is key to avoid miscalculation and full-scale war. Stacey 14 |
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+Stacey ‘14 – Jeffrey Stacey, Dr. Jeffrey Stacey is currently Senior Visiting Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Paul H. Nitze School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He joined CTR after serving in the Obama Administration as a State Department official specializing in NATO and EU relations at the Bureau for Conflict Stabilization Operations. At State he founded and managed the International Stabilization and Peacebuilding Initiative (ISPI), which has over 20 government and international organization partners. Dr. Stacey has just joined forces to blog at the Duck of Minerva foreign policy blog. He is the author of "Integrating Europe" by Oxford University Press and is currently working on a follow-up book about how the West should deal with the rise of China. He has been a guest blogger at The Washington Note and Democracy Arsenal, a professor of U.S. foreign policy at Tulane University and Fordham University, a consultant at the Open Society Institute and the U.S. Institute of Peace, and a visiting scholar at George Washington, Georgetown, and the University of California. He received his PhD from Columbia University. , 3-23-14) |
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+The U.S. and … on with leading. |
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+Russia nuclear war causes extinction. Bostrom 2 |
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+ (Nick Bostrom 2, PhD, Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford University, www.nickbostrom.com) |
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+A much greater …humankind’s potential permanently. |
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+Belgium’s nuclear reactors vulnerable to cyber attacks – must solve NOW – recent terror attacks means it’s on the brink |
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+AFP 3/26 (AFP, 3-26-2016, "Belgium's Nuclear Plants Face Threat of Cyber-attack: EU Counter-terror Chief," No Publication, http://www.securityweek.com/belgiums-nuclear-plants-face-threat-cyber-attack-eu-counter-terror-chief) |
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+Belgium's network of …and Paris attacks. |
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+Risk of terrorist nuclear acquisition from Belgium reactors high |
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+Cirincione 4/1 (Joe Cirincione, 4/1/16, "Opinion: Nuclear terrorism threat very real," CNN, http://edition.cnn.com/2016/04/01/opinions/nuclear-terrorism-threat-cirincione/index.html?eref=edition) |
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+Nuclear policy experts … our threats are. |
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+Nuclear terrorism causes extinction – independent of retaliation |
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+Owen B. Toon 7, chair of the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at CU-Boulder, et al., April 19, 2007, “Atmospheric effects and societal consequences of regional scale nuclear conflicts and acts of individual nuclear terrorism,” |
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+To an increasing …and physical outcomes. |