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-I affirm and value justice. |
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-The problems faced by political institutions must be resolved politically; an appropriate framework must provide a basis for justifying certain social structures within a pluralistic society Rawls 85 |
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-John Rawls Harvard Philosophy Professor Justice as Fairness: Political not Metaphysical, Philosophy and Public Affairs, Vol. 14, No. 3. 1985. |
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-It should be observed that, …to avoid philosophy's longstanding problems. |
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-The only way to resolve disagreement is through the original position. Leif 13 |
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-Wenar, Leif, "John Rawls", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2013 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2013/entries/rawls/. |
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-The original position is a thought …out longer for a better deal. |
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-Thus the standard is consistency with judgments made from the original position. |
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-Prefer it: |
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-1. Ethics is constructivist – ethical norms are derived from the nature of ethical problems themselves |
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-Korsgaard 8 summarizes, Christine. Harvard Professor. The Constitution of Agency. 2008, Oxford University Press. |
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-So according to constructivism, …The truths that result describe that constructed reality. |
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-We derive normative rules from the original position. Leif 2 |
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-Wenar, Leif, "John Rawls", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2013 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2013/entries/rawls/. |
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-The original position is …or as Rawls says, reasonable. |
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-I will defend the resolution generally but I will spec further in CX if you want. That’s better than speccing further because it enables you to get the ground you want, rather than forcing you to generate offense to a hyper-specific plan. |
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-From the original position, agents would arrive at a political system that equally distributed benefits and burdens. Abplanalp ‘10 Abplanalp, Edward, "BACKGROUND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: AN EXTENSION OF RAWLS'S POLITICAL LIBERALISM" (2010). Philosophy Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research. Paper 2. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/philosophydiss/2 |
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-Recall Rawls‘s familiar thought …the citizen I represent? |
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-Environmental Discrimination is inconsistent. Abplanalp 2 Abplanalp, Edward, "BACKGROUND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: AN EXTENSION OF RAWLS'S POLITICAL LIBERALISM" (2010). Philosophy Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research. Paper 2. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/philosophydiss/2 |
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-A principle aim of a theory …difference principle. We shall do so now. |
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-Nuclear accidents and daily radiation disproportionately affect minority populations. Cousins 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. |
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-grassroots groups have started …nuclear power by way of their proximity. |
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-Nuclear power production profits from and reinforces exploitation of marginalized groups. Chen 11 Michelle Chen (Michelle Chen is Colorlines' Global Justice columnist. She is a regular contributor on labor issues at In These Times, as well as a member of the magazine's Board of Editors. Michelle's reporting has appeared in Ms. Magazine, AirAmerica, Alternet, Newsday, the Progressive Media Project, and her old zine, cain.), "The Radioactive Racism Behind Nuclear Energy", Color Lines, 03/23/2011, www.colorlines.com/articles/radioactive-racism-behind-nuclear-energy |
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-When the apocalyptic cloud …percent in 2009, according to Bloomberg. |
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-Utilitarian logic is part of the problem. Cousins 2 |
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-Current legislation is based …additional costs for the government. |
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-Warming arguments buy into the logic of the oppressors. Policy-makers create a narrative of them as infeasible, when really they just don’t want to evenly distribute the burdens. Solar and Wind power solve distributive justice better—cost arguments are constructed to get nuclear power and then just use NIMBY campaigns to not have to deal with the burdens. Shrader-Frechette Kristin, June 23rd, O'Neill Family Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and Department of Philosophy, at the University of Notre Dame. She has previously held senior professorships at the University of California and the University of Florida. Most of Shrader-Frechette's research work analyzes the ethical problems in risk assessment, public health, or environmental justice - especially those related to radiological, ecological, and energy-related risks.1 Shrader-Frechette has received the Global Citizenship Award, and the Catholic Digest named her one of 12 "Heroes for the US and the World", published more than 380 articles and 16 books/monographs, “Five Myths About Nuclear Energy”, America Magazine, http://americamagazine.org/issue/660/article/five-myths-about-nuclear-energy |
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- Why have so many nations …power more than renewables? |
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-1. Nuclear ban will accelerate tech breakthroughs in renewables; it will be a global leader Korosec 11 KIRSTEN KOROSEC, Fortune journalism, “Germany's Nuclear Ban: The Global Effect” Money Watch, May 31, 2011, 4:28 PM http://www.cbsnews.com/news/germanys-nuclear-ban-thehttp://www.cbsnews.com/news/germanys-nuclear-ban-the-global-effect/global-effect/ |
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-Renewable markets Germany is …existing renewable energy businesses will expand. |