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All governmental actions and inactions are choices that should be judged based on their outcomes, and thus overall good should be how their actions are judged. Sunstein and Vermeule:
Cass Sunstein (professor of jurisprudence at U Chicago Law School) and Adrian Vermeule (professor of law at U Chicago Law School). “Is Capital Punishment Morally Required? Acts, Omissions, and Life-Life Tradeoffs.” Stanford Law Review, December 2005.
In our view, any effort to distinguish between acts and omissions goes wrong by
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the distinction between authorizing murder and failing to prevent it would become thin.

And, the government must always deal with differing individual moral perspectives by promoting general welfare.
Woller 97 Woller, Gary BYU Prof., “An Overview by Gary Woller”, A Forum on the Role of Environmental Ethics, June 1997, pg. 10
Moreover, virtually all public policies entail some redistribution of economic or political resources,
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perhaps at times a necessary, basis for public policy in a democracy.

Consequences are the only morally relevant determination since they’re the only form of value we can experience.
Harris 10 Sam, 2010. CEO Project Reason; PHD UCLA Neuroscience; BA Stanford Philosophy.  The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values.”
Here is my (consequentialist) starting point: all questions of value (right
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, therefore, consequences and conscious states remain the foundation of all values.

And, means no infinite regress claims since the state always makes reasonably reliable predictions.

There’s no stable conception of personal identity, which means we use util. Shoemaker
The Journal of Value Inquiry 33: 183–199, 1999. UTILITARIANISM AND PERSONAL IDENTITY © 1999 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands. 183 Utilitarianism and Personal Identity DAVID W. SHOEMAKER Department of Philosophy, University of Memphis, 327 Clement Hall, Memphis, TN 38152, USA
Doing so has a number of significant implications for rationality and morality. For one
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deeply unified and are, in fact, metaphysically like sets of lives.

5. Empiricism – All knowledge stems from experience. We know nothing before sensory experience since we must know a feeling to be able to perceive it. The natural world imposes limits upon non-natural epistemologies. This implies an obligation to maximize utility since our desire to seek out certain experiences and avoid others collapses into pleasure maximization.

And, even moral arguments requiring universalizability will require maximizing expected utility. Lazari-Radek and Singer explain Hare’s argument:
Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek and Peter Singer, The Point of View of the Universe: Sidgwick and Contemporary Ethics, 2014.
For Hare, when I prescribe something, using moral language, my prescription commits
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the maximal satisfaction of interests of desires—commonly known as preference utilitarianism.

Therefore, the standard for morality is maximizing expected utility.

Contention

Contention One: Nuclear energy is a threat to the planet.  

Nuclear energy is becoming increasingly irrelevant as the cost of renewables continues to go down dramatically.  Lindon in 15.
Henry Lindon, “Study: Wind Energy and Solar Energy Beating Conventional Generation Modalities On Costs Of Production”, http://sustainnovate.ae/en/industry-news/detail/study-wind-energy-solar-energy-beating-conventional-generation-modalities-o/  11/30/15.
Wind energy and solar energy are notably beating out conventional generation modalities (coal,
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25 just over the last year, according to the new study.

And, falling storage costs mean that renewables will soon provide 100 of electricity, making nuclear obsolete. Evans-Pitchard:
Ambrose Evans-Pitchard (International Business Editor of The Daily Telegraph). “Holy Grail of energy policy in sight as battery technology smashes the old order.” The Telegraph. August 10, 2016. JY.
The world's next energy revolution is probably no more than five or ten years away
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-wreck of a project was not killed long ago," he said.

And the myth that nuclear energy is environmentally friendly is totally unfounded relative to renewables and because of the emissions in the fuel cycle process. Diesendorf in 16:
Mark Diesendorf, Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales, “Renewable Energy versus Nuclear: Dispelling the Myths”, Energy Post, 5/31/16, http://www.energypost.eu/renewable-energy-versus-nuclear-dispelling-myths/
Neither nuclear energy nor most renewable technologies emit CO2 during operation. However, meaningful
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neither of these conditions is likely to be met for decades at least.

The problem is not just that nuclear fuels are dirty and will become more dirty, they detract from real solutions to climate change because:

A) nuclear energy consumes political attention, which means that renewables and efficiency standards get less political support, further delaying a move to radical energy efficiency.  Porritt in 11:
Jonathan Porritt, Director of Forum for the Future, Why the UK must choose renewables over nuclear: an answer to Monbiot”, The Guardian, 7/26/11, https://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2011/jul/26/george-monbiot-renewable-nuclear
The Sustainable Development Commission's 2006 report commented specifically on this: "Were it to
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and absolutely nothing to put efficiency at the heart of that reform process.

And B) because of efficiency of renewables, the nuclear industry is working to actively make renewables more expensive in order to make them more cost effective, meaning any negative cost argument is based on a cruel lie.
Mark Cooper, PhD and Senior Fellow for Economic Analysis Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law School, The Economic Failure of Nuclear Power and the Development of a Low Carbon Electricity Future: Why Small Modular Reactors are Part of the Problem, Not the Solution, May 2014, http://216.30.191.148/Cooper20SMRs20are20Part20of20the20Problem,20Not20the20Solution20FINAL2.pdf
The collapse of nuclear economics has two immediate and important implications for public policy.  
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of nuclear power, it is about the fundamental direction of climate policy. 

Not switching to renewable, less carbon emitting energy is not only economically wasteful, but threatens human survival.  Auerbach in 15.
David Auerbach, “A child born today may live to see humanity’s end, unless…” Reuters, June 18, 2015, http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2015/06/18/a-child-born-today-may-live-to-see-humanitys-end-unless/
Humans will be extinct in 100 years because the planet will be uninhabitable, said
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multiplier” and is considering its potential disruptive impact across all its planning.

Underview

1. We disidentify with the state as a survival tactic, taking what we can get in an attempt to cope with the daily violence of oppression, while leaving the rest of our identity intact. The question shouldn’t be about whether we ought to revolt-but rather how we stay safe while doing so.
   Muñoz 99 José Esteban. Disidentifications: Queers of color and the performance of politics. Vol. 2. U of Minnesota Press, P. 10-12. 1999. Professor of Performance arts at NYU
   The theory of disidentification that I am offering is meant to contribute to an understanding
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   works to hold on to this object and invest it with new life. 

2. Oxford American dictionary  defines prohibit as:
Formally forbid (something) by law, rule, or other authority.
This means we use a comparative worlds paradigm where the affirmative defends implementation of a
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a 3-1 advantage. Also, means truth testing isn’t textual.

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Framework
The resolution asks what governments ought to do, which implies the value of morality.  Phenomenal introspection shows that morality requires the maximization of well-being.  Sinhababu:
Neil Sinahababu (National University of Singapore). "The epistemic argument for hedonism." 2012. JY.
Pleasure" here refers to the hedonic tone of experience. Having pleasure consists in
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favors the kind of universal hedonism that supports utilitarianism, not egoistic hedonism.

And, all governmental actions and inactions are choices that should be judged based on their outcomes, and thus overall good should be how their actions are judged. Sunstein and Vermeule:
Cass Sunstein (professor of jurisprudence at U Chicago Law School) and Adrian Vermeule (professor of law at U Chicago Law School). "Is Capital Punishment Morally Required? Acts, Omissions, and Life-Life Tradeoffs." Stanford Law Review, December 2005.
In our view, any effort to distinguish between acts and omissions goes wrong by
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the distinction between authorizing murder and failing to prevent it would become thin.

Furthermore, Consequences are the only morally relevant thing because they're the only form of value we can experience. Harris 10
Harris 10 Sam, 2010. CEO Project Reason; PHD UCLA Neuroscience; BA Stanford Philosophy.  The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values."
Here is my (consequentialist) starting point: all questions of value (right
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, therefore, consequences and conscious states remain the foundation of all values.

Thus, the standard is maximizing expected utility, meaning that we should provide the greatest amount of pleasure and least amount of suffering possible for the most people.
Inherency
Contention I is Inherency.
Jordan is currently planning on building nuclear reactors.  Once financing is secured, they will begin construction.  Ghazzal in 16:
Mohammad Ghazal, "Jordan seeking funds for first nuclear power plant — official", Jordan Times, 8/20/16.  http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/jordan-seeking-funds-first-nuclear-power-plant-—-official
Jordan's first nuclear power plant could be operational by 2025, if sufficient financing is
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will be able to operate the first reactor by 2025," he noted.

Plan
Thus the plan: The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan will prohibit the production of nuclear energy.  I reserve the right to clarify.
Daesh Advantage
Currently, Jordanian militant extremists are fighting in Syria, and they will become increasingly bold.  They will gain a foothold in Jordan, and they could threaten the stability of the Jordanian state.  Alami:
Mona Alami, French Lebanese Journalist specializing in the Middle East and regular contribute for the Carnegie Endowment's Mideast Analysis, "The New Generation of Jordanian Jihadi Fighters", Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2/18/14.  http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/54553
Jordanian fighters have come to play an important role in the protracted Syrian conflict.
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a great extent on the crackdown they face in Syria and at home.

A nuclear plant would be an ideal target for these militants and could cause untold damage and further embolden militants.  Magid:

Magid, Aaron. "Time to Reconsider Jordan's Nuclear Program." Middle East Institute. N.p., 20 June 2016. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
Security risks also warrant caution in regards to the country's nuclear project. Striking a
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security environment makes the building of a nuclear plant in Jordan especially risky.  

Bolstering militant jihadists is an existential threat to all life because of their persistence, technical expertise, and increased recruitment.  Lloyd:
John Lloyd, "Islamic State has become an existential threat to the West", Reuters, 11/18/15. http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2015/11/18/islamic-state-has-become-a-existential-threat-to-the-west/
Third, Daesh ISIS, more than any other of the Islamist groups
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existential threat. A threat to our existence, our way of life.

Water Wars Advantage
Jordan's water situation is dire – a nuclear plant would threaten Jordan's water supply. Daly:
Daly 13 – Jun 18, John C.K., Dr. Daly received his Ph.D. in 1986 from the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London. While at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, where he is currently a non-resident scholar, in 199 he founded The Cyber-Caravan, which continues today under the title, The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst. He subsequently served as Director of Programs at the Middle East Institute in Washington DC before joining UPI as International Correspondent. "Water shortages may end Jordan's nuclear power hopes", http://www.mining.com/web/water-shortages-may-end-jordans-nuclear-power-hopes/
Fourteen years ago King Abdullah II commented, "Our Water situation forms a strategic
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Kingdom might make up its annual water deficit of 73 million cubic meters.

Even using wastewater is not an option.  It is unreliable and is needed in other sectors.  Magid:
Magid 16 – Jun 20, Aaron, is an Amman-based journalist. His articles have appeared in Foreign Affairs, Al-Monitor, and Lebanon's The Daily Star. "Time to Reconsider Jordan's Nuclear Program", Middle East Institute, http://www.mei.edu/content/article/time-reconsider-jordan-s-nuclear-program
Jordan's water scarcity is alarming, given its importance in cooling nuclear power reactors.
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have become especially sensitive after the horrific 2011 disaster at Japan's Fukushima plant. 

And further water strain would trigger war in the Middle East.  Coble:
Christopher Coble, Major in the US Marine Corps, "Water Scarcity as a Catalyst for Instability in the Jordan River Basin", 2/23/12
Instability due to rapidly decreasing sources of freshwater cannot necessarily be simplified into a battle
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the perceived illegal tapping of a water source nearly caused armed conflict.109

Water wars will escalate and threaten human survival.  Ross and McConnel:
Marc Ross and Stephen McConnel, "Forget Star Wars, Get Ready for Water Wars", Huffington Post, 1/20/16.   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marc-ross/forget-star-wars-get-ready-for-water-wars_b_9020188.html
A great war looms, one that will rise from the most desperate circumstance:
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that will be far worse than anything we have seen in human history.

Indigenous Peoples Advantage
Currently, the indigenous peoples of the Badia region in Jordan, where the reactor is being built are seeing their traditional ways of living being eliminated because of even the possibility of a reactor coming online. Abuquadairi:
Abuqudairi, Areej. Roehampton University Masters, Human Rights "Jordan Nuclear Battle Heats Up." Al Jazeera Media Network, 14 Apr. 2014. Web. 21 Sept. 2016. CR
Beyond the economic costs, Azraq residents see plans for the twin nuclear reactors as
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even built and we are known as a 'nuclear area'", he said.

And preserving traditional ways of living in difficult environments is critical.  We'll never know what knowledge that could be key to human survival that we are giving up in terms of finding water, agriculture, and medicine that might be critical.  Once they are gone, they cannot be resurrected.  Preservation of traditional environmental knowledge is key.  Society for Ecological Research:
Society for Ecological Research and the Indigenous Peoples' Restoration Network, "Traditional Ecological Knowledge", 2016, http://www.ser.org/iprn/traditional-ecological-knowledge
The advent of the industrial revolution, cultural imperialism, and quantum leaps in technology
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conditions: as we now know, adaptation is the key to survival.

Solvency
Jordan's nuclear program is risky and doomed to failure.  Only stopping the program now eliminates the risk.
Magid:  – Jun 20, Aaron, is an Amman-based journalist. His articles have appeared in Foreign Affairs, Al-Monitor, and Lebanon's The Daily Star. "Time to Reconsider Jordan's Nuclear Program", Middle East Institute, http://www.mei.edu/content/article/time-reconsider-jordan-s-nuclear-program
Jordan's persistence in following the nuclear path, despite the many risks, is harmful
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it is still not too late for Amman to reevaluate its nuclear ambitions.