Cambridge Rindge Sussman Neg
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0 - disclosure theoryTournament: all | Round: 1 | Opponent: all | Judge: all Interpretation: Debaters must disclose previously run constructive positions – all cases, off cases and theory arguments – at least 30 minutes before the round on the NDCA wiki or when asked. This means providing proper citations for all evidence including first three and last three words and tags as well as advocacy, standard, and interpretation texts. Interpretation: Affirmatives may only read cases that have been disclosed at least 15 minutes before the round as the case that they will read. | 9/11/16 |
0 - emailTournament: all | Round: 1 | Opponent: all | Judge: all | 9/11/16 |
2 - tuck and yangTournament: yale | Round: 1 | Opponent: ridge vt | Judge: cameron cohen Ethnology is coloniality remade. The academy only grants visibility to the subaltern when they express narratives of pain—the aff's ventriloquist, damage-centered research feeds into a cycle of commodification that replicates colonialismTuck and Yang '14 ~Eve and K. Wayne, Assistant Professor of Educational Foundations, SUNY New Paltz and Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies @ UC San Diego, "R-Words: Refusing Research," Humanizing Research, p. 223-226, (https://faculty.newpaltz.edu/evetuck/files/2013/12/Tuck-and-Yang-R-Words_Refusing-Research.pdf)~~ PO language modified The alternative is to refuse the affirmative's damage-focused research in favor of desire-focused research—this is not subtractive, but generativeTuck and Yang '14 ~Eve and K. Wayne, Assistant Professor of Educational Foundations, SUNY New Paltz and Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego, "R-Words: Refusing Research," Humanizing Research, p. 237-242, (https://faculty.newpaltz.edu/evetuck/files/2013/12/Tuck-and-Yang-R-Words_Refusing-Research.pdf)~~ PO brackets for grammar only Desired-centered research does not deny tragedy nor erase memory of pain; rather, it embraces the complexity of lived experience to allow bodies to write their own historyTuck and Yang '14 ~Eve and K. Wayne, Assistant Professor of Educational Foundations @ SUNY New Paltz and Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies @ UC San Diego, "R-Words: Refusing Research," Humanizing Research, 2014 (https://faculty.newpaltz.edu/evetuck/files/2013/12/Tuck-and-Yang-R-Words_Refusing-Research.pdf)~~ PO | 9/17/16 |
so - 1ac - us utilTournament: yale | Round: 6 | Opponent: syosset jw | Judge: paul zhou FWMoral disagreement means epistemic reliability must be the starting point for ethics.Neil Sinhababu '13 The Epistemic Argument for Hedonism, Associate Professor of Philosophy, National University of Singapore, Meta-Ethics, Philosophy of Action, Nietzsche, National University of Singapore That means util—phenomenal introspection is most epistemically reliable.Neil Sinhababu '13 The Epistemic Argument for Hedonism, Associate Professor of Philosophy, National University of Singapore, Meta-Ethics, Philosophy of Action, Nietzsche, National University of Singapore Thus, the standard is maximizing pleasure and minimizing pain. Additionally:Moral substitutability is true and only consequentialism explains it.Walter Sinnott-Armstrong '92 Dartmouth College Philosophical Perspectives, 6, Ethics, AN ARGUMENT FOR CONSEQUENTIALISM Metaphysics:A~ Language cannot describe reality, which means a priori knowledge fails.Conard '07 (Mark T, prof @ Marmount Manhattan, "Chaos, Order and Morality: Nietzsche's Influence on Full Metal Jacket," The Philosophy of Stanley Kubrick edited by Jerold J. Abrams) B~ We have no unified consciousness.Parfit '84 (Derek, Reasons and Persons) brackets for gender Role of the BallotDebates about policy consequences are key to political activism.Coverstone 5 ~MBA (Alan, Acting on Activism) Adv 1 is ProlifNuke power causes nuclear prolifShrader-Frechette 8 ~Kristin; teaches biological sciences and philosophy at the University of Notre Dame; "Five Myths About Nuclear Energy"; American Magazine, 6/23; http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=10884~~ Bad security and transferring intel leads to weaponizationPedraza 12 Proliferation risks extinctionDavid Wolfe (Director, Oppenheimer Institute for Science and International Co-operation), 11/13/2011 (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/13/pragmatic-approaches-to-nuclear-proliferation, Accessed 8/3/2014, rwg) Nuclear terrorism causes nuclear warAyson, '10 Adv 2 is Natural Gas PricesNuclear power drives down natural gas pricesAdams 9 ~Chief Contributor for Atomic Energy Insights and small nuclear plant operator/designer; "Nuclear Energy Growth Might Turn Promises of Low Natural Gas Prices Into a Reality"; atomicinsights.com/2009/11/nuclear-energy-growth-might-turn-promises-of-low-natural-gas-prices-into-a-reality.html~ US gas exports collapse the Russian economyMead 12 ~Professor of Foreign Affairs at Bard; "North American Shale Gas Gives Russia Serious Headache"; blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2012/04/25/north-american-shale-gas-gives-russia-serious-headache/~ ExtinctionFilger 9 ~Columnist and founder of GlobalEconomicCrisis.com; "Russian Economy Faces Disastrous Free Fall Contraction"; www.huffingtonpost.com/sheldon-filger/russian-economy-faces-dis_b_201147.html; JLB (8/8/2016)~ Adv 3 is Animals====Nuclear cooling systems kill lots of sea animals.==== ====Regulations don't solve—they're not enforced.==== Fish feel pain.Griffiths '14 (Sarah, Daily Mail, "Fish have feelings too: Expert claims creatures experience pain in the same way humans do - and should be treated better," 6/19, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2662297/Fish-feelings-Expert-claims-creatures-experience-pain-way-humans-better-treated.html) OS Animal suffering matters—if they say humans outweigh that's a voting issue and justifies racism.Singer 02 (Peter Singer is the author of Writings on an Ethical Life, Practical Ethics; and Rethinking Life arid Death; among many others. Re is currently the Ira W. De Camp Professor of Bio ethics at Princeton University's Center for Human Values Animal Liberation 2002. Pg. 8-9.) This is a D-rule—rejecting anthro is key in educational spaces.Pederson 04: SolvencyThus the plan: The United States ought to prohibit the production of nuclear power.====Disads are non-unique—nuclear will become unprofitable soon.==== Nuke ban accelerates renewables breakthroughs – Germany provesKorosec 11 UnderviewNebel T is racist.Niemi '15 (Rebar, "Mr. Nebel's neighborhood, OR Nebel Tea – I sip it.," 9/22, http://premierdebatetoday.com/2015/09/22/nebel-t-i-sip-it/) OS | 9/18/16 |
so - da - warmingTournament: yale | Round: 1 | Opponent: ridge vt | Judge: cameron cohen U.S. emissions low nowMcMahon 6/23 ~Jeff McMahon, contributor at Forbes, "U.S. On Track To Achieve 2030 Emissions Goals In 2016," Forbes Magazine, June 23, 2016, http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2016/06/23/u-s-on-track-to-achieve-2030-emissions-goals-in-2016/~~#fa3d9fa42c8e~~ JW Nuclear is the best solution to climate change—every alternative fails—future tech solves squo shortcomingsCohen 2012 DA turns case—Native Americans are especially vulnerable to climate changeHalpert 12 ~Julie Halpert, author at Yale Climate Connections, "Native Americans and a Changing Climate," Yale Climate Connections, June 21, 2012, http://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2012/06/native-americans-and-a-changing-climate/~~ JW The counter role of the ballot is to vote for the best policy option -- key to political activismCoverstone 5 ~MBA (Alan, Acting on Activism) | 9/17/16 |
so - da - warming v2Tournament: yale | Round: 3 | Opponent: edgemont yl | Judge: christian tarsney Worldwide emissions are declining due to decreased fossil fuel consumption but we're on the brinkVaughan '15 (Adam, The Guardian, "Global emissions to fall for first time during a period of economic growth," 12/7, https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/dec/07/global-emissions-to-fall-for-first-time-during-a-period-of-economic-growth) OS Nuclear is the best solution to climate change—every alternative fails—future tech solves squo shortcomingsCohen 2012 Warming causes extinctionMazo '10 (Jeffrey Mazo – PhD in Paleoclimatology from UCLA, Managing Editor, Survival and Research Fellow for Environmental Security and Science Policy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, 3-2010, "Climate Conflict: How global warming threatens security and what to do about it," pg. 122) | 9/17/16 |
so - nc - hobbesTournament: yale | Round: 5 | Opponent: valley tg | Judge: richard shmikler Constructivism is true—moral facts aren't "out there" to be found but linguistic categories created by humans for humans.Parrish 04 There is no higher moral purpose for the state—rather, it's a product of contractual necessityKoch 04 That means absolute sovereignty—it's incoherent for the sovereign to be subject to laws because then it wouldn't be sovereign.Hobbes 68 Thus, the standard is consistency with the Hobbesian social contract. This means we must respect sovereign authority.Additionally:====~1~ Absolute power is key to avoid the problem of private judgment. Widespread ethical disagreement creates disarray – everyone has a different conception of how political systems should be built and what policies should be passed. Only submission to an absolute sovereign solves, ==== ~2~ Prefer political philosophy because it grounds our theories in reality and the political convictions we already hold. That guarantees a starting point and avoids regressLloyd 14 I content prohibiting nuke power production is inconsistent with sovereign authority.Sovereign can do whatever it wants, so the aff is at best permissible.Hobbes 68 Nuclear is key to state power.MacKenzie and Wajcman 99 ~Donald MacKenzie and Judy Wajcman, 1999, Open University Press, http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/28638/1/Introductory20essay2028LSERO29.pdf~~ AG | 9/17/16 |
so - nc - libertarianismTournament: yale | Round: 3 | Opponent: edgemont yl | Judge: christian tarsney The existence of extrinsic goodness requires unconditional human worth—that means we must treat others as ends in themselvesKorsgaard '83 (Christine M., "Two Distinctions in Goodness," The Philosophical Review Vol. 92, No. 2 (Apr., 1983), pp. 169-195, JSTOR) OS Thus, the standard is respecting freedom.Vote neg—the government cannot coercively restrict the rights of private companies to seek the end of nuclear power generation. One can never restrict the ends a subject can set as their means, because to be human is to autonomously set the ends. To treat humanity as an end requires one to respect the legislative right of agents to use their means as they see fit free of domination.Arthur Ripstein 09 ~Professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Toronto, and Chair of the Department of Philosophy~, "Force and Freedom", Harvard University Press, pgs 34-35, 2009 Impact calc:There's an intent-foresight distinctionHegel (George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, The Philosophy of Right, 1820) Thus the counterplan: The European Union ought not to prohibit the production of nuclear power, and ought to end public subsidies for nuclear power by adopting the Libertarian Party Platform energy policy.Libertarian Party n.d. ("Energy," http://www.dehnbase.org/lpus/library/platform/ene.html) OS | 9/17/16 |
so - t - countriesTournament: yale | Round: 1 | Opponent: ridge vt | Judge: cameron cohen ===="Countries" is a generic bare plural, just like "just governments."==== Violation:Standards:~1~ Precision—three impactsA~ PredictabilityB~ Topicality rule—precision independently outweighsNebel '15 (Jake, "The Priority of Resolutional Semantics," 2/20/15, http://vbriefly.com/2015/02/20/the-priority-of-resolutional-semantics-by-jake-nebel/) C~ Jurisdiction~2~ LimitsAdvocacy skills | 9/17/16 |
so - theory - decommissioning specTournament: yale | Round: 5 | Opponent: valley tg | Judge: richard shmikler Interpretation: aff must specify a method of decommissioning nuclear power plants.There are 3 different methods, and they're really differentIEA 15 ~"Technology Roadmap: Nuclear Energy." IEA Technology Roadmaps (n.d.): n. pag. 2015. Web. 8 Aug. 2016~ bracketed for grammar Violation: they don'tStandards:~1~ Ground~2~ Education—decommissioning processes are increasingly relevant in the nuclear power debate but no one knows about them.IEA 15 ("Technology Roadmap: Nuclear Energy." IEA Technology Roadmaps (n.d.): n. pag. 2015.) Fairness, education | 9/17/16 |
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