Tournament: blake | Round: 1 | Opponent: na | Judge: na
1AC
I affirm resolved: Public colleges and universities in the United States ought not restrict any constitutionally protected speech.
I value morality. 

First, because there is no universal moral account for individual reason only moral theories that recognize other’s accounts are sensical.  
Nagel: Nagel, Thomas University Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University. The View from Nowhere. New York: Oxford UP, 1989. Print.
In the pursuit …grasp as well. 

Next, Moral theories must explain the motivation behind action. Scanlon: Scanlon, Thomas. What We Owe to Each Other. Cambridge, MA: Belknap of Harvard UP, 2000. Print.
A satisfactory moral …particularly serious fault. 

And, Contractualism accounts for moral motivation through reasonable rejection. Scanlon 2: Scanlon, Thomas. What We Owe to Each Other. Cambridge, MA: Belknap of Harvard UP, 2000. Print.
Contractualism offers such … suffer their disapproval. 

Thus, the standard is consistency with contractualism.

To clarify, no actual contract is formed—only an imaginary agreement by reasonable persons motivated by desire for such an agreement. This tests principles of conduct by their hypothetical acceptability from all points of view. Nagel 3: Nagel, Thomas University Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University. “Scanlon’s Moral Theory” in Concealment and Exposure and Other Essays. Oxford University Press, 2002. Print. pp. 149-150.
The nerve of Scanlon’s … of any individual. 

Additional reasons to prefer:
First, Moral values must hold significance, only contractualism can account for this through our relations. Scanlon 3: Scanlon, Thomas. What We Owe to Each Other. Cambridge, MA: Belknap of Harvard UP, 2000. Print.
In our assessments …of moral considerations.

2. Individuals give others’ moral reasons equal weight in their moral reasoning. Scanlon 4: Scanlon, Thomas. What We Owe to Each Other. Cambridge, MA: Belknap of Harvard UP, 2000. Print. Scanlon, Thomas. What We Owe to Each Other. Cambridge, MA: Belknap of Harvard UP, 2000. Print.
Different people can …of evaluative categories.

3. Prefer substantive accounts of morality to formal accounts of morality. Scanlon 5: Scanlon, Thomas. What We Owe to Each Other. Cambridge, MA: Belknap of Harvard UP, 2000. Print.
Explanations of the …can be found.

I contend that individuals could reasonably reject restricting constitutionally protected speech.
First: Free speech issues control the link to all other freedoms; individuals would reasonably reject a policy that hurts all of their rights
Husain ‘16 Director, Institutional Equity Sales and Trading for the Royal Bank of Canada; September 24, 2016, https://beinglibertarian.com/free-speech-matters/“Why free speech matters the most”
The free speech …with the individual. 

Second: Students overall increasingly want free speech not restrictions
Engstrom ’14 Elliot Engstrom: Lead Counsel at the Civitas Institute, “Libertarian Students Are Leading The Fight For Free Speech On Campus”, 09/02/2014, http://dailycaller.com/2014/09/02/libertarian-students-are-leading-the-fight-for-free-speech-on-campus/
But this movement … on their merit.

Third: Opponents of protected free speech have the burden of proof; empirics say restricting protected speech hurts students and progressive politics.
McAuliffe ’16 Kathleen McAuliffe, "95 of Colleges Prohibit Constitutionally Protected Speech.", Personal Portfolio, 07/04/2016, https://kathleenamcauliffe.com/2016/07/04/95-of-colleges-prohibit-constitutionally-protected-speech/
But is censorship …the next generation.

Fourth: Freedom of speech is a basic right of citizens  
Rawls John Rawls.  “A Theory Of Justice” http://www.csus.edu/indiv/c/chalmersk/econ184sp09/johnrawls.pdf
The first statement … same basic rights. 

Speech restrictions are fundamentally flawed and ineffective
ACLU ’16 The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonpartisan, non-profit organization56 whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States., “Hate speech on campus”, 2016, https://www.aclu.org/other/hate-speech-campus
Many universities, under … all subject matter.

Tournament: na | Round: 1 | Opponent: na | Judge: na
To contact me: FB message me or email me at EPallrand20@students.oakwoodschool.org