Tournament: Loyola | Round: 3 | Opponent: Peninsula KL | Judge: David Dosch
Phenomenal introspection is reliable and proves that util is objectively valid.
Sinhababu Neil (National University of Singapore) "The epistemic argument for hedonism" http://philpapers.org/archive/SINTEA-3 accessed 2-4-16 JW
The Odyssey's treatment
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not egoistic hedonism.
Sinhababu 2 Neil (National University of Singapore) "The epistemic argument for hedonism" http://philpapers.org/archive/SINTEA-3 accessed 2-4-16 JW
A full moral
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through reliable processes.
Thus, the standard is maximizing happiness. Prefer the standard:
Goodin Robert Goodin, fellow in philosophy, Australian National Defense University, THE UTILITARIAN RESPONSE, 1990, p. 141-2
My larger argument
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rules or conduct.
2. There's no intent-foresight distinction-if we are knowledgeable about the consequence of an action then we calculate that into our intention because we could always decide not to act. Thus, means based frameworks devolve to consequentialism since there's no difference between intending something and merely foreseeing it. And—letting someone die is just as bad as killing them.
Persson 4 Ingmar Persson, "The Two Act‐Omission Paradox," Jul. 2004.
There are two
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letting be killed permissible.
Craig 15 Tim Craig Washington Post, 3-5-2015, "Outcry and fear as Pakistan builds new nuclear reactors in dangerous Karachi," https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/outcry-and-fear-as-pakistan-builds-new-nuclear-reactors-in-dangerous-karachi/2015/03/05/425e8e70-bc59-11e4-9dfb-03366e719af8_story.html MW
World leaders have
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technology to Pakistan.
Perrow 11 Charles Perrow, 3-11-2011, "Fukushima and the inevitability of accidents," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, http://thebulletin.org/fukushima-and-inevitability-accidents MW
The March 11, 2011
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be allowed to exist.
The Chinese are building the reactor, it isn't tested for safety criteria, and the Chinese don't know how to fix fatal mistakes.
Hoodbhoy et. Al 14 Pervez Hoodbhoy, Zia Mian, A.H. Nayyan "The Nuclear Sadow Over Karachi: Nuclear Reactor Plan Imperils 20 Million People" News Week Pakistan http://www.dianuke.org/the-nuclear-shadow-over-karachi-nuclear-reactor-plan-imperils-20-million-people/ MW
Advocates for the
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luck always hold?
Stapleton 9 - Richard M Stapleton Is the author of books such as Lead Is a Silent Hazard, writes for pollution issues ("Disasters: Nuclear Accidents" http://www.pollutionissues.com/Co-Ea/Disasters-Nuclear-Accidents.html)
Of all the
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damage bone marrow cells.
And Biodiversity loss risks extinction - ecosystems aren't resilient or redundant
Vule 13-School of Biological Sciences, Louisiana Tech University (Jeffrey V. Yule *, Robert J. Fournier and Patrick L. Hindmarsh, "Biodiversity, Extinction, and Humanity's Future: The Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Human Population and Resource Use", 2 April 2013, manities 2013, 2, 147–159)
Ecologists recognize that
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will be reduced.
A meltdown would ruin the city of Karachi, and Karachi is the linchpin of the Pakistani Economy
Ahmed 12 Israr Ahmed Business Recorder, 5-5-2012, "How important is Karachi to Pakistan?," http://www.brecorder.com/weekend-magazine/0:/1186182:how-important-is-karachi-to-pakistan/?date=2012-05-05 MW
Karachi is the
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rupees a day.
Smith 11 (Paul J., Prof. of National Security Affairs @ US Naval War College "The China–Pakistan–United States Strategic Triangle: From Cold War to the "War on Terrorism"" Asian Affairs: An American Review 38:4 Taylor and Francis http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00927678.2011.604291 JJH)
Nevertheless, in July
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aid to Islamabad.98
Historically, Pakistani nuclear power is critical and used to make nuclear weapons, they have no safeguards against prolif.
World Nuclear Association 16 World Nuclear Association "Nuclear Power in Pakistan" May 2016 http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-o-s/pakistan.aspx MW
Pakistan is not
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outside the NPT.
Pakistani nuclear security is awful and under constant risk of terrorists acquiring nukes
NTI 16 "Nuclear Pakistan" April 2016 Nuclear Threat Initiative http://www.nti.org/learn/countries/pakistan/nuclear/ MW
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intentions are unclear. ~41~
Even a small nuclear terrorist attack causes an arms race and mass death.
Toon, et al. 07 Toon, O. B., Turco, R. P., Robock, A., Bardeen, C., Oman, L., and Stenchikov, G. L.: Atmospheric effects and societal consequences of regional scale nuclear conflicts and acts of individual nuclear terrorism, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 1973-2002, doi:10.5194/acp-7-1973-2007, 2007.
We assess the
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widespread public debate.