Oakwood Wolf Valdes Aff
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| Blake | 1 | East Chapel Hill AM | Jonathan Alston |
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| Bronx | Quads | All | All |
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| Harvard Westlake | 2 | Harker something | idk |
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| Loyola | 3 | Peninsula KL | David Dosch |
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| Loyola | 2 | Lynbrook NS | Michael OKrent |
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| Loyola | 2 | Lynbrook NS | Michael OKrent |
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| Loyola | 3 | Peninsula KL | David Dosch |
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| Valley | 5 | Evanston DF | Martin Sigalow |
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| Voices | 2 | MV Independent OZ | Sabharwal, Shivane |
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Contact InformationTournament: NA | Round: Quads | Opponent: NA | Judge: NA | 9/10/16 |
Disclose or LooseTournament: NA | Round: Quads | Opponent: NA | Judge: NA | 9/10/16 |
JANFEB Constitution ACTournament: Blake | Round: 3 | Opponent: Valley JM | Judge: idk JF17 Constitution AC MWPart 1: FrameworkOught is defined as functionally being obligated to do something based off the factual nature of the agent in questionMacIntyre 81 Alasdair MacinTyre 1981 "After Virtue – A study in Moral Theory" University of Notre Dame Press Notre Dame, Indiana http://epistemh.pbworks.com/f/4.+Macintyre.pdf MW Public universities are Government institutionsDouglas 06 M. Douglas, 3-6-2006, "Public and Private: What's the Difference?," , https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2006/03/06/lombardi MW The function of action based of the factual nature of the United States is consistency with the consitutionMadison et Al. 1787 James Madison "United States Constitution" Sep 17, 1787 Article VI https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articlevi MW Thus the standard is consistency with the US Constitution. Prefer the standard1) Even if you win that ought generates a moral obligation, morality must be based on the constitutive aim of an action.
And, the constitution is constitutive of all US government agentesMadison et Al. 2 James Madison "United States Constitution" Sep 17, 1787 Article VI https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articlevi MW 2) Moral theories that impose absolute rules fail because there is nothing inherent neither to the rule nor in the interpretation of the rule that can determine how to follow the rule.LANGSETH: Langesth, Jonathan. "Wittengenstein's Account of Rule-Following and Its Implications". Three Impacts: A) Social practices are only interpreted through laws. Langseth 2Over time and B) (ANALYTICS).C) Moral framework debate is irresolvable and uneducational - all arguments only function within a particular framework. Frameworks determine what counts as evidence or rationality, making it impossible to rationally debate between frameworks so lets just use mine. JOYCE :This distinction between IMPACT CALCULUS:To say something is permitted is not to say that there is no possibility of a prohibition; rather it just matters that it is permitted under one locus of duty. A) This is true of obligations because the existence of an obligation doesn't mean that there can't be another obligation to do something else, as an obligation is just a locus of duty. B) Proving the resolution true under a specific index is sufficient to affirm regardless of any other type of index that negates. Rödl :This view is Proving a legal obligation exists is sufficient to affirm independent of moral considerations. Legal obligations are a separate locus of duty. GlosThe mutual relation Part 2: OffenseI contend that the constitution affirms====The supreme court has consistently rule against speech codes at public universities==== Part 3: ROTBThe role of the judge and ballot is to vote for the debater who best defends the truth or falsity of the resolution. The aff burden is to prove the resolution true or the quality or state of being true; the neg burden is to prove its falsity not according with truth. Prefer this"1) (ANALYTIC)2) We can only follow the constitutive rules of an activity, even if they interfere with the pragmatic or ultimate rules of the activity i.e truth or falsity.Terry 92 Nardin, Terry. "International Ethics and International Law". Review of International Studies 18.1 (1992): 19–30. Web. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20097279 Oakwood AW Terry Nardin 2. 1992 3. ". Review of International Studies 4. International Ethics and International Law 5. 1/30/2016 6. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20097279 7. Professor of Political Science at the University of Singapore ~and~ 8. 19-30 3) Any other role of the ballot devolves to mine. Truth is constitutive of warrants. Frege "It may nevertheless Part 4: Underview1. Frameworks that put an emphasis on criticism liberation or emancipation from violence are self defeating Hägglund 08'Martin Hägglund: Radical Atheism: Derrida and the Time of Life, Stanford: Stanford University Press, Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics, 2008. | 12/19/16 |
JANFEB Kant ACTournament: Harvard Westlake | Round: 2 | Opponent: Harker something | Judge: idk 1AC – KantFrameworkPractical reflection is an inescapable aspect of agency.Ferrero Luca Ferrero (University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee) "Constitutivism and the Inescapability of Agency" Oxford Studies in Metaethics, vol. IV January 12th 2009 pp. 6-8 JW Impacts:A~ Justifying a normative claim requires adherence to the norm of the constitutive rules of the activity. Answering the question of why an agent ought to take an action is impossible without practice rules since each link can be taken out with a "why" question-proving the aff framework collapses to infinite regress. Constitutivism solves because the answer to the question can just refer to the aim of the activity.B~ NC framework devolves to the AC—to even reflect about the legitimacy of your standard concedes the authority of agency since it's in every action.Next, rational reflection requires that the maxims we act upon be universalizable. Any reasoner would know that two plus two equals four because there is no a priori distinction between agents so norms must be universally valid. And- willing coercion is a contradiction in conception because you extend your own freedom while simultaneously undermining your ability to act in the first place.Impact analysis:Only freedom violations intrinsic to the structure of the action are relevant as in free speech causes X is insufficient. A) Freedom is a property of agency, not a consequence. Adding two circles doesn't make anything more circular than it was before, just like two humans aren't more free than one human. B) We can't be culpable for consequences—they're determined by external forces.Hegel 20 George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel The Philosophy of Right 1820 Thus the standard is respecting freedom. Prefer additionally because1. All frameworks presuppose liberty. People can only be held responsible for unethical actions if they chose to do them, but choice itself requires that people can pick which actions to take without threat of force. For example, if someone holds a gun to my head and makes me steal someone's apple, I am not truly culpable because I wasn't free.2. Moral uncertainty means you default to my framework - since things like physics have been consistently disproven intellectually, we can't impose our conceptions of the good on people when we're not sure we're correct because absolute knowledge claims are often false.3. Argumentative ethics – liberty is a priori justified by engaging in debate.Kinsella Stephen (Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom) "New Rationalist Directions in Libertarian Rights Theory" Journal of Libertarian Studies Vol. 12 No. 2 pp. 313-26 Fall 1996 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1018797 The constitutive nature of agency makes critiquing my framework impossible.4. Ng 15 Karen Ng (Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University) "From the Critique of Reason to the Critique of Ideology: On the Relation between Life and Consciousness from Hegel to Critical Theory" 2015 JW AND: It is impossible to use consequentialist grounds on the topic and it is not relevant to the framework if we cause allegedly more violations of freedom because its impossible to weigh in terms of free speech Goldberg 16:====FREE SPEECH CONSEQUENTIALISM Author(s): Erica Goldberg Source: Columbia Law Review, Vol. 116, No. 3 (APRIL 2016), pp. 687-756 Published by: Columbia Law Review Association, Inc. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/43783393 Accessed: 15-12-2016 06:32 UTC Oakwood AW==== Adv 1Means to an end=== Justifications for restriction treat the speaker as a means to an endIngber 84 Ingber, Stanley~{Professor of Law at the University of Florida~}"Marketplace of Ideas: A Legitimizing Myth" February 1984 JS http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2867andcontext=dlj** Adv 2Marketplace of ideas === Even if the marketplace can't find objective truths-its easier without government suppression-No chance of a turnBlasi 77Blasi, Vincent~{Professor of Law at the University of Michigan~}"The checking value in first amendment theory" 1977 JS http://www.jstor.org.shs-13.scarsdaleschools.k12.ny.us:2048/stable/pdf/827945.pdf** Rational error is more non-autonomous than coercionWalker 09 Walker, Rebecca L. Walker~{Associate Professor of social medicine, Core faculty at the center for bioethics and adjunct professor in philosophy at the university of north carolina~} "Respect for Rational Autonomy" Published: December 2009 JJS Restricting free speech is irrational and coerciveVarden 3 Helga Varden: Associate Professor of Philosophy Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies, University of Illinois; "A Kantian Conception of Free Speech"; 2010; https://www.academia.edu/2006079/A_Kantian_Conception_of_Free_Speech Adv 3Freedom Violations=== 1. Removing restrictions prevents prohibiting speech which is an essential freedom—restrictions in the status quo prevent people from acting on their agency no matter how miniscule the restrictions is.Lambert 16 (Saber, writer @ being libertarian, "The Degradation of Free Speech and Personal Liberty," April 9, 2016, https://beinglibertarian.com/the-degradation-of-free-speech-and-personal-liberty///MW) 2. Debate and discourse isn't intrinsically violent so affirmation is easy.Anderson 6 — Amanda Anderson, Caroline Donovan Professor of English Literature and Department Chair at Johns Hopkins University, Senior Fellow at the School of Criticism and Theory at Cornell University, holds a Ph.D. in English from Cornell University, 2006 ("Reply to My Critic(s)," Criticism, Volume 48, Number 2, Spring, Available Online to Subscribing Institutions via Project MUSE, p. 285-287) MW 3. Arguments aren't harmful in-and-of themselves. The burden of rejoinder is necessary for dialogue to occur, and there's always a risk something offensive could be said, which proves that dialogue and limits on speech are zero sum.Anderson 2 — Amanda Anderson, Caroline Donovan Professor of English Literature and Department Chair at Johns Hopkins University, Senior Fellow at the School of Criticism and Theory at Cornell University, holds a Ph.D. in English from Cornell University, 2006 ("Reply to My Critic(s)," Criticism, Volume 48, Number 2, Spring, Available Online to Subscribing Institutions via Project MUSE, p. 289) MW | 1/15/17 |
JANFEB Util ACTournament: Blake | Round: 1 | Opponent: East Chapel Hill AM | Judge: Jonathan Alston Part I: AgencyAny moral theory presupposes the existence of agents—those capable of engaging in that ethical system. Denying the right to free speech would be a contradiction of agency since debating about things in the first place means we concede this privilege. Hoppe : Hoppe, H. -H. (1993). On the Ultimate Justification of the Ethics of Private Property. In The Economics and Ethics of Private Property: Studies in Political Economy and Philosophy. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers. https://mises.org/books/ec11111111111111111111111``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````onomicsethics.pdf Impacts:By engaging in a debate, it is a performative contradiction to deny argumentative ethicsThis precedes my framework but does not contradict it—the standard is a guide to action, but first it's necessary to define moral agency before engaging in ethics.Part II: Framework1. 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 This outweighs other frameworks.Sinhababu 2 Neil (National University of Singapore) "The epistemic argument for hedonism" http://philpapers.org/archive/SINTEA-3 accessed 2-4-16 JW 2. First principles of morality are incapable of proof since they are assumptions that cannot be deduced from any other proposition, so we can only look to the best evidence of what is desirable which tautologically justifies util.Mill John Stuart Mill "Utilitarianism" 1863 Thus, the standard is maximizing happiness. Refer the standardPart III: Offense1. No speech can be restricted on the basis of utility since the truth of an opinion is part of its utility—that is, whether it will be useful for people to believe a certain thing is in itself a "matter of opinion" which must be discussed. Mill:But those who Part IV: LogicTo say something is permitted is not to say that there is no possibility of a prohibition; rather it just matters that it is permitted under one locus of duty. A) This is true of obligations because the existence of an obligation doesn't mean that there can't be another obligation to do something else, as an obligation is just a locus of duty. B) Proving the resolution true under a specific index is sufficient to affirm regardless of any other type of index that negates Rodl : Oakwood AM Rödl, Sebastian. Self-Consciousness, Harvard University Press, 2007. pg. 71. A legal obligation is sufficient to affirm independent of moral considerations. Legal obligations are a separate locus of duty. Glos : Oakwood AM George E. Glos, The Normative Theory of Law, 11 Wm. and Mary L. Rev. 151 (1969), http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmlr/vol11/iss1/6. SMThe mutual relation | 12/16/16 |
SEP OCT-Armenia PlanTournament: Voices | Round: 2 | Opponent: MV Independent OZ | Judge: Sabharwal, Shivane 1AC – ArmeniaROTBThe role of the ballot is to evaluate the simulated consequences of the topical aff policy. You weigh by proving whether the aff policy would be good under the framework. Prefer this1. The state is inevitable- speaking the language of power through policymaking is the only way to create social change in debate.Coverstone 5 Alan Coverstone (masters in communication from Wake Forest, longtime debate coach) "Acting on Activism: Realizing the Vision of Debate with Pro-social Impact" Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Conference November 17th 2005 JW 11/18/15 FrameworkPhenomenal 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 This outweighs other frameworks.Sinhababu 2 Neil (National University of Singapore) "The epistemic argument for hedonism" http://philpapers.org/archive/SINTEA-3 accessed 2-4-16 JW Thus the standard is Maximizing Happiness. Prefer the standard:1. Analytics2. Epistemology. epistemology is constrained by the badness of pain.NAGEL 89 ~Thomas Nagel, University Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University, The View From Nowhere, Book, http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~~uctytho/dfwVariousNagel.htm, 1989~ InherencyArmenia has plans for new nuclear reactors but they've been postponed –they're stuck with Metsamor for the foreseeable future.Sahakyan 4-27-16 Armine (Human rights activist based in Armenia) "Armenia Continues to Gamble on Aging Nuclear Plant in a Quake-Prone Area" Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/armine-sahakyan/armenia-continues-to-gamb_b_9788186.html JW Armenia has existing legislation that vows to build new nuclear reactors.Adamyan 14 Mane "THE CLOSURE OF METSAMOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT: COSTS AND BENEFIT" AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA, A MASTER'S ESSAY SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FOR PARTIAL FULFILLEMENT OF THE DEGREE OF MASTERS OF ARTS May 2014 https://dspace.aua.am/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/615/Mane_Adamyan.pdf?sequence=1 JW Thus the plan:Resolved: the Republic of Armenia shall prohibit the production of nuclear power.Adv 1Meltdown=== The Metsamor power plant – Armenia's only form of nuclear power – is incredibly dangerous. Uses old tech and lies on earthquake territory.Lavelle et al 11 Marianne Lavelle and Josie Garthwaite (National Geographic News) "Is Armenia's Nuclear Plant the World's Most Dangerous?" National Geographic News April 14th 2011 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2011/04/110412-most-dangerous-nuclear-plant-armenia/ JW Armenian Meltdown kills agriculture and threatens four other countries.Sahakyan 4/27-16 Armine (Human rights activist based in Armenia) "Armenia Continues to Gamble on Aging Nuclear Plant in a Quake-Prone Area" Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/armine-sahakyan/armenia-continues-to-gamb_b_9788186.html JW New reactors won't solve – can still melt down and cause increased cancer rates.Idayatova 5/20/16 Anakhanum "Armenia's Metsamor nuclear plant can cause major radiation accident" Trend News Agency http://en.trend.az/world/turkey/2536379.html JW Harms to Armenian agriculture cause mass increases in poverty.McKinley et al 2 Terry (Senior Policy Adviser on poverty and macroeconomic policies in the Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP, New York. He is the editor of UNDP's global poverty report, Overcoming Human Poverty. He is the author of The Distribution of Wealth in Rural China, coauthor of Implementing a Human Development Strategy and editor of Macroeconomic Policies, Growth and Poverty Reduction. Much of his work in recent years has centered on China, Mongolia, Central Asia, Vietnam and the transition economies of the former Soviet Union and eastern and central Europe.) (this report is published with others, but the part I cut is just by Terry McKinley) "Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Armenia" A Report Commissioned by the Poverty Group, Bureau for Development Policy, United Nations Development Programme August 2002 http://www.ipc-undp.org/publications/reports/Armenia.pdf JW Adv 2Terror=== Nuclear waste products and uranium are being stolen from Armenia's nuclear power plant now. That causes dirty bombs and nuclear terror.Murinson 5/3 Alexander "The other nuclear threat" Washington Times May 3rd 2016 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/3/alexander-murinson-armenias-nuclear-threat/ JW Terrorism is the most likely existential threat.Rhodes 9 Richard (a visiting scholar at Harvard and MIT, and currently he is an affiliate of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. Rhodes is the author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb (1986), which won the Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction, National Book Award, and National Book Critics Circle Award) "Reducing the nuclear threat: The argument for public safety" December 14th 2009 JW | 11/15/16 |
SEP OCT-I Law ACTournament: Valley | Round: 5 | Opponent: Evanston DF | Judge: Martin Sigalow Part 1: FrameworkThe standard of assessment is instutionalized in a practice, not the desirability of states of affairs that promote the practice. NARDIN Terry Nardin, “International Ethics and International Law”. Review of International Studies, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Jan., 1992), pp. 19-30, published by Cambridge University Press. JStor, Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20097279: This means for any prioritization to count as resolutional action, it must be done within the practice of international law. Rules of international law define what it means to be a country in the international arena, even if states have different domestic ends. NARDINAny description of The standard is consistency with international law. Prefer additionally:1. Moral theories that impose absolute rules fail because there is nothing inherent neither to the rule nor in the interpretation of the rule that can determine how to follow the rule. LANGSETH: Langesth, Jonathan. "Wittengenstein's Account of Rule-Following and Its Implications".This section shows Three Impacts: A) Social practices are only interpreted through laws. Langseth 2Over time and language is used IMPACT CALCTo say something is permitted is not to say that there is no possibility of a prohibition; rather it just matters that it is permitted under one locus of duty. Rödl Sebastian Rödl, Self-Consciousness, Harvard University Press, 2007.This view is Proving a legal obligation exists is sufficient to affirm independent of moral considerations. Legal obligations are a separate locus of duty. Glos George E. Glos, The Normative Theory of Law, 11 Wm. and Mary L. Rev. 151 (1969), http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmlr/vol11/iss1/6==== | 11/15/16 |
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