Tournament: Sunvite | Round: Doubles | Opponent: | Judge:
There is no possibility of understanding a person in and of them self. All identities are understood through power relations – the differentiation of the subject through social relations, which are constantly changing and must, by necessity be constantly changing.
Butler 1 Judith Butler. 1992. “Continent Foundations: Feminism and the Question of “Postmodernism” Feminists Theorize the Political)
In a sense, …r to politics itself.
These power relations are fluid and constantly changing and rely on the recognition of others.
Orme Orme, Stephen. "Foucault: Subject, Power, Resistance." Academia.edu. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 July 2016.
We must imagine … interactive, trans-individual process.'
This dependency on social relations requires the apprehension and recognition of others. Only grievability makes it possible to apprehend precarious life.
Butler 2 Judith. Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable? London: Verso, 2009. Print.
To say that … non-life from the start.
Failing to render lives grievable is the precondition for dehumanization and guarantees ongoing violence.
Butler 3 Judith Butler, professor of rhetoric and comparative literature at UC Berkeley, Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence 2004
If violence is … to those children?
A genealogical examination is required to discover how power relations have rendered certain lives ungrievable. This is the only way to recognize problems in society.
Foucault Foucault, Michael. Edited by Rabinow, Paul, ed. Michel Foucault Ethics, Subjectivity, and Truth. Trans. Robert Hurley. Vol. 1.
For a long … work of thought.
Truths and normative ideologies cannot be understood absent the power structures that define them. In order to have a hope at producing any change or generating true obligations, we must examine how power has led to come to understand what we conceive of us as “true.”
Rider Shawn Rider. Michel Foucault: Truth and Power; http://www.wdog.com/rider/writings/foucault.htm
The structure is … and social strife.
Ought statements are a question of values. This means the resolution isn’t a question of policy enactments but advocating for preferred value systems.
Robinson Robinson, Richard. "OUGHT AND OUGHT NOT." PHILOSOPHY THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY XLVI.177 (1971): n. pag. Cambridge Core. Web. 15 Sept. 2016. https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/BA9752759876ED16DB802A83CC265EE8/S0031819100018969a.pdf/ought-and-ought-not.pdf.
Many ought-sentences are … ideal than prudential.
Free speech is key to preservation of individuality of the self and ideas.
Butler 13 Judith "Judith Butler’s Remarks to Brooklyn College on BDS," Nation, https:www.thenation.com/article/judith-butlers-remarks-brooklyn-college-bds/
The principle of … unanimity is not the goal.
Free speech is a gateway right- it’s how we fight for and attain every other right we desire. Without it we become powerless to political oppression. D’Souza, PhD Phil @Oxford, 96 (Frances, Prof. Anthropology Oxford,http://www.europarl.europa.eu/hearings/19960425/droi/freedom_en.htm?textMode=on)
In the absence … power and position.