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Displaced Ethics KTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 2 | Opponent: All | Judge: All The Affirmative poses the question of ethics only insofar as it relates to the domain of politics by asking not how we can change ourselves but instead how we can change our institutions to change ourselves. This process produces mediated relationships which makes genuine ethical engagement impossible.Zupan?i?, 2000 ¶ In other words, one cannot attain the realm of the ethical by means The Affirmative will respond that the political plays no prominent role. This, however, is the premise of our whole argument. Their belief that the political must remain in the background nonetheless, in order to generate change, is the ultimate sell-out of their ethical commitment. This act in and of itself is unethical because it admits that the ethical posture alone is insufficient absent its capacity to generate change within the domain of institutional politicsThurschwell, 2003 Thus, as Derrida puts it, "ethics enjoins a politics and a law The belief in the role of the political nullifies our ethical potential by mediating our relationships in a matter such that ethical transformation outside this frame of mediation becomes impossibleHershock, 99 I have argued at some length (Hershock, 1999) that evaluating technologies on The displacement of our ethics onto external political institutions culminates in genocidal violence. Once we accept that our ethics are contingent on the political all atrocities becomes possible.Zupan?i?, 2000 Another problem still remains, however: the question of the possibility of (performing The framework of mediation is the source of our ethical impoverishment. We ask you to affirm the ethical commitment of the 1AC in its immediacy. Suspending the wall that mediates our relationships constitutes the only genuine ethical act.Santilli, 2003 If we retain this original sense of "radical evil" as it appears in | 11/24/13 |
Diversity Forums CPTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 2 | Opponent: All | Judge: All Discussion forums solve best- we should encourage community-wide forums to discuss their advocacy Three net benefits- 1) Alliance splitting- personalizing debate risks splitting alliances and fracturing solutions, causing backlash and resistance: 2) Structural solutions- personalized debating blocks structural solutions- our counter advocacy solves better Debate rounds are bad forums- lack of time, moving advocacy target, and they deflect from community-wide discussions- turns the case | 11/24/13 |
ENDA DATournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 2 | Opponent: All | Judge: All Broad bipartisan support for ENDA passageLang, 11/18
====ENDA is needed to prevent wide spread discrimination of LGBT employees==== To address the failed efforts of Title VII protection for sexual minority individuals, ENDA Currently, only nineteen states and the District of Columbia prohibit workplace discrimination on the While instances of workplace discrimination may reflect the nation’s hostility towards the LGBT community, This kind of discrimination is premised on Heterosexism that is used to justify the genocide of entire populations. This logic is part of a trend towards global omnicide – all violence. This outweighs the aff’s impactsSedgewick 98 (Eve Sedgewick, Professor of at City University of New York was an American academic scholar in the fields of gender studies, queer theory (queer studies), and critical theory, The Epistemology of the Closet, p. 129, 1998) From at least the biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah, scenarios of same- | 11/24/13 |
Iran Sanctions DATournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 3 | Opponent: All | Judge: All Congress will hold off on Iran sanctions now, which cause Iranian proliferation.Paul Richter 11/13 2013, 6:45 p.m. Senators still mulling over additional Iran sanctions http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-kerry-iran-20131114,0,1995719.story~23axzz2kh5iJKd5-http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-kerry-iran-20131114,0,1995719.story This collaboration represented positive dialogue with Cuba, yet it did nothing to improve relations Political capital will be key to Obama easing sanctions on Iran:Michael Martinez, 9/20/2013 (staff writer, "Iran’s president begins ’charm offensive,’ but will Obama buy it?" http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/20/world/us-iran-relations/-http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/20/world/us-iran-relations/, Accessed 10/16/2013, rwg) Iran prolif causes escalation of middle east warGerald M. Steinberg (Fellow of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, is Director of the Program on Conflict Management and Negotiation at Bar-Ilan University) April 2005 "Deterrence Instability: Hizballah’s Fuse to Iran’s Bomb" Jerusalem Viewpoints | 11/24/13 |
OFAC CPTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 3 | Opponent: All | Judge: All Text: Using its licensing authority and enforcement discretion, the United States Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control should exempt transactions involving economic penalties on Cuba from enforcement under the Cuban Assets Control Regulations.First, the counterplan solves via specific exemptions — OFAC has broad discretion over sanctions enforcement.Golumbic and Ruff 13 — Court E. Golumbic, Managing Director and Global Anti Second, the counterplan solves quickly and without political fallout — it doesn’t require legislative or regulatory action.Golumbic and Ruff 13 — Court E. Golumbic, Managing Director and Global Anti | 11/24/13 |
PGS CPTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 3 | Opponent: All | Judge: All CP Text: The United States federal government should authorize the Department of Defense to pursue increase prompt global strike capabilitiesPGS prevents erosion of US power projection and credibilityOchmanek 26 Schwartz, senior defense analyst and policy analyst 8 None of the analysis laid out here suggests that regional adversaries will be spoiling for | 11/24/13 |
Russian OilTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 3 | Opponent: All | Judge: All Russian economy is on the brink of collapse – only high oil prices keep it afloatSaradzhyan 10/28 Lifting the embargo will increase oil output:Andres Cala, 2011 (energy expert), ENERGY TRIBUNE, July 7, 2011. Retrieved Apr. 21, 2013 from http://www.energytribune.com/8204/drill-cuba-drill A surge in oil production will devastate Russia’s economyAimee Duffy, (staff writer), Apr. 20, 2013. Retrieved Apr. 22, 2013 from http://www.fool.com/investing /general/2013/04/20/cheap-oil-may-be-here-before-you-know-it.aspx Russian economic decline causes nuclear warFILGER 2009 (Sheldon, author and blogger for the Huffington Post, "Russian Economy Faces Disastrous Free Fall Contraction" http://www.globaleconomiccrisis.com/blog/archives/356) | 11/24/13 |
Tourism DATournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 3 | Opponent: All | Judge: All Pollution is down in Havana Bay, and only a handful of cruise ships dock per year.Jara, writer for News Daily, 13 Pelicans and their prey are back in Havana Bay in a sign that efforts to Both the Cuban and American private sectors are making plans for major tourism in the status quo- they’re just waiting for the embargo to be lifted so they can capitalize on the opportunityETN, news organization, 09 At first glance, Cuba’s business potential looks as pretty as its postcards: A Tourism directly leads to Cuban ecosystem collapseBarclay, writer for TreeHugger, 8 The New York Times had a piece recently on what the end of the United Biodiversity loss risks extinction – there’s an invisible thresholdDiner, Major in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps of the United States Army, 94 4. Biological Diversity. – The main premise of species preservation is that diversity | 11/24/13 |
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