Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 1 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake JE | Judge: Tim Alderete
Presume Aff
All neg theory is a counter interp
V: morality
C: deconstruct individual humanism
A focus on the individual as a power distinct from the state is bad and risks environmental collapse. The Aff’s faith in individual change delays the transition and only authoritarian coercion can resolve the environment problem.
Humphrey 1, Mathew Reader in Political Philosophy at the University of Nottingham, UK, 2007, Ecological Politics and Democratic Theory: The Challenge to the Deliberative Ideal, p. 20-21
We must move beyond a human centric notion of the world and recognize the global environmental problems that threaten the destruction of the planet.
Irwin 7 Ruth Irwin is Senior Lecturer in Business Ethics at Auckland University of Technology, “The neoliberal state, Environmental Pragmatism, and its discontents,” Environmental Politics, Volume 16, Issue 4 August 2007 , pages 643 – 658
The crisis turns all of their impacts---any ethical consideration presupposes a sustainable life---embracing eco-authoritarianism unites humanity and solves extinction saving all values.
Shearman 1, 2007 David Emeritus professor of medicine at Adelaide University, Secretary of Doctors for the Environment Australia, and an Independent Assessor on the IPCC; and Joseph Wayne Smith, lawyer and philosopher with a research interest in environmentalism, 2007, The Climate Change Challenge and the Failure of Democracy, p. 85-86
Environmental destruction indiscriminately kills us all—a stable environment is a prerequisite to democracy
Shearman 2, 2007 David Emeritus professor of medicine at Adelaide University, Secretary of Doctors for the Environment Australia, and an Independent Assessor on the IPCC; and Joseph Wayne Smith, lawyer and philosopher with a research interest in environmentalism, 2007, The Climate Change Challenge and the Failure of Democracy, p. 153-156
My ADVOCACY is that--- Democracy should use a system of compulsory voting in order to deconstruct the human self-interest and freedoms that results in environmental destruction. This new environmental ethic is key to prevent the impending crisis.
We are going to reach the crunch---Scientific consensus shows that warming is real and anthropogenic. The impact is global war, chaos, and extinction.
Kaku Prof./PhD 11 Michio, Professor of Theoretical Physics at City College of New York, Theoretical Physicists, Co-Founder of String Theory , BA from Harvard University and PhD from UC Berkeley. Member of the institute for advanced study at Princeton and NYU. Title: Physics of the Future, p. NY, 2011.
Collapse of biodiversity risks extinction
David Shearman 3, Emeritus professor of medicine at Adelaide University, Secretary of Doctors for the Environment Australia, and an Independent Assessor on the IPCC; and Joseph Wayne Smith, lawyer and philosopher with a research interest in environmentalism, 2007, The Climate Change Challenge and the Failure of Democracy, p. 4-6
Liberal Democracy fails - Citizens never strive for ecological enlightenment making an authoritarian state key - Asia Proves.
Beeson 10, Mark. Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham, 2010, “The coming of environmental authoritarianism,” Environmental Politics, Vol. 19, No. 2, DOI:10.1080/09644010903576918
Individual freedom in democracy causes environmental destruction. Acceptance of coercion is critical to survival.
Humphrey 2, Mathew Reader in Political Philosophy at the University of Nottingham, UK, 2007, Ecological Politics and Democratic Theory: The Challenge to the Deliberative Ideal, p. 14-15
Compulsory voting engages small political parties like the Green Party – that’s key to educating citizens on environmental crisis’s.
Jensen and Spoon 10. Christian Jensen and Jae-Jae Spoon. University of Iowa. Compelled without Direction: Compulsory Voting and Party System Spreading. Forthcoming in Electoral Studies. Spoon is an assistant professor of political science @ The university of Iowa. Jensen is an assistant professor of political science @ The university of Iowa. http://myweb.uiowa.edu/cbjense/Jensen20and20Spoon20(Forthcoming20in20Electoral20Studies20Pre20Proof).pdf
Hutchcraft 7. Tim Hutchcraft. Hutchcraft holds a BA in Social Sciences from New York University, and a MA in Sociology from New Mexico State University. His Master’s concentration is in Social Inequality. Mr. Hutchcraft works full-time as an educational product specialist for Parkland College. He Currently Teaches Courses in Sociology. “American Political Parties on Global Warming”. 2007. http://www.nyu.edu/classes/keefer/EvergreenEnergy/hutchcraft.html
Compulsory voting increases citizens patriotism
Malkopoulou 11. Anthoula Malkopoulou. “Democracy’s Duty: The History of Political debates on compulsory voting” 978-951-39-4759-0 copy.pdf. She is a Researcher in Politics at the University of Jyväskylä , BA and MA Degress in history and human rights.PhD Dissertation - Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy Political Science University of Jyväskyla
Only an increase in Patriotism prevents global catastrophe.
Todd 13. Anne Marie Todd. “Communicating Environmental Patriotism A rhetorical history of the American environmental movement” 2013. She’s a Professor at San Jose State University. She holds a PhD in Philosophy and a Masters in Arts, Rhetoric, and Communication from the university of southern California, BA in Philosophy from Emory University.
Compulsory Voting encourages a transition toward centralized elite control and away from individual self-interest and freedom of choice---that promotes environmental ethics.
Malkopoulou 11. Anthoula Malkopoulou. “Democracy’s Duty: The History of Political debates on compulsory voting” 978-951-39-4759-0 copy.pdf. She is a Researcher in Politics at the University of Jyväskylä , BA and MA Degress in history and human rights.PhD Dissertation - Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy Political Science University of Jyväskylä (Received PhD in 2011).
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