Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 1 | Opponent: Oxbridge Academy NV | Judge: Franlin, S
Definitions

CV: 

Birch, Sarah. Full Participation: A Comparative Study of Compulsory Voting p 2. 2009

"the inherent constraints ...a blank ballot"

Ob1: I reserve the right to fiat implementation this is key because

Education

Fairness 

Strat Skew'

intentionality of the action  determines the morality of the action

Immanuel Kant, Philosopher, FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF THE METAPHYSIC OF MORALS, 1785, p. np., Politics Hypertext Library, Accessed 5/20/98, http://www.swan.ac.uk/poli/ texts/kant/kantcon.htm.

"an action done ...a priori principle"

V: Morality 

Std: promo human dignity 

1) Presence of cultural narratives allows people to make judgments about meaningful choices in society.

Rogers M. Smith (Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, USA). “The principle of constituted identities and the obligation to include”.  Ethics and Global Politics, Vol. 1, No. 3, 2008, pp. 139153

"the existence of...restrain discriminatory conduct" 

2) Promoting the people’s voices advances human dignity. 

Rogers M. Smith (Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, USA). “The principle of constituted identities and the obligation to include”.  Ethics and Global Politics, Vol. 1, No. 3, 2008, pp. 139153

"persons cannot...to provide"

3) Human dignity is necessary for the formulation of ontology 

Schellhammer, Erich P. “IV Human Dignity Arising From Human Ontology” Justice Studies- An Enigma? 2005

"requirements for individual ...concept of human dignity."

This makes ontological impacts key for formulation of other value systems, making it essential to all other forms of thinking

Dillon, (Prof of Politics, University of Lancaster), 99 (Moral Spaces, p. 97-98). 

"the relevance of...being within it"

4) Loss of ontological self-assertion is worse than death

Zimmerman, Professor of Philosophy (Tulane), 1994 (Michael, Contesting Earth’s Future, p 119-120) SVK

"human self-assertion...nuclear omnicide"

Contention 1: The people are underrepresented.
A. Poor are underrepresented.

Solt, Frederick, (Southern Illinois University). “Does Economic Inequality Depress Electoral Participation? Testing the Schattschneider Hypothesis”.  Political Behavior  Volume 32, Issue 2 , pp 285-30. January 21, 2010

"inequality in ...opinions held by the public"

B. The disabled are disenfranchised at the polls.

Paul M.A. Baker, Ph.D., AICP. “Voting for People with Disabilities and the Aging: A Survey of Technological, Social and Process Barriers to Participation”. 2006.

"the disenfranchisement ...casting a vote"

Contention 2: CV improves representation of disadvantaged groups. 

Alberto Chong and Mauricio Olivera, Inter-American Development Bank and George Mason University, 2006, "On Compulsory Voting and Income Inequality in a Cross-Section of Countries," Inter-American Development Bank Working Paper #533, May, http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubWP-533.pdf, p. 7-8

"compulsory voting ...the median voter."

Contention 3: Inclusion in the democracy promotes self-assertion

Young, Iris Marion. Inclusion and Democracy pp 119-120, Oxford: Oxford University Press 2000 

"A primary goal ...differing social situations."