Tournament: JANFEB | Round: 1 | Opponent: Y | Judge: P
Explanation of action by causally prior mental states is impossible. Kieran Setiya.  Intention.  SEP Article.
"Intending to do...one can do"

Our inner freedom, or our ability to set ends for ourselves, justifies our right to do whatever we want, including resource extraction, on our own land. Arthur Ripstein. Force and Freedom. Pg 67
"to set an...to do so"

Tournament: JANFEB | Round: 1 | Opponent: Y | Judge: Z
Affirmatives may only garner offense off of environmental protection, not resource conservation.
On the Jan-Feb 2014 topic, the aff must spec a policy action taken by Brazil, Russia, India, or China.
The aff may not fiat that they get more environmental protection than the neg. They have to accept the burden of proving that certain measures will actually help the environment.

Tournament: Blake | Round: 1 | Opponent: X | Judge: X
Sebastian Rodl, “Two Forms of Practical Knowledge”, Essays on Anscombe’s Intention.
Something qualifies as an action rather than a mere event only if it’s constituted by practical reason.
"wanting to get...of doing B"

freedom is only possible on the condition that agents jointly will the existence of a system of reciprocal constraints.
Johann Gottlieb Fichte.  Foundations of Natural Right.  Trans. Michael Bauer (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000). 134.
"The security of...a whole do"

positively requires violating freedom when that exercise of freedom is incompatible with the equal freedom of all.
Kant, Doctrine of Right.
"if a certain...it in fact"

KANT ON FREEDOM, PROPERTY RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. ATTILA ATANER, B.A., J.D. McMaster University MASTER OF ARTS (2012) Hamilton, Ontario (Philosophy).
Environmental destruction hinders freedom by destroying the usability of resources.
"Given the Kantian...freedom' is possible"

UNDERVIEWS
Population growth in developing countries has led to a drastic increase in fish consumption
Kirby Kirby 03 Overfishing Threat Grows, Alex Kirby, 2003, BBC News
"rapid population growth...'a huge concern'"

Collapse of biodiversity in the marine environment happens by 2048 and possibly leads to extinction.
DeNoon Citing Worm, B. Science, Nov. 3, 2006; vol 314: pp 787-790. News release, SeaWeb. News release, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Daniel Denoon, 2006, Salt-Water Fish Extinction Seen By 2048. CBS News
"The apocalypse has...ocean is important"

I HAVE RUN THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES UNDERVIEWS, WHICH ARE DISCLOSED ON TEAMMATE JESSICA LEVY'S WIKI

Tournament: Harvard | Round: 1 | Opponent:  | Judge:
Must will compatible maxims

Freedom only possible within a system of reciprocal constraint. Fichte
Johann Gottlieb Fichte.  Foundations of Natural Right.  Trans. Michael Bauer (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000). 134.
The security of... a whole, do.

Standard is maintaining a system of equal freedom

This is the purpose of the state and the only possible foundation for state authority. Ripstein 1 and 2
Arthur Ripstein. Force and Freedom.
To return to...its own law.
strictly speaking the...into mere objects

Impact Analysis

intent foresight
2. may hinder a hinderance
Contention
Harming the environment violates the system of equal freedom. Weinrib
Ernest Weinrib. The Idea of Private Law. p. 152
From the standpoint...them as nonexistent

Environmental protection is an instance of hindering a violation of freedom. Anderson  
Terry L. Anderson. Free Market Environmentalism, p. 129.
but careful examination...constitutes a nuisance

Rights are bipolar relations.  Weinrib
Ernest Weinrib (Prof. of Law, University of Toronto).  The Idea of Private Law (Harvard: Cambridge, 1995) 125.
understood as an...of the gain