Tournament: Grapevine | Round: 3 | Opponent: Jalaj Sood | Judge: John Sims
Gauthier, David P. Morals by Agreement. Oxford: Clarendon, 1986. Print.
Value Morality.
Morality has to guide action and thus it must be  based in our self interest. And, only contractarianism can account for this. Gauthier, David P. Morals by Agreement. Oxford: Clarendon, 1986. Print. Pg 7.
"Moral principles are ... in their affairs."
And, only contractarianism provides a non-circular origin for morality. Gauthier, David P. Morals by Agreement. Oxford: Clarendon, 1986. Print. Pg 17.
"A contractarian theory ... morally neutral, base."
Thus the standard is consistency with mutually self-interested agreements.
And, making voting compulsory is not in our mutual self-interest. Ruescas, David (software engineer, architect, and entrepreneur. Bachelor in Physics at Imperial College, London.) “Why vote? The so called Paradox of Voting.” June 2nd, 2012.
"Someone asked me ... have done otherwise."

Tournament: toc | Round: 1 | Opponent: pranav | Judge: adler
Environmental law causes scapegoating. Bobertz:
(Bradley C., March 1995, Texas Law Review, LexisNexis, “Legitimizing Pollution Through Pollution Control Laws: Reflections on Scapegoating Theory”)
My thesis is ... of reforming it.

The aff places the onus of environmental responsibility on the less industrialized countries by making them solve their “problems” allowing Western consumerism to continue to exploit other nations. Banerjee:
Banerjee, Subhabrata Bobby.  Who Sustains Whose Development?  Sustainable Development and the Reinvention of Nature.  Organization Studies 2003 Vol. 24 No 1. (pg 143-180)
Definitions employing global ... ‘sustainable growth’ (Harvey 1996).

Thus vote negative as a refusal to endorse the wrongful judgment of developing countries and instead blame developed countries by rejecting consumerism via a sustainable model that recognizes individual’s roles in creating environmental problems. Assadourian:
Erik Assadourian Senior Fellow at the Worldwatch Institute “The Rise and Fall of Consumer Cultures” The Worldwatch Institute, 2010. http://blogs.worldwatch.org/transformingcultures/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/SOW2010-PreviewVersion.pdf
Preventing the collapse... indeed, “worth saving.”

A critical pedagogy fosters a sense of agency that requires us to overturn dominant power structures and struggle for social justice. Giroux:
Giroux, Henry. "Dangerous Pedagogy in the Age of Casino Capitalism and Religious Fundamentalism." Truthout. N.p., 29 Feb. 2012. Web. 17 Apr. 2014. http://truth-out.org/index.php?option=com_k2andview=itemandid=6954:dangerous-pedagogy-in-the-age-of-casino-capitalism-and-religious-fundamentalism.
An oppositional cultural ... and gendered  inequalities.