Tournament: Harvard | Round: 1 | Opponent: Chelmsford RA | Judge: Dhupar, Ashish
I affirm the resolution resolved: The appropriation of outer space by private entities it unjust. To provide clarity for the round I offer the following definitions First appropriation: the act of taking or using something especially in a way that is illegal, unfair. Second unjust: absence of justice: violation of right or of the rights of another
Third Entity: an organization (such as a business or governmental unit) that has an identity separate from those of its members. These definitions are from the Merriam Webster dictionary.
Now leading on to my value which Stemmed from the term just in the resolution my value is Justice. When valuing Justice, one must make the choice to act with righteousness and virtues and in a manner that meets their due.
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Cavalier, Robert. "A Theory of Justice(1971)." John Rawls, http://caae.phil.cmu.edu/Cavalier/Forum/meta/background/Rawls.html.
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Rawls's theory of justice revolves around the adaptation of two fundamental principles of justice which would, in turn, guarantee a just and morally acceptable society. The first principle guarantees the right of each person to have the most extensive basic liberty compatible with the liberty of others. The second principle states that social and economic positions are to be (a) to everyone's advantage and (b) open to all. A key problem for Rawls is to show how such principles would be universally adopted, and here the work borders on general ethical issues. He introduces a theoretical "veil of ignorance" in which all the "players" in the social game would be placed in a situation which is called the "original position." Having only a general knowledge about the facts of "life and society," each player is to make a "rationally prudential choice" concerning the kind of social institution they would enter into contract with. By denying the players any specific information about themselves it forces them to adopt a generalized point of view that bears a strong resemblance to the moral point of view. "Moral conclusions can be reached without abandoning the prudential standpoint and positing a moral outlook merely by pursuing one's own prudential reasoning under certain procedural bargaining and knowledge constraints."
Thus leading to my value criterion to protect the common good, as all humans are due common human heritage. Including outer-space.
Saletta, Morgan Sterling, and Kevin Orrman-Rossiter. "Can space mining benefit all of humanity?: The resource fund and citizen's dividend model of Alaska, the ‘last frontier’." Space Policy 43 (2018): 1-6.
Some studies have optimistically suggested that profit making
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titudes to real and concrete benefits for all of humanity.
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Carol R. Buxton, Property in Outer Space: The Common Heritage of Mankind Principle vs. the First in Time, First in Right, Rule of Property, 69 J. Air L. and Com. 689 (2004) https://scholar.smu.edu/jalc/vol69/iss4/3
Understanding the extension of property laws to outer space and celestial bodies requires comprehension of
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funded the effort (either economically or by developing the technology or both)."
. Saletta, Morgan Sterling, and Kevin Orrman-Rossiter. "Can space mining benefit all of humanity?: The resource fund and citizen's dividend model of Alaska, the ‘last frontier’." Space Policy 43 (2018): 1-6.
Morgan 18(3)
The Alaska Permanent Fund was proposed by then Governor
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and exploitation that encourages entrepreneurial ventures while tangibly and truly benefiting all of humanity
John Holden, July 12, 2018, The Irish Times, Why space capitalism will eat itself, https://www.irishtimes.com/business/innovation/why-space-capitalism-will-eat-itself-1.3556368
Which is great because when it comes to exploring space the end justifies the means
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the commerce department, and not the FAA, begins to make sense.
Les Johnson 13, Deputy Manager for NASA's Advanced Concepts Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center, Co-Investigator for the JAXA T-Rex Space Tether Experiment and PI of NASA's ProSEDS Experiment, Master's Degree in Physics from Vanderbilt University, Popular Science Writer, and NASA Technologist, Frequent Contributor to the Journal of the British Interplanetary Sodety and Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Space Society, the World Future Society, and MENSA, Sky Alert!: When Satellites Fail, p. 9-12 ~language modified~
Whatever the initial cause, the result may be the same. A satellite destroyed
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, our military advantage over potential adversaries would be dramatically reduced or eliminated.
On the odds that space debris does not lead to nuclear war, the act of private appropriation of space causes conflict between countries and puts our already established allies at risk.
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Claire Finkelstein, Claire Finkelstein is the Algernon Biddle Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, and director of the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania. Mark Nevitt is the Sharswood Fellow at University of Pennsylvania Law School. "Trump risks leading the world into a space arms race." TheHill, 21 Aug. 2018, thehill.com/opinion/national-security/402640-trump-risks-leading-the-world-into-a-space-arms-race. ~QC~
A motive might be sought in the potentially profitable commercial ventures in outer space,
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war in outer space is unthinkable, and we cannot let it occur.