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Contact InfoTournament: contact info | Round: 1 | Opponent: none | Judge: none Phone number: 215-907-2370 | 11/20/21 |
NovDec Autonomy AffTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 1 | Opponent: Dr Phillips BR | Judge: Jessica Skordal Workers is defined by MacMillan as... Framing My value is morality, defined as the difference between right and wrong. The only way to be moral is by upholding autonomy. Prefer for these reasons: 1 Autonomy is a necessary part of a good life—Hassoun 15 2 Performability—Autonomy is a pre-requisite for people to pursue other desires and goals. Without autonomy, one cannot have the freedom of individual choice to try and obtain other desirable aspects of life. Moreover, regardless of what ethical principle is the best, people must be able to rationally choose that principle to obey it, which requires an expression of autonomy. This makes autonomy a pre-requisite to any other moral principle as well. 3 Reason—Autonomous reasoning is the only method by which people can determine their desires. However, since I am myself, I cannot determine the conclusions that another’s autonomous reasoning will bring them to. Thus, we must provide each person with the autonomy to pursue their ideas. 4 We must respect autonomy to truly value the worth of individuals—Edmundson 08 5 Universality—To limit the autonomy of another person is an inherent contradiction. By doing so, we are signifying our willingness to have our own autonomy limited by another. However, to limit another’s autonomy in the first place, we must use our own autonomy. Thus, for an action to be morally right, it must be able to be performed on or by all people. 6 Coercion and violence views people as a means to an end which justifies atrocities. Viewing people as ends in themselves is key to solving oppression—Farr 02 Thus, the value criterion is upholding autonomy. C1: Worker Freedom 1 Capitalists are using workers as a commodity and use coercive tactics to limit their freedom. 2 An unconditional right to strike allows workers to fight for their freedom. This right must be unconditional because limiting it threatens collective bargaining itself 3 This right to strike needs to include public sector workers. 4 Strikes also promote union membership. 5 Unions stand for the freedom of all workers. Reductions in workers’ wages and abuses of their rights are a limitation of autonomy because workers are forced to work under conditions which they did not reasonably agree to. When workers can’t quit because they need wages, employers can ignore their demands and exert their will over them. This is coercion by employers in the pursuit of increased wealth and control, meaning that it is not universalizable and is thus immoral. An unconditional right to strike is the only way to guarantee workers a means of retaining their freedoms. It applies pressure on employers to provide workers with conditions that they fully comply with, which is a reclamation of their freedom and autonomy. Thus, voting Affirmative is the only moral option. | 11/20/21 |
NovDec Categorical Imperative AffTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 3 | Opponent: Lake Highland Prep AV | Judge: Kassie Colon | 11/21/21 |
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