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Pleasure and pain are intrinsically valuable. People consistently regard pleasure and pain as good reasons for action, despite the fact that pleasure doesn’t seem to be instrumentally valuable for anything.
Moen 16 (Ole Martin Moen, Research Fellow in Philosophy at University of Oslo) “An Argument for Hedonism,” Journal of Value Inquiry (Springer), 50 (2) 2016: 267–281, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10790-015-9506-9 TDI
Let us start
matters of value
Moral uncertainty means preventing extinction should be our highest priority.
Bostrom 12 (Nick Bostrom, Faculty of Philosophy and Oxford Martin School University of Oxford) “Existential Risk Prevention as Global Priority.” Global Policy, 2012 TDI
These reflections on
any existential catastrophe
Part 2 is the Access Advantage
COVID-19 Vaccine shortage for developing countries, leaving millions at risk
Khatun 2021 Dr. Fahmida, Executive Director at the Centre for Policy Dialogue, The Daily Star, "Can patent waiver for Covid-19 treatment bring vaccine equity? July 12, https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/macro-mirror/news/can-patent-waiver-covid-19-treatment-bring-vaccine-equity-2127591
The inequality in
health and economy
and IPR is a major cause of COVID-19 vaccine disparity
Pharma Times 21 "The patent waiver debate" July, https://www.pharmatimes.com/magazine/2021/julyaugust_2021/the_patent_waiver_debate
Richer nations acknowledge
of these patents
and reducing IPR for COVID-19 vaccines essential to end the pandemic.
Silverman 2020 Ed, columnist, senior writer, Stat News, "South Africa and India urge WTO to waive IP rights, widen access to Covid-19 drugs and vaccines" Oct. 3 https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2020/10/03/wto-covid19-coronavirus-patents-india-southafrica/
The move comes
number of years.
and COVID-19 variants will cause billions of potential cases and mutations – action is needed now to tackle the deadliness of the virus
David H. Freedman, 8-4-2021, "A doomsday COVID variant worse than Delta and Lambda may be coming, scientists say," Newsweek, https://www.newsweek.com/2021/08/13/doomsday-covid-variant-worse-delta-lambda-may-coming-scientists-say-1615874.html/rsm
Scientists keep underestimating
last big variant."
and COVID spread and lack of vaccine access causes global civil strife from harming vulnerable groups, magnifying economic hardships, and accelerating violence. We need development to reverse the trends.
Labott, 21, Elise Labott, a columnist at Foreign Policy and an adjunct professor at American University’s School of International Service, https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/07/22/covid-global-unrest-political-upheaval/
To call 2021
even more so.
TRIPS waiver is essential to ensure vaccines reach all countries and end the pandemic
Gupta and Namboodiri 2021 Vineeta, Sreenath, Health Affairs, "America And The TRIPS Waiver: You Can Talk The Talk, But Will You Walk The Walk?" July 13, https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20210712.248782/full/
The TRIPS waiver
will only widen.
and TRIPS waiver is necessary to ensure regional vaccine production
Info Justice 2021 "Academic Open Letter In Support of the TRIPS Intellectual Property Waiver Proposal" July 15 http://infojustice.org/archives/43313
The TRIPS waiver
for vaccine production