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MA - 1AC - democracy stockTournament: TFA State | Round: 1 | Opponent: Westside SY | Judge: Avery Wilson 1ACI affirm the resolution, "Resolved: In a democracy, a free press ought to prioritize objectivity over advocacy."FrameworkOBS: The Affirmative has no need to specify a plan on how to prioritize objectivity over advocacy or how it would be implemented, since the resolution is only asking whether we OUGHT to do it.The affirmative will provide the following definitions: A democracy is a government characterized by citizen rule and free social cooperation. In order for a democracy to function, citizens must have reliable access to information to govern themselves.Sonnemaker writes ~Tyler Sonnemaker, 2015; Claremont McKenna College; "Objectivity and the Role of Journalism in Democratic Societies," https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/70981185.pdf~~ brett "Objectivity" in the press is a sliding scale of commitment to truthfulness, neutrality, and separating fact from opinion.Salvesen 19 ~Ingerid; Masters degree from the Centre for Development and the Environment at the University of Oslo and a bachelor degree in Journalism from Oslo and Akershus University College and Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile in Santiago, Chile. Reuters Institute Fellowship Paper @ University of Oxford; "Should journalists campaign on climate change?" https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2019-01/Paper2C20Salvesen20-20RISJ20FINAL_0.pdf~~ brett The criterion to achieve morality is upholding democratic values.Prefer this criterion for 3 reasons:1 — The resolution — debating about what is important to a democracy begs the question of what is in a democracy's interests. For example, if you said "a knife ought to cut butter", then a good knife would cut butter well. Similarly, a good democracy would be effective at promoting democratic values.2 — Debate itself — the fact we as debaters do research on topics to cite unbiased articles and switch sides every round proves that this very activity is dependent on strong democratic values. Upholding democracy should be paramount to institutions like debate and the press alike, even if they do it in different ways.3 — Democracy produces the best outcomes and individual liberty for those living within. The level of civilian control over the government matters for every single moral right.Jones writes ~Sean M. Lynn-Jones | March 1998; Associate, International Security Program Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security Former Editor, International Security; Former Series Editor, Belfer Center Studies in International Security; "Why the United States Should Spread Democracy," https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/why-united-states-should-spread-democracy~~ brett Contention 1: COVIDObjectivity is specifically key during pandemics – advocacy alone spreads disinformation and independently kills democracy.Pimentel says in 2021 O. Ricardo Pimentel, Wisconsin Examiner October 19, 2021, journalist for about 40 years. He was most recently the editorial page editor for the San Antonio Express-News in Texas; the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel before that. He has also worked in various editing and reporting positions in newspapers in California, Arizona, Texas and Washington D.C., where he covered Congress, federal agencies and the Supreme Court for McClatchy Newspapers, 10-19-2021, "We are losing the values good journalism taught," Wisconsin Examiner, https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2021/10/19/we-are-losing-the-values-good-journalism-taught/ ella Empirics proveGarcia et al from 2021 Xosé López-García,1 Carmen Costa-Sánchez,2,* and Ángel Vizoso1 Paul B. Tchounwou, 6-29-2021, "Journalistic Fact-Checking of Information in Pandemic: Stakeholders, Hoaxes, and Strategies to Fight Disinformation during the COVID-19 Crisis in Spain," PubMed Central (PMC), https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7908612/ ella COVID kills the economy and peopleCongressional Research Service explains in 2021 Congressional Research Service ,11-10-2021, "Global Economic Effects of COVID-19", Congressional Research Service, https://sgp.fas.org/crs/row/R46270.pdf ella Contention 2: DemocracyMisinformation in the press is undemocratic in many ways, such as misleading the public about the Iraq war and allowing Russia to affect media outlets before the 2016 election.Watts writes in 2021 ~Duncan J.; 2021; Department of Computer and Information Science, Annenberg School of Communication, Operations, Information, and Decisions Department, "Measuring the news and its impact on democracy" https://www.pnas.org/content/118/15/e1912443118~~ brett Journalistic objectivity critical for sustaining democracySonnemaker states in 2015 Tyler Sonnemaker, 2015, Claremont McKenna College, "Objectivity and the Role of Journalism in Democratic Societies", https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/70981185.pdf ella The recent Russia conflict proves-disinformation ramps up conflictsAbbruzzese 22 ~Jason Abbruzzese Feb. 24, 2022, Russian disinformation, propaganda ramp up as conflict in Ukraine grows, https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/russian-disinformation-propaganda-ramp-conflict-ukraine-grows-rcna17521~~ TERMINAL IMPACT: US-Russia war would be devastating and lead to extinction.Owen Cotton-Barratt et al, 17 - PhD in Pure Mathematics, Oxford, Lecturer in Mathematics at Oxford, Research Associate at the Future of Humanity Institute; "Existential Risk: Diplomacy and Governance," https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/Existential-Risks-2017-01-23.pdf Contention 3: PolarizationAdvocacy empirically leads to extreme polarization and inequality gapsGurri 21 Martin Gurri, former CIA analyst and the author of The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium, Winter 2021, "Slouching Toward Post-Journalism," City Journal, https://www.city-journal.org/journalism-advocacy-over-reporting ella Polarization ruins democraciesCrane 22 David M. Crane, Founding Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. He is the Founder of the Global Accountability Network and is also a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Syracuse University College of Law. He is the author of Every Living Thing: Facing Down Terrorists, Warlords, and Thugs in West Africa—A Story of Justice. He was assisted by Kanalya Arivalagan, 1-6-2022, "The End of Democratic Peace in the Age of the Strongman," No Publication, https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2022/01/crane-david-democratic-peace-age-of-strongman/ ella Polarization internally ruins democraciesMccoy 18 Jennifer Lynn Mccoy, Distinguished University Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University, 10-31-2018, "Extreme political polarization weakens democracy – can the US avoid that fate?," Conversation, https://theconversation.com/extreme-political-polarization-weakens-democracy-can-the-us-avoid-that-fate-105540 ella Thus, for all these reasons, I urge an affirmative ballot. I now stand open for cross examination. | 3/10/22 |
SO - 1AC - TRIPSTournament: Loyola | Round: 1 | Opponent: Peninsula AB | Judge: Richard Li 1ACADV – COVIDThe time to expand vaccination on a global level is now—-highly contagious mutations facilitate continued spread.Kumar 7-12 Rajeesh Kumar, Rajeesh Kumar is Associate Fellow at Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi., 7-12-2021, "WTO TRIPS Waiver and COVID-19 Vaccine Equity," Manohar Paprikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, https://idsa.in/issuebrief/wto-trips-waiver-covid-vaccine-rkumar-120721, EH and brett That renders current vaccines ineffectiveDransfield 21 Sarah Dransfield, 3-30-2021, "Two-thirds of epidemiologists warn mutations could render current COVID vaccines ineffective in a year or less", https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/two-thirds-epidemiologists-warn-mutations-could-render-current-covid-vaccines, accessed 7/23/2021 EH and brett Waiving IP protections is essential to expand manufacturing and global exports. A litany of countries possess capacity but lack know-how — the plan is key.Kumar 7-12 Rajeesh Kumar, Rajeesh Kumar is Associate Fellow at Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi., 7-12-2021, "WTO TRIPS Waiver and COVID-19 Vaccine Equity," Manohar Paprikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, https://idsa.in/issuebrief/wto-trips-waiver-covid-vaccine-rkumar-120721, brett Boosting manufacturing capacity is critical to a timely response to COVID AND ensures preparedness for future pandemics.Jecker and Atuire 21, Dr Nancy S Jecker, Department of Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine. Department of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Gauteng, South Africa. Caesar A Atuire, Department of Philosophy and Classics, University of Ghana, Accra, Accra, Ghana. All Souls College, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK. Journal of Medical Ethics 2021;47:595-598. "What's yours is ours: waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines." https://jme.bmj.com/content/47/9/595 brett COVID escalates every hotspot—-extinction.RECNA et al. 21, Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University (RECNA), Asia Pacific Leadership Network (APLN), and the Nautilus Institute. Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament Volume 4, 2021. "Pandemic Futures and Nuclear Weapon Risks: The Nagasaki 75th Anniversary pandemic-nuclear nexus scenarios final report" https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/25751654.2021.1890867 brett ADV – LegitimacyThe WTO is on the brink — the TRIPS waiver is the critical factor determining the survival of multilateral trade AND creates momentum for structural reformsMeyer 6-18 David Meyer, 6-18-2021, "The WTO's survival hinges on the COVID-19 vaccine patent debate, waiver advocates warn – Fortune," Fortune, https://fortune.com/2021/06/18/wto-covid-vaccines-patents-waiver-south-africa-trips/amp/, EH and brett HIV/AIDS prove legitimacy damage from patent controversy—-every bit of delay saps credibility—-now is keyBacchus 20 James Bacchus ~member of the Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, the Distinguished University Professor of Global Affairs and director of the Center for Global Economic and Environmental Opportunity at the University of Central Florida. He was a founding judge and was twice the chairman—the chief judge—of the highest court of world trade, the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. ~, 12-16-2020, "An Unnecessary Proposal: A WTO Waiver of Intellectual Property Rights for COVID-19 Vaccines," Cato Institute, https://www.cato.org/free-trade-bulletin/unnecessary-proposal-wto-waiver-intellectual-property-rights-covid-19-vaccines accessed 7/20/2021 EH Perception alone solves, regardless of success, issuing the waiver is a sign of goodwill that shores up legitimacyWinslett 5-27, Gary Winslett is an associate fellow for finance and trade at the R Street Institute. He is also an assistant professor of political science at Middlebury College. May 27, 2021. National Interest, "The Political Significance of the TRIPS Waiver" https://nationalinterest.org/feature/political-significance-trips-waiver-186246 brett Restoring credibility de-escalates every conflict.GEORGIA L. Hamann 9, associate in Lewis, Roca, Rothberger's Litigation Practice Group, J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School. May 2009, "Replacing Slingshots with Swords: Implications of the Antigua-Gambling 22.6 Panel Report for Developing Countries and the World Trading System", http://www.vanderbilt.edu/jotl/manage/wp-content/uploads/hamann-cr_final_final.pdf brett SolvencyPlan: The member nations of the World Trade Organization ought to reduce intellectual property protections for medicines related to the prevention, containment, and treatment of COVID-19.Enforcement is done through waiving TRIPS protections and modifying relevant domestic law to ensure patent protections are reduced—-spec is delineated in the card.Jones et al. 21, Mike Jones, J.D., cum laude, Brooklyn Law School, 2014. Sean McConnell, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D., 2002. Lauren Giambalvo, University of Georgia School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2019; Georgia Law Review. Emily Harmon, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, J.D., 2020. Ipwatchdog, August 9, 2021. "What is a 'Patent Waiver' Anyway? Zooming Out on the TRIPS COVID IP Waiver Debate" https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2021/08/09/patent-waiver-anyway-zooming-trips-covid-ipwaiver-debate/id=136381/ brett FramingThe standard is maximizing expected well-being, or hedonistic act utilitarianism.1~ Neuroscience- pleasure and pain are intrinsic value and disvalue – everything else regresses.Blum et al. 18 ~Kenneth Blum, 1Department of Psychiatry, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton VA Medical Center, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA 2Department of Psychiatry, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA 3Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Keck Medicine University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA 4Division of Applied Clinical Research and Education, Dominion Diagnostics, LLC, North Kingstown, RI, USA 5Department of Precision Medicine, Geneus Health LLC, San Antonio, TX, USA 6Department of Addiction Research and Therapy, Nupathways Inc., Innsbrook, MO, USA 7Department of Clinical Neurology, Path Foundation, New York, NY, USA 8Division of Neuroscience-Based Addiction Therapy, The Shores Treatment and Recovery Center, Port Saint Lucie, FL, USA 9Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary 10Division of Addiction Research, Dominion Diagnostics, LLC. North Kingston, RI, USA 11Victory Nutrition International, Lederach, PA., USA 12National Human Genome Center at Howard University, Washington, DC., USA, Marjorie Gondré-Lewis, 12National Human Genome Center at Howard University, Washington, DC., USA 13Departments of Anatomy and Psychiatry, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC US, Bruce Steinberg, 4Division of Applied Clinical Research and Education, Dominion Diagnostics, LLC, North Kingstown, RI, USA, Igor Elman, 15Department Psychiatry, Cooper University School of Medicine, Camden, NJ, USA, David Baron, 3Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Keck Medicine University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Edward J Modestino, 14Department of Psychology, Curry College, Milton, MA, USA, Rajendra D Badgaiyan, 15Department Psychiatry, Cooper University School of Medicine, Camden, NJ, USA, Mark S Gold 16Department of Psychiatry, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA, "Our evolved unique pleasure circuit makes humans different from apes: Reconsideration of data derived from animal studies", U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 28 February 2018, accessed: 19 August 2020, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6446569/~~ R.S. 2~ Actor spec—governments must use util because they don't have intentions and are constantly dealing with tradeoffs—outweighs since different agents have different obligations—takes out calc indicts since they are empirically denied.3~ Impact calc — Extinction is categorically prior:A~ Magnitude — trillions of future lives are lost that are just as valuable as current ones – anything else says some lives are worth less than others which is a slippery slope to genocide.B~ Reversibility — extinction forecloses future improvement | 9/4/21 |
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