Tournament: Harvard | Round: 3 | Opponent: Speechtopia LW | Judge: Zhou, Ying
I affirm the resolution resolved: The appropriation of outer space by private entities it unjust. 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 of protecting the commons, as all humans are due access to their common human heritage. This includes outer-space. For clarity in the round, the common human heritage principle allows regulated use of space, but not ownership.
The common heritage principle describes property that is jointly owned by all people and not subject to appropriation . Space is a very foreign subject for humankind, space can be compared to Earth before it was divided up by countries and parts of the land were ruled by leaders who have power and control over others. Before individuals conquered Earth and put laws in place, it was known as unruled territory, which is what space is currently. Right now, no one owns space and it needs to stay that way- it needs to be as common human heritage. Making space common human heritage will increase peace factors, organization, and general welfare.
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Rudolph Preston Arnold (President, International Law Society). "The
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States. This model would also promote cooperation and understanding between international partners.
Contention 2: Common human heritage is better for mankind, and is better for future generations- private appropriation is dangerous.
If we extend the use of national agreements and common human heritage laws into space, then the future generation would benefit because an agreement between all the nations would be present. There wouldn’t be problems over disputed territory, owned asteroids or celestial bodies, etc. because there would be unified laws that all countries and humans agreed to.
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Christopher C. Joyner (Professor of Government and Foreign Service at
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supervising the earth’s heritage for mankind in the future.35
CONTENTION 3
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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For these arguments and reasons, I affirm the resolution resolved.