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| National Security. National security is a value rooted in amorally relativistic compromise – in other words, by accepting varying cultural norms while providing those cultures with a degree of protection against imperialism, national sovereignty is the highest moral goal for which we can reach without imposing our own ethical considerations on others. Not only does every nation agree that its own national security is of prime importance, but the security of a nation is invariably correlated with the security of its own people, outliers notwithstanding. National security is topically relevant, because the resolution 1) asks a very pointed question about states, the actors who pursue their own security and 2) discusses a tool of mass destruction that has existed as a deterrent to conflict and destabilization for the last sixty years. To rebut national security as a value, there exists the legitimate fear that its overemphasis leads to violence between countries. Preemptive warfare is often utilized on the grounds that it is better to strike the enemy before they are able to do damage to us on our homeland, and this destabilizing factor undermines the well-being of national citizens. To this the affirmative wants to stress that national security need not be a recommendation to policymakers as a result of affirming the resolution – simply that with regard to nuclear weapons, national security is the goal to consider. Download 1.23 Mb. Share with your friends:
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