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| National Equality. A criterion of national equality is helpful to the affirmative when striving to achieve international security, since absent equality, there exists a legal disparity among nations. This legal disparity provides some nations a wider variety of outlets through 10NFL1-Nuclear Weapons Page 33 of 199 www.victorybriefs.com which to pursue their agendas, whereas national equality provides some measure of reciprocity conducive to peace Setting up this criterion also helps the affirmative because it is impossible in a nuclear-armed world. The status quo allows only a handful of nations to hold a weapon that others are forbidden to pursue. Since the negative defends the status quo, rebutting its moral footing seems a strong course of action. National equality can be rebutted in a number of ways. First is to question its relevance to the value at hand. National equality per international regulations doesnʼt necessarily lead to peace or security – whether or not we like to admit it, some nations are driven by different motives or held back by a greater number of checks. Democratic states have shifting priorities and their leaders can be removed, while despotic states often serve the interest of one leader at the expense of others. To weigh the resolution on this criterion could be damning. The affirmative does have the out, however, that international standards of governance, military, and all matters are paramount – and that a flaw in other areas does not mean that we should ignore a flaw in our current nuclear ethic. Download 1.23 Mb. Share with your friends:
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