10nfl1-Nukes-Cover
Topic Analysis by Saad Asad
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| Topic Analysis by Saad Asad States- a politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory especially : one that is sovereign 15 The burden of the affirmative will be to prove at least two states ought not possess nuclear weapons. One could argue that the resolution is asking the affirmative to prove all states ought not possess nuclear weapons. For example, if one states Ducks ought to eat bread then one would be referring to all ducks. If one wanted to specify to a particular set of ducks, an article like the or a pronoun like those would precede it. Since the resolution lacks such specifiers, we conclude the resolution is referring to all states. Thus, the affirmative would be arguing all states ought not possess nuclear weapons However, the negative need not prove the converse of the resolution that all states ought to posses nuclear weapons. Unless the affirmative argues otherwise, the negative burden is only to disprove the resolution. Hence, the negative need only argue some states ought possess nuclear weapons. Please, do not argue that a state such as West Virginia or Oklahoma should not possess nukes. Ought-used to express obligation 16 Use the definition of obligation to express cosmopolitan arguments that are concerned with welfare of all peoples of the earth. This means arguments that stress we have moral obligations to citizens outside our own country should obviously use the definition of obligation. Use the definition of logical consequence to defend realist perspectives since logical consequence is a descriptive definition and so is realist theory. To elaborate, on the negative, it is logically consequent for states to acquire nuclear weapons because states are concerned with maximizing security. The additional benefit of defining ought this way is that it allows you to sever links to a value of Morality. Consequently, turns on your case that make appeals to amoral calculus become irrelevant. It will be insufficient to cite the definition from a dictionary to justify using logical consequence as legitimate interpretation of the resolution. Since this interpretation is descriptive as opposed to obligation definitions which are prescriptive, it is necessarily creating a truth http://www.merriam-‐webster.com/dictionary/states?show=25&t=1282746023 16 http://www.merriam-‐webster.com/dictionary/ought 10NFL1-Nuclear Weapons Page 50 of 199 www.victorybriefs.com testing resolution. Debaters will have to defend why truth-testing is abetter way to adjudicate the round than a comparative-worlds theory. For example, one could argue truth-testing minimizes judge intervention since the judge does not have to weight arguments against each other. Minimizing judge intervention is key to fairness. However, avoid focusing debates on the definition of ought Many judges find it boring especially when the topic is about something as exciting as nukes. As always, consider the audience you are debating in front of. Lay judges will most definitely not want to hear you lecture about how truth-testing is abetter way to interpret the resolution than comparative-worlds. Since logical consequence is descriptive there can be no solvency. However, if ought is defined as obligation the affirmative may have to defend solvency. Consider that a man who cannot swim does not have an obligation to save a drowning person. Thus, the affirmative may have to prove that nuclear disarmament is possible. Admittedly, this would bog down the debate, so I would discourage this interpretation. Possess- to own 17 Possess does not imply use. The negative can argue that simply possessing nukes is sufficient to achieve x benefit (say, deterrence. Nuclear weapons-an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion 18 Although nuclear weapons is plural, that has no resolutional implications. The affirmatives burden is still to prove at least 2 states ought not possess any nuclear weapons. It is plural to be grammatical. Consider the sentence if the term wasnʼt plural States ought not possess nuclear weapon. Download 1.23 Mb. Share with your friends:
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