AAA Human Rights Economics Core SPRING 2022

Affirmative – Need to Shun Human Rights Abusers 8 Need to Shun Human Rights Abusers 9 Must Always Fight Evil 12 Must Reject Support for Human Rights Violators 15 Must Cut Ties to Evil Institutions 18 Shunning Avoids Complicity 19 Engagement Morally Wrong 20 AT: Other Interests Outweighs 22 AT: Rights Violations Justified 23 AT: Rights Violations are Only Minor 25 AT: One Individual Rejection Doesn’t Solve 26 AT: Shunning Fails / Backfires 29 AT: Shunning Reinforces Abuses 31 AT: Can’t Impose Values on Other Countries 33 AT: Shunning = Complete Isolation 35 AT: Shunning is Hypocritical 36 AT: “Weigh Consequences” 38 A2 Utilitarianism 43 A2 Extinction outweighs 46 AT: “States Not Moral Actors” 48 AT: “Shunning Hurts Human Rights” 50 AT: “U.S. Hypocritical” 51 AT: “No Brightline” 52 Affirmative – Human Rights Good 54 Human Rights Good 55 Prevent Human Extinction 56 War 59 Equality 62 Deontological Obligation 63 Security 64 Climate Change 65 Terrorism 66 Human Rights Solve Genocide 69 Human Rights Key to Democracy 70 Human Rights Key to Hegemony 71 Discourse Impacts 72 U.S. Key to Global Human Rights 74 Answers to: Common Arguments 78 A2: General Kritiks of Human Rights 79 A2: HR are imperialist 81 A2: HR calculations are zero point 86 A2: HR are Too Western 87 A2: HR are Anthropocentric 89 A2: HR Socialize/Make Everyone the Same 90 A2: Cultural Relevatism 91 A2: Mutua K of Human Rights 92 A2: Sovereignty Good DA 100 Affirmative – Human Rights Leadership 104 Affirmative – Democracy Contention 109 Affirmative – Sanctions Good 117 Sanctions Ethical 118 Sanctions Ethical and Cause Compliance 119 Ethically Justified- Self-Defense and Humanitarian Reasons 120 Moral Responsibility is with the Target 122 AT: Humanitarian Impact 124 Smart Sanctions Avoid Ethical Harms 125 Affirmative -- Deontology Framework 127 Consequentialism Kills VTL 128 Utilitarianism Justifies Atrocities 129 Side Constraints 132 Intervening Action 134 Critical Consequentialism 135 AT: Extinction Outweighs 136 Extinction Images = Overestimate Risk 137 Tyranny of Survival 138 Affirmative – Globalization Good/Interdependence Good Answers 140 Interdependence Doesn’t Stop War 141 Trade Won’t. Stop War 145 Negative 149 Negative – Core Objections 150 Must Balance 151 National Interest Objection 152 Human Rights Good Answers -- General 153 The conventional wisdom 153 Negative –Advantage/Contention Answers 159 Shunning Answers 160 General Human Rights Good Impact Answers 164 Human Rights Should be Viewed Consequentially 165 Other Concerns Outweigh 170 A2: All Philosophers Agree Humans Have Fundamental Rights 171 A2: Humans Born with Certain Traits that Prove they Have Human Rights 172 A2: Human Rights Key to Stop Genocide and Death 174 A2: Human Rights Key to Stop Genocide and Death 176 A2: Declaration of Human Rights Proves Rights Are Universal 178 A2: Human Rights Prevent Atrocities 179 Human Rights Credibility Answers 180 General Human Rights Credibility Turns 182 War Turns Human Rights 184 Nuke War Outweighs Human Rights 185 Human Rights Promotion Fails 187 Human Rights Promotion Undermines Human Rights 188 Human Rights Pressure Backfires 194 Human Rights Promotion Fails 198 Negative – Sanctions Bad 201 Sanctions Unethical 202 Target Innocent Civilians/Use People as Means 203 Sanctions = Genocide 210 Sanctions Only Ethical if they Cause Change 211 Travel Sanctions Unethical 212 Sanctions = Ethnocentric 214 Outweighs War 215 AT: Utilitarianism 216 AT: Symbolic Value 220 AT: Smart Sanctions 221 Negative -- More Kritiks of Human Rights Protection 223 Human Rights K – Intervention 224 Wars/Intervention 225 Architecture K 1NC 229 Link: Moral Imperative 239 Human Rights Link Extensions 244 Cap K Links 246 Human Rights K (Mutua) 249 2NR OVERVIEW 254 2NR LINK FRONTLINE 255 AT: PERMUTATION 265 AT: PERMUTATION 266 AT: WE SOLVE 269 AT: NO ALTERNATIVE 270 AT: Holocaust Proves Human Rights Are Good 271 AT: RELATIVISM 272 AT: KRISHNA 273 AT: REALISM 274 AT: FRAMEWORK 275 “Human Rights” Promotion Imperialistic 276 Human Rights Deny Agency 278 Universalization Link 279 Imperialism Bad 281 Racism 282 Ethics 284 Indigenous Rights 285 Terrorism 287 Sovereignty Key/Intervention Not Justified*** 289 Sovereignty Protects Diversity 290 Sovereignty Good Impacts: Global Peace 291 Negative – National Interest Good/Moralism Answers 293 Should Prioritize National Interest 294 A2: Walzer 296 A2: Rights 298 Turn - Responsibility 299 Turn -- Utopianism 301 Turn -- Intervention 303 Turn – Social Contract 305 Ethical Pragmatism Necessary to Prevent War 308 Ethics Of Prudence 309 Policy Relevance Turn 312 Policy Relevance Turn 314 Lead By Example Turn 316 1NC Lead By Example Turn 318 Moralizing Terrible 319 Moralizing Is Immoral 321 Ethics Of Consequences Prevents War 322 Avoid the Worst 323 Absolute Virtue Bad 324 Morality Answers Frontline -- Defense 325 A2: Morality Absolute 329 Answers to: “Must Aid the Stranger” 330 Rawls Answers 332 Levinas/Infinite Responsiblity Answers – Util 333 Levinas Answer – Quantification 335 Levinas Answer – Nazism 337 A2: Infinite Ethical Responsibility to the Other 338 Answers to: “Be for the Other” 342 Liberalism Causes War 346 Liberalism Leads to Foreign Policy Failure 347 Liberalism Undermines Foreign Policy 349 Liberalism Supports Intervention 350 Liberalism Undermines U.S. Power 352 Liberalism Promotes Isolationism 353 Liberalism Supports Imperialism 355 Liberalism Supports Imperialism 356 Animal Rights Kritik of Human Rights 357 International Human Rights Discourse is Speciesist – 1N Shell 358 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW BASED ON SPECIESIST FOUNDATION 362 INTERNATIONAL LAW IS SPECIESIST – ONLY JUSTIFIES PROTECTION OF HUMANS 364 Links: Human Dignity justification for right 365 “HUMAN DIGNITY” BASIS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IS SPECIEST 367 Links: Human Dignity justification for rights 369 Links: Kantian Philosophy is Speciesist 370 Links: Agency justification for rights 371 Links: Equality Discourse 372 FOUNDATION OF JUSTIFICATION FOR EQUALITY IS ROOTED IN SPECIESISM 373 Links: Enlightenment is Speciesist 375 “Human Rights” are socially constructed 376 Speciesist Discourse is Immoral 377 MORALITY BASED IN SPECIESISM IS MORALLY UNTENABLE 378 Speciesism Immoral – akin to racism and sexism 379 AT: Speciesism Not Analogous to Racism/Sexism 381 Speciesist Discourse Justifies Domination of Non-humans, rigid species barrier 384 SPECIESISM LICENSES THE HATRED OF NONHUMAN ANIMALS 388 Species Barrier used to Justify Slavery 389 PROPERTY STATUS MEANS THAT NONHUMAN ANIMALS ARE TREATED AS SLAVES* 393 Species Barrier entrenches the logic of the holocaust 394 Speciesism Underlies War and Violence 395 Exclusion of non-human animals undermines efforts to promote human rights 396 Exclusion of non-human animals undermines efforts to promote human rights 398 AT: Speciesism is Natural 401 AT: Human Dignity is a Justifiable Basis for Human Rights Law 403 AT: Only humans deserve rights 405 AT: Non-humans can’t demand their own rights 406 AT: Species Barrier Justified 407 AT: Should solve the problems of humans first 408 AT: Accounting for animal interests undermines the interests of humans 409 AT: Animal Rights dilute Human Rights 411 AT: Animal Rights dilute Human Rights Rights 413 Alternative: Reject Speciesist Foundation for Rights to Develop a new Ethical Framework 414 AT: Perm 416