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Skepticism - Good
ATPermissibility Flows Affirmative
1. Even if they win that morally permissible means that there is
neither an obligation or a prohibition that stilnegates.
a. The resolution specifies that targeted killing is a morally
permissible foreign policy tool. Policiesare only permissible if
there is a reason to keep them as an option otherwise we would
presume
they are impermissible in order to avoid wasting the resources
and political capital necessary tomaintain them.
b. The state is contractually obligated to protect its citizens
since it derives its power from theirsubmission to state authority.
Therefore, all policy options must benefit society for the state
to
continue upholding its duties to citizens. Thus permissibility
negates as it demonstrates no greater
reason for targeted killing than for against it.
c. If the affirmative burden is to demonstrate that targeted
killing is morally permissible as a foreignpolicy tool so
demonstrating that targeted killing is permissible as a general
principle is negative
ground. The affirmative is otherwise non-topical since they are
extending their advocacy beyond th
scope of the resolution by accessing advantages to targeted
killing as a permissible foreign policy
tool AND as a permissible action in all circumstances.
AT - Theory
A. Counter Interpretation The negative may run one skeptical
argument that proves the falsity of the resolution as
moral statement
B. I meet.
C. Standards:
Philosophy
1. Skeptical arguments give us access to a mostly untouched
portion of philosophy in debate, precluding it limits
our ability to learn critical thinking skills because the
ULTIMATE form of criticism is question the assumptions
that govern everyday life. This is the key internal link into
education because critical thinking is what establishes
the value of debate as an educational activity, they dont teach
this in a classroom so debate is the only channel
2. The onus is on the affirmative to prove the legitimacy of
their ethical framework, just as a deontological
framework has to withstand the indicts of utilitarianism, all
normative theories must be able to prove their
legitimacy against skepticismdeny thing them this burden of
proof hurts the educational function of debateit
teaches debaters that they can cheat their way out of hard
situations and disrupts the development of critical
thinking. This links to education because it a. incentivizes bad
habits and b. destroys critical thinking.
3. All moral theories are designed to avoid the skeptical
conclusions of Mackie, so forcing the affirmative to prov
their frameworks legitimacy fosters argumentative responsibility
and increases philosophical education. This is akey to education
because it forces them to run arguments responsibly and maintain
their validity.
D. Voters
Education
