Kritik Basics Lecture

7/24/2019 Kritik Basics Lecture

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Introduction to Kritiks

Ryan Galloway

Samford University


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K Lecture Overview

Introduction to Kritiks

Answering Kritiks

Kritik Tricks

Kritiks specic!likely on t"e topic


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Kritik

Kritik comes from t"e German meaning tocritici#e

It is an argument t"at c"allenges t"ephilosophicalor linguisticassumptions of t"eA$rmative case

%&ample' ("y would it )e wrong to saymankind w"en referring to "uman )eings*


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Structure of t"e Kritik

Kritiks usually start wit" a frameworkde)ateor a +uestion regarding w"at t"e de)ate isa)out

Kritiks often say t"e de)ate is not a)out autilitarianframework

T"e de)ate mig"t )e a)out educating people ora)out "ow to )est use language


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Link ,e)ate

Kritiks- .ust like disads- "ave links

T"e di/erence is t"e link is not always to t"eplan

It mig"t )e to any language or assumptionmade in your evidence

%&ample' If you assume t"at t"e environments"ould )e protected )ecause of )enets tohumans0t"at is a link to a kritik


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Impact

1ust like disads- Kritiks "ave impacts

Unlike disads- Kritiks often "ave deontologicalimpacts0or somet"ing you s"ould re.ect nomatter w"at2

3an someone t"ink of a deontological

argument*


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Impact

Kritiks often also "ave systemic impacts0meaningt"e continuation of a system causes oppressionoreven makes e&tinction inevita)le

T"e te&t)ook e&ample of t"is is t"e 3apitalism Kritik0it will argue

3apitalism is unet"ical

3apitalism is t"e root cause of environmental

destruction

3an someone t"ink of a reason w"y t"is mig"t )e

true*


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Alternative

Kritiks usually "ave an alternative2

T"e )est way to t"ink a)out t"e Kritikalternative is to t"ink of it like a counterplan

An alternative is often to wit"draw from anoppressive system or to ret"ink t"e oppressive

structure

("at is an alternative to t"e capitalism Kritik*


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Kritik %&ample

A4 5ramework' T"e .udge is not a policy maker0t"e .udge is a critical intellectual assessingt"e assumptions of t"e a$rmative

64 Link' T"e plan up"olds t"e prot motive ofcapitalism0it treats immigrants as cogs in amac"ine merely makes capitalism looksustaina)le and environmentally friendly

34 Impact' 3apitalism is t"e root cause ofenvironmental destruction0e&tinction isinevita)le unless we c"allenge capitalism2

,4 Alternative' T"e .udge s"ould intellectuallywit"draw support from t"e system of capitalism


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Answering t"e K

Solvency' Alt doesn7t solve

T"eory' ,efend your framework

O/ense' 8rove w"y your a$rmative is a goodidea- and t"eir t"eory is a )ad one

8erms' 3om)ine t"e a$rmative and t"ealternative


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Alt doesn7t solve t"e

case 8rimary way to )eat t"e K is to prove t"e alt

doesn7t solve t"e case

T"en win t"e case outweig"s

8ragmatism' 9ou s"ould assess w"at canpragmatically )e done

Specicity' 8rove t"at t"e alternative won7tsolve t"e specics of t"e case

("y does c"allenging capitalism solve fora+uaculture*


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T"eory

5ramework is usually t"e :; t"eory argument

,e)ate s"ould only )e policy

A55 c"oice

Resolution is a policy resolution

5airness' innite : of p"ilosop"ies < discursive arguments

(eig" our A55

=ague alts can get you somew"ere as well0usually as asolvency decit to t"e kritik

3ross>? can t"e alternative ever do t"e A55* If so- w"y is t"e

alternative inconsistent wit" t"e A55*


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O/ense

6est way to generate o/ense is to indict t"et"eory

Argue capitalism is good- argue neo>li)eralismis good

Also aut"or t"eory arguments like @eidegger7s

t"eory leads to a#ism etc2


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8erms

Always- always permute a kritik

Argue Bdo )ot"C and Bdo t"e plan and all non>mutually e&clusive parts of t"e alt2C

("at is t"e di/erence*

If t"e alternative can do t"e plan- t"en Bdo t"ealternativeC also works2


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%&ample of a Kritik 5ront>

Line ;4 T"e Kritik doesn7t solve t"e case'

A4 T"e Kritik doesn7t solve for agriculture

64 T"e Kritik doesn7t save t"e economy

D4 T"e de)ate s"ould )e a)out is t"e plan )etter t"an a policyalternative or t"e status +uo

A4 A55 c"oice makes us Ee&i)le to )e )ot" a policy and akritik de)ater

64 T"e resolution is a policy resolution0it asks w"at s"ould )edone

34 T"e implication is to re.ect t"e kritik or allow us to weig"our A55

F4 3apitalism is good0it solves for t"e environment

4 8ermute' do t"e plan and all non>mutually e&clusive partsof t"e alternative


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K>6om)s

K>)om)s is my nickname for t"e argument t"atcertain Kritik arguments if you drop- you almostautomatically lose

If de)ating t"e K team- you must answer t"esearguments

If you are t"e K team0drop K>)om)s


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K>6om) ;'

Unpredicta)ility B(e can7t evaluate conse+uencesC usually t"e

e&perts are as accurate as Bmonkeys t"rowingdarts at a dart)oard2C

("y is it important not to drop t"is*

Usually you answer t"is )y saying t"at w"ile

t"ere are no a)solute trut"s- t"ere can )elimited trut"s2


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K>6om) D' %t"ics are all

t"at matter T"is is t"e second side of t"e conse+uences

de)ate0t"at t"ey don7t matter2

Deontology0we "ave certain principles wes"ould not violate0no matter w"at2

To answer t"is- you "ave to win t"at

conse+uences are key to et"ics


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K>6om) F' Ontology

3omes 5irst Ontologyis t"e t"eory of )eing

It is t"e BIC in t"e BI t"inkC

Are we corrupted people- are we evil*

5amous card from Himmerman t"at ontological

damnation o!ws nuclear war2

Answer t"is )y saying we will never get to a discussionof conse+uences- )ecause we can t"ink a)out ontologyforever2


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K>6om) ' %pistemology

3omes 5irst Epistemologyis "ow we know w"at we know2

@ow do you know t"at capitalism saves t"eenvironment*

8er"aps our sources are corrupted or )iased or"ave incentives to create war

T"e )est answer is to say t"at even if we don7tknow everyt"ing- we can know some t"ings2


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K>6om) ' 5iat is an

illusion 5iat is t"e assumption t"at t"e plan s"ould

"appen

T"is argument says t"at t"e plan will neveractually "appen

Argues t"at )ecause t"e plan never "appens-

you can claim no impacts from t"e plan

5re+uently run wit" t"e Brepresentations are allt"at matterC K>)om)


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K>6om) J' Representations

are all t"at matter T"is is t"e Bdiscourse is all t"at mattersC argument2

T"ey say t"at all we are doing is talking

T"ey say t"at representations create reality

3an you give an e&ample of representationscreating reality*

6est answer is to say t"at an over focus onrepresentations distracts from policy


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K>6om) ' B&C is t"e root

cause of everyt"ing B&C is somet"ing like capitalism- patriarc"y-

statism- etc2

3"allenge t"at anyt"ing is t"e root cause ofeveryt"ing else2

T"ere are pro&imate causes- )ut no root causes


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K>6om) ' T"ere is no valueto life in your framework

Usually t"is is )ecause you .ustify Bkilling tosaveC

@ow could t"e a$rmative .ustify killing to save*

3"allenge t"is )y saying t"at life always "asmeaning


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K>6om) M' 9our impact is

inevita)le T"ey will say t"at a certain system makes

e&tinction inevita)le

T"is means you s"ould Btry or dieC you s"ouldtry to g"t capitalism- patriarc"y- etc or we alldie

8rove t"at e&tinction is not inevita)le0life isgetting )etter0t"e environment is getting)etter

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