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Counterplans

Counterplans. The Negative’s B est F riend The Affirmative’s Worst Nightmare. Lecture Overview. What Are Counterplans? What is Counterplan Competition? What does “Status” Mean? What Types of Counterplans are there (on this topic)?. What is a Counterplan. Indirect Cost (Opportunity Cost)

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Counterplans

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  1. Counterplans The Negative’s Best Friend The Affirmative’s Worst Nightmare

  2. Lecture Overview What Are Counterplans? What is Counterplan Competition? What does “Status” Mean? What Types of Counterplans are there (on this topic)?

  3. What is a Counterplan Indirect Cost (Opportunity Cost) Hypothesis Testing Logical Policymaking

  4. Counterplan Competition • Fundamental Negative Burden • Reason to reject the plan • Mutually Exclusive • Net Beneficial • Textual Competition • Functional Competition • Resolutional Burdens

  5. Mutual Exclusivity • Why a reason to reject? • Cannot Occur with Plan • Ex. Ban Space Weapons CP v. Space Weapons Aff

  6. Net Benefits • Why a reason to reject? • Should not occur with plan • Ex. Awards CP v. Asteroid Mining aff • Internal • Japan CP w/ Japan Soft Power • External • Awards CP w/ Politics Disad

  7. Textual Competition • The Text of the Counterplan must not include the Text of the Plan • Counterplans which include the affirmative plan are not competitive • Ex. Referendum CP • Plan Inclusive CPs

  8. Functional Competition • The Function of the Counterplan must preclude the possibility of the aff • Ex. Awards CP • Agent CPs

  9. Resolutional Burden • Counterplans which disprove the wording of the resolution disprove by extension the Affirmative Plan. • Resolved: Fixed Course of Action • Should: Certain, Immediate • Ex. Conditioning CP v. Space Weapons Aff • All CPs that compete based on Certainty

  10. Counterplan Status • What is the “Status” of a Counterplan? • Unconditional • Dispositional • Conditional

  11. Affirmative Answers Permutations Solvency Deficits Net Benefit Responses Add-Ons/Disadvantages Theory

  12. Permutations • Test Competitiveness • Mutual Exclusivity • Net Benefits • Textual Competition • Functional Competition

  13. Substantive Answers • Solvency Deficits • Ex. CP not solve Heg v. Ban Space Weapons CP • Add-Ons/Disadvantages • Ex. Aerospace Add-On v. Ban Space Weapons CP • Net Benefit Responses • CP Links to Politics

  14. Theoretical Answers • Status Theory • Conditionality Bad • Mechanism Theory • Counterplan Fiat is unfair • Competition Theory • Counterplan generates competition unfairly

  15. Types of Counterplans Advantage CPs Agent CPs Process CPs International CPs

  16. Advantage CPs • Purpose: Solve an Affirmative Advantage • Ex. Bio-Terrorism Preparedness CP v. Bio-Terror Adv. • Why Reason to Reject?

  17. Answering Advantage CPs • Perm Do Both • Double-Solvency

  18. Agent CPs • CP that uses an alternative agent • Purpose: Avoid a disad to the aff agent • Politics • Budget • Space Topic • DoD • Private Actor (Google)

  19. Answering Agent CPs • Perm Do CP • CP Doesn’t Solve • CP Links to Net Benefit • Theory • Agent CPs Bad • Private Actor Fiat Bad

  20. Process CPs • Purpose: To implement the plan via a different process. • Compete based on the certainty of the plan. • Space Topic • Ex. Threaten to build Space Weapons unless Russia agrees to • Ex. Consult NATO on whether we should do________. • Reason to Reject? • Leads to the Plan, avoids a net benefit.

  21. Answering Process CPs • Perm Do CP • Process Fails • Russia Says Yes • NATO Says No • Delays the plan • Unconditional Plan Axn Key • Net Benefit Ans. • Process Doesn’t Solve Net Benefit

  22. International CPs • Purpose: Solves Aff, avoids a net benefit. • Ex. • China • Russia • India • Japan • Mozambique

  23. A2 International CPs • Perm Do Both • Solves Net Benefit (Japanese Soft Power) • Solvency Responses • Add-Ons • Theory • International Fiat Bad

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