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John Locke's Obligation Of The Resolution

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My partner and I stand in firm NEGATION of the resolution “resolved: in response to the current crisis, a government should prioritize the humanitarian needs of refugees over its national interests.”

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Contention 1: A government should always prioritize the self interest of its citizens. We would like to make it clear to the judge that prioritizing national interest does not mean rejecting refugees or those who seek asylum in typical scenarios nor does it mean not engaging in humanitarian affairs. All we are saying is that a government, regardless of what is happening in the outside world, has a duty to uphold its national interest, which is the best interest of its citizens. Of course a government can help refugees. But a government …show more content…

“[John] Locke emphasized that, because government is established for this purpose, it is ‘obliged’ to secure every individual's life, liberty, and property. When it acts contrary to this trust, the government is dissolved and the community regains the right to establish a new form of government. Such dissolution occurs, in Locke's view, where the government invades the rights of subjects, or where it fails to use its power to secure those rights” according to professor S.J. Heyman in his article in the Duke Law Journal. The government’s obligation to secure every individuals life, liberty, and property is its national interest. If humanitarian needs of foreigners are ever placed above this the social contract between the government and the citizen is …show more content…

increased medical and education provision, increased demand for utilities such as water – and longer-term capital costs and impacts such as infrastructure investment. […] the host community is likely to face an increase in taxation to pay for the investment in capital assets or may pay an opportunity cost by forgoing alternative public sector investment options”. According to J McHugh of the International Business Times “The cost of caring for refugees and integrating them into German society could cost Germany from 1.8 billion to 3.3 billion euros in 2016, German Labor Minister Andrea Naples [.]… Thousands of refugees fleeing violent conflict have been arriving on Europe's shores throughout the summer, and one of the most popular final destinations has been Germany, where the economy is one of the strongest in Europe. […] As of Aug. 25, however, Germany reported a 21.1 billion euro surplus in its national budget, and the money will likely come out of the

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