Lincoln Douglas Debate Case -AffirmativeHuman rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human rights is the very soul of our sense of nationhood. Jimmy CarterIt is because I agree with Jimmy Carter, former president of the United States in the position that when in conflict, human rights protection ought to supersede state sovereignty in the conduct of United States foreign policy that I feel compelled to affirm todays resolution, Resolved: When in conflict, human rights protection ought to supersede state sovereignty in the conduct of United States foreign policy. For clarification of todays round, I offer the following definitions:Word: Conflict as defined by Salisbury.edu, Conflict is an expressed struggle between at least two interdependent parties who perceive incompatible goals, scare resources, and interference from others in achieving their goals.Human Rights as defined by the UN Office of the high commissioner of Human Rights, Human rights are rights inherent to all beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. These rights are all interrelated, interdependent and indivisible.State Sovereignty as defined by Academia.edu. Stephen D Krasner defines the sovereign state model as a system of political authority based on territory, mutual recognition, autonomy, and control, but he goes to a great length to show that in the absolute no state can actually claim complete control over its territory, borders, and domestic affairs as the definition would have implied.The highest value within todays round is naturalistic observation. Naturalistic Observation is defined as a method of observation, commonly used by psychologists, behavioral scientists and social scientists, that involves observing the behavior of subjects in their natural habitats in many different situations and circumstances, according to Psychlopedia.com. Naturalistic Observation is most important in todays round because when a situation being observed is natural, you are employing naturalistic observation. Naturalistic observation is reliable because there is little to no chance of human error, as they are not changing anything or physically testing for anything, simply observing what already exists. The best criterion for evaluating this resolution is the virtue of selfishness. The virtue of selfishness is defined by Ayn Rand because it is the best tool with which to measure if my value is being upheld in this debate. In affirming the resolution, I offer the following contentions:Contention I: Observation determines reality___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. (Impact: How does this claim affect your value or criterion or the resolution itself?)_____________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Contention II: Closed off societies violate the human rights is an endangerment to all mankind____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Contention III: In action by one is an endangerment to all(Optional)Before analyzing my contentions, please observe the following: (An observation is a point of clarification defining the parameters of the debate; it should not be a debatable point.)____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Conclusion Option 1:I have shown you that (Contention I)__________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________, (Contention II)___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________, and (Contention III) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. For these reasons, we can clearly conclude that (value)_____________________________________________________________________ should be upheld and the (restate the resolution or the negation of the resolution)______________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Conclusion Option 2:Ayn Rand, Russian American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and author states that we must Observe how many people evade, rationalize and drive their minds into a state of blind stupor, in dread of discovering that those they deal with their loved ones or friends or business associates or political rulers, are not merely mistaken but evil. Observe that this dread leads them to sanction, to help and to spread the very evil whose existence they fear to acknowledge. Clearly, we must affirm the resolution.