Individual Ought To Believe In an External Moral Force.

I Shall Return the Favour! 1. Divine Intervention and Worldly Justice. Is the world naturally evolving to become more and more Altruistic? Logically it would follow that since 1945 we as a species would have become more altruistic. The record of history does not affirm such a trend. As the actions of Hirohito and Hitler were indeed horrible, however Stalin died some 8 years later warm in his bed after a long career of starving, executing and putting into labor camps his own people! This unfortunately is not an isolated event. For instance Pol Pot’s extermination of religious, ethnic and political groups In Cambodia. Mao’s Great famine and Purges. But you will find a very interesting trend today Democracy is in retreat. “ the revolt of middle class citizens, traditionally proponents of reform, who have turned against democracy in countries such as Venezuela, Pakistan, and Taiwan. He observes that countries once held up as model new democracies, such as Hungary and the Czech Republic, have since curtailed social, economic, and political freedoms. Military coups have grabbed power from Honduras to Thailand to Fiji. The number of representative governments has fallen, and the quality of democracy has deteriorated in many states where it had been making progress, including Russia, Kenya, Argentina, and Nigeria”. . http://www.cfr.org... Even Since that article was published In Egypt we have seen a military coup and the steady rise of the Neo-Fascist Golden Dawn in Greece the Birthplace of Democracy. Whether or not Hamilton’s observations on animals is true the record of history does not affirm an evolutionary process of human society towards Altruism and virtue. . http://abcnews.go.com... This is Evidence that nation states and international organizations or even those cited Human Rights Lawyers are unable to create greater morality with top down approach. One is reminded of Theists who thought they could convert the world and create a greater morality force and institutions. The same is true for Secular Humanists who believe through international organizations that promote trade, human rights and democracy will result in a greater morality. I however offer a third position, the mohist position, that we as individuals must accept an universal benevolent force and on an individual basis, act in accordance. You might say all of these atrocities are evidence of ineffectual divine intervention. But it is only reasonable that examples of evil must exist, not only as to compliment benevolence and to show the path we must not travel but also to struggle against. If you let rape happened then that it is a victory for evil, rather you should favour universal benevolence and morality and intervene. Your intervention is the divine intervention as you are acting as an agent of good according to a moral doctrine affirmed by the transcendent moral force. Life is a struggle, would Humanity have a point if there was no evil to struggle against? You are absolutely right this force is more powerful than that of the strongest Totalitarian dictator. But as the resolution states it is a moral force and as I have presented it is a force that creates human benefit, rather than a Machiavellian Tyrant who acts out of self-interest. 2. Subjective Morality I also pose a non-rhetorical question to the opposition, How in an universe in which is NOT an universal moral force can there be any morality which is above subjectivity and partiality as which is not destined to be altered in a matter of generations? Finally I ask the opposition respond to and the audience ponder the hypothetical below: Imagine I am a very successful criminal, perhaps even the most, I have the politicians on payroll and police bribed(As we may find even today in several parts of the world). I act out of self-interest and I will cease operations if a logical argument can be posed that it is not in my self-interest to continue criminal operations if there is indeed no punishment after death and no of divine intervention. Since my opponent kept it clear and concise so shall I, I hope you enjoyed it, I now give the floor back to Ben to give a rebuttal I am sure we will all enjoy.