Jessica asked:

I am preparing for a debate over the resolution "When in conflict globalization ought to be valued
above national sovereignty" which is pretty self-explanatory, but is just basically discussing whether
combining global community is more important than a nation's individuality. I am looking for some
philosophical information to use on either side to build my own knowledge in the subject and to use in
the debate (which would have to be presented under a time restraint). Philosophers, their
philosophies, and quotes would all be helpful.

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This is not my field, but I'd like to add the equivalent of a footnote. There was recently a study,
published (I think) in Scientific Americanor Science(sorry about the lack of reference), which gave
the results of a mathematical model of the economic interactions between countries. The study
relates to the general issue of globalization, anyway. The results were that if one country was much
richer than another, free economic interactions were bad for the poorer country: its rich got richer, and
its poor got poorer. On the other hand, if the two countries were reasonably close in wealth, free trade
benefited both of them.

Steven Ravett Brown