Motions

Novice Finals

  • 1
    This house believes that left-wing political campaigns should heavily prioritize forwarding "firebrand" political candidates
  • 2
    This house prefers a cynical and pessimistic perception of democratic politics to an idealistic and optimistic one
  • 3
    This house prefers a world where the legacies of violent radical revolutionaries are celebrated more than the legacies of revolutionaries who prioritized nonviolent means of reconciliation
  • Novice Semifinals

  • 1
    This house prefers a world where all social media was demetrified from the beginning
  • 2
    This house would break up major mass media conglomerates (e.g. Fox, Disney, Sony, Paramount)
  • 3
    This house believes that the non-English speaking world should oppose the rapid development and adoption of real-time AI translation models
  • Grand Final

  • 1
    This house believes in a universal intergenerational obligation
  • 2
    This house believes that parents should not have the right to reject life-saving treatment for their children when recommended by medical professionals
  • 3
    This house believes that it is immoral to act against one's conscience
  • Semifinals

  • 1
    This house believes that left-wing political campaigns should heavily prioritize forwarding "firebrand" political candidates
  • 2
    This house prefers a cynical and pessimistic perception of democratic politics to an idealistic and optimistic one
  • 3
    This house prefers a world where the legacies of violent radical revolutionaries are celebrated more than the legacies of revolutionaries who prioritized nonviolent means of reconciliation
  • Quarterfinals

  • 1
    This house prefers a world where all social media was demetrified from the beginning
  • 2
    This house would break up major mass media conglomerates (e.g. Fox, Disney, Sony, Paramount)
  • 3
    This house believes that the non-English speaking world should oppose the rapid development and adoption of real-time AI translation models
  • Round 5

  • 1
    This house believes that it is in the interest of developing countries to outsource education to private agencies
  • 2
    This house would proportionately subsidise (e.g. scholarship and funding) university courses according to the employability of their graduates
  • 3
    This house believes that parents of minority children should strongly emphasize the importance of internal validation as opposed to external validation
  • Round 4

  • 1
    This house believes that Pope Francis has failed the Catholic Church
  • 2
    This house believes that it is in the interest of the Catholic Church to abandon the doctrine of "divine inspiration" of the Bible, in favor of one that admits it was written by flawed human beings
  • 3
    This house believes that the Philippine Catholic Church should embrace folk Catholicism
  • Round 3

  • 1
    This house, as a Muslim majority Southeast Asian nation, would reject Saudi Arabian investments in education
  • 2
    This house believes that the Obama administration should have intervened with boots on the ground against ISIS
  • 3
    This house believes it is in the interest of Xi Jinping to significantly withdraw China's military support for Russia
  • Round 2

  • 1
    This house regrets the narrative of "if he wanted to he would"
  • 2
    This house believes that feminist movements should campaign to reject masculinity rather than coopt masculinity to serve feminist goals
  • 3
    This house supports pre nuptial agreements
  • Round 1

  • 1
    This house regrets the rise of 'Silicon Valley Culture'
  • 2
    This house believes that labor unions should have their power suspended during times of economic crisis
  • 3
    This house regrets the premium placed on professionalism