Motions

Open Grand Finals

  • 1
    THW destroy this tech
  • 2
    THBT it is morally preferable to live a life that is meaningful to others after death than one that is meaningful only to oneself while alive.
  • 3
    THBT the pursuit of moral progress is incompatible with the preservation of cultural traditions

    • Novice Finals

  • 1
    THP to be born into a culture of individualism over a culture of collectivism
  • 2
    THO the pursuit of finding one’s ‘true self’ as a necessary life goal
  • 3
    THO the glorification of perfection in lives

    • Open Semi Finals

  • 1
    This House Prefers retail investor dominance over institutional investor dominance in financial markets.
  • 2
    THBT developing economies should prioritize the Chongqing model over the Guangdong model
  • 3
    THP the centralised model to the individual model

    • Open Quarter Finals

  • 1
    THBT outside actors should significantly shift their engagement in Myanmar towards non-state actors as the primary agents of conflict resolution over state-led approaches
  • 2
    This House, as China,would aggressively intervene in the Taiwan Strait to deter Taiwanese independence.
  • 3
    THBT foreign-based NGOs operating in countries with fragile democracies should cease efforts to push for political change (e.g. lobby for policy changes, re-education of the population, etc.) and instead focus solely on the provision of essential services on the ground (e.g. food drives, vaccinations, building livable communities, etc.)

    • Open Pre Quarters

  • 1
    THW implement ethnic federalism in post-conflict states with ethnic fragment
  • 2
    THW implement proportional representation in Indian general elections
  • 3
    This House Would cap the maximum salary of corporate executives relative to their average employee salary

    • Round 5

  • 1
    This house would ban the research, production, and use of lethal autonomous weapons
  • 2
    TH, as an extremist rebel group, W heavily shift strategy from guerilla warfare to cyberwarfare
  • 3
    THBT the militaries should abandon the "Leave No Man Behind" military code

    • Round 4

  • 1
    THR marginalised groups' use of negative generalisations about their oppressors (e.g all cops are bad, all men are trash)
  • 2
    THW prioritise efforts to make mainstream schools more inclusive towards individuals with disabilities, rather than efforts to establish more exclusive schools for individuals with disabilities
  • 3
    THO military actions in the name of liberating marginalized groups

    • Round 3

  • 1
    Without knowing anything else about the conditions of one's birth, THW choose to be born aromantic
  • 2
    Assuming feasibility of disclosure, THBT dating sites/apps should require users to disclose their dating history in their profiles.
  • 3
    THW allow the use of artificial romantic stimulation technologies (e.g., Ember) as a substitute for natural romantic attraction.

    • Round 2

  • 1
    THO the narrative that settling is undesirable
  • 2
    THO the glorification of heritage
  • 3
    THO the narrative that there exists no objective truth.

    • Round 1

  • 1
    THR the glorification of "starving artist"
  • 2
    THR the rise of "momfluencers"
  • 3
    THR the social emphasis placed on IQ as a measure of individual worth