Motions

Novice Final

  • THW not host public debates between candidates in the runup to elections

    • Novice Semi Final

  • THBT environmental movements should launch violent campaigns against major polluting companies

    • Grand Final

  • TH prefers a world where the prevailing moral doctrine is utilitarianism over common sense morality

    • Semifinals

  • THBT 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

    • Quarterfinals

  • THR the suspension of financial cooperation with Afghanistan by Western powers

    • Round 5

  • THS the creation of women-only political parties in multi-party democracies

    • Round 4

  • THS governments significantly increasing their use of big data-based predictive models to replace human judgements (e.g. criminal justice policy, allocation of healthcare resources, housing development)

    • Round 3

  • THBT South Korea should break up Chaebols

    • Round 2

  • THBT contemporary social movements should focus on class differences rather than on identity-based discrimination (e.g. gender, race)

    • Round 1

  • TH as the Sri Lankan Government would adopt the widespread use of government-bonded scholarships rather than invest in the expansion of public sector tertiary education