Motions

Novice Finals

  • 1
    THP a widespread adoption of process-based as opposed to outcomes-based environmental regulation
  • 2
    THBT governments should relocate citizens in disaster-prone areas as opposed to investing in defensive infrastructure
  • 3
    In times of economic crisis, THW suspend all environmental regulations
  • Grand Final

  • 1
    THW classify soldiers of the supply corps as non combatants in international law
  • 2
    THW allow soldiers to refuse to participate in military actions or missions on the basis of conscience
  • 3
    THBT countries with significant refugee populations should grant citizenship in exchange for military service
  • Semifinals

  • 1
    THBT feminists have a moral obligation to not consume any kind of pornographic material
  • 2
    THBT mothers should be completely honest to their children when talking about their fathers as husbands
  • 3
    TH, as a progressive female candidate in a conservative country, would use conventional gender roles as a tactic in political campaigning (e.g. marketing oneself as a mother or a wife leveraging traditional societal gender stereotypes to appeal to voters etc.)
  • Quarterfinals

  • 1
    Assuming feasibility, THP distributing development aid to individual citizens rather than governments
  • 2
    THBT states should make corporation tax proportional to company wage ratios
  • 3
    THW remove quarterly reporting requirements for publicly traded companies
  • Round 4

  • 1
    TH, as Wayne Lim, would reveal your identity to the public
  • 2
    THBT minority artists should prioritize the political impact of their works over their commercial palatability
  • 3
    THBT it is unjustified for the media to report on the private lives of celebrities
  • Round 3

  • 1
    THS the European Union’s confrontational stance against Trump's tariffs
  • 2
    THBT US military bases in Okinawa has done more harm than good
  • 3
    Assuming feasibility, THBT it is in the interest of California to secede from the US
  • Round 2

  • 1
    In developing countries, THBT that the Supreme Court should only function with original jurisdiction
  • 2
    In areas with high rates of sexual crimes, THW lower the burden of proof in cause of sexual assault to a balance of probabilities in a court of law
  • 3
    THBT states should eliminate the statute of limitations on all criminal charges
  • Round 1

  • 1
    THO the romanticization of workplace relationships in media
  • 2
    THP a world where all relationships are pursued on the basis of practicality
  • 3
    THW take the test