Motions

Novice Finals

  • 1
    This house believes that minority communities should actively discourage their children from pursuing careers in state security apparatuses (i.e. the military, the police, immigration and border control)
  • 2
    This house supports a norm where parents are financially transparent to their children
  • 3
    THP a world where all children are randomly reassigned to a new parent at birth.

    • Novice Semifinals

  • 1
    TH, as India, would take on the same responsibility as the West in fighting climate change (e.g. similar emissions reduction targets, commitments to investing a similar % of budget to conservation, etc.)
  • 2
    This house opposes a narrative that climate change has gone past a 'point of no return'
  • 3
    This house, as the environmental movement, would prioritise advocating for the return of land rights to indigenous people as their primary environmental protection strategy

    • Grand Final

  • 1
    THP to live in a future with FALC.
  • 2
    TH supports widespread belief in the concept of In-Yun.
  • 3
    THS the narrative that life should be lived in the moment.

    • Semifinals

  • 1
    THW ban financial derivatives.
  • 2
    THBT investors should be required to invest a significant proportion of their portfolios in the real economy.
  • 3
    THW prohibit hedge funds from purchasing sovereign debt issued by countries nearing insolvency.

    • Open Pre Semis

  • 1
    TH, as India, would take on the same responsibility as the West in fighting climate change (e.g. similar emissions reduction targets, commitments to investing a similar % of budget to conservation, etc.)
  • 2
    This house opposes a narrative that climate change has gone past a 'point of no return'
  • 3
    This house, as the environmental movement, would prioritize advocating for the return of land rights to indigenous people as their primary environmental protection strategy

    • Round 5

  • 1
    This House believes that offensive art should not be commissioned for public spaces (Museums, Parks,Squares, etc.)
  • 2
    THBT progressive media should focus on "success stories" of immigrants, rather than instances of their exclusion, suffering, or vulnerabilities.
  • 3
    THP a world in which social media was founded on a subscription- based revenue model rather than an ad-based revenue model (i.e one in which most of the revenue comes from paying customers instead of ads)

    • Round 4

  • 1
    THP a world with widespread belief in divine indifference
  • 2
    THP a world with predominant belief in sargun as opposed to nirgun.
  • 3
    THR the narrative of perceiving exogamy as a means of eradicating caste.

    • Round 3

  • 1
    Assuming exes to have had been in a relationship for over an year, THW choose to go no contact with their exes.
  • 2
    TH as this person at this point in time with the pill in their hands, would take the pill.
  • 3
    THR the expectation for teachers to be "second parents" in developing countries.

    • Round 2

  • 1
    THO the sorority culture.
  • 2
    THBT the feminist movement should support the rise of Bimbo Feminism.
  • 3
    THR the trend of prominent businesswomen giving advice on succeeding in corporate culture, rather than fighting to radically reform it.

    • Round 1

  • 1
    THS the widespread adoption of the mastery learning model in primary and secondary education.
  • 2
    THBT academic research funding for social sciences, should be allocated based on a lottery system rather than through peer-reviewed grant applications
  • 3
    THS the widespread use of government bonded-scholarships by developing countries.