Motions

Novice Finals

  • 1
    THR the focus on pessimism in climate change messaging
  • 2
    THBT the vilification of nuclear power has done more harm than good in the fight against climate change
  • 3
    THBT environmental justice is compatible with capitalism

    • Novice Semifinals

  • 1
    This house believes that in post-conflict societies, the national government should actively attempt to recruit militias and insurgency groups into the national military over attempting to quash them
  • 2
    In multi ethnic nascent democracies, THW conduct a general election over signing power-sharing agreements among prominent leaders
  • 3
    THBT progressive movements should avoid positively framing the political assassination of controversial figures

    • Grand Final

  • 1
    THP religious teachings, according to which people are born good, as opposed to being born evil
  • 2
    THBT there is no moral obligation to follow the law
  • 3
    This House would dodge the draft

    • Semifinals

  • 1
    THBT the protections of international law conventions and treaties should not apply to combatants from terrorist organisations (e.g., prohibition on torture, prisoner of war status, guarantee of post-conflict release)
  • 2
    This House predicts that a Third World War will break out before 2050
  • 3
    THR The Presence of AUKUS in the South China Sea

    • Quarterfinals

  • 1
    This house believes that in post-conflict societies, the national government should actively attempt to recruit militias and insurgency groups into the national military over attempting to quash them
  • 2
    In multi ethnic nascent democracies, THW conduct a general election over signing power-sharing agreements among prominent leaders
  • 3
    THBT progressive movements should avoid positively framing the political assassination of controversial figures

    • Round 4

  • 1
    This house regrets the rise of casual romance
  • 2
    THBT it is preferable to be single than pursuing a long-term monogamous relationship
  • 3
    This house prefers a world in which the intensity of every single pain and heartbreak caused by a romantic relationship is 'breakeven or equal between individuals involved in the relationship'

    • Round 3

  • 1
    This House, in developing economies, prefers market-oriented economic policy to state-controlled economic policy
  • 2
    TH regrets the FOMC's decision to cut interest rates
  • 3
    THS the use of economic warfare tactics (tariffs, targeted sanctions etc.) in order to force compliance with rules of the global neoliberal economic order (opening up of national markets, protecting intellectual property, not engaging in currency manipulation etc.)

    • Round 2

  • 1
    THBT female politicians should not use traditional gender roles attributed to women in election campaigns (e.g. not portraying oneself as a good mother, wife, housewife, etc.)
  • 2
    THBT feminists should criticize attempts to conform to beauty standards by women (i.e. wearing makeup, dieting, etc.)
  • 3
    THBT women from privileged backgrounds should turn down any benefits arising from affirmative action programs

    • Round 1

  • 1
    THW abolish all vernacular schools in Malaysia
  • 2
    In areas of chronically low academic attainment, THBT the general approach of educational charities should be to focus resources on maximising the potential of exceptional students, over helping the lowest achieving
  • 3
    THR the societal expectation of going to university