Motions

High School Finals

  • 1
    Assuming Death Note exists, THBT its moral for crime fighting agencies to use the Death Note to kill serial perpetrators of capital crimes (including but not limited to: terrorists, serial killers, serial rapists, etc)
  • 2
    THW grant judicial validity to alternative judicial systems.
  • 3
    THBT individuals convicted for crimes that were later legalized should be retrospectively cleared of those charges and released from prison if applicable. debate starts
  • High School Semifinals

  • 1
    THW nationalize all credit rating agencies
  • 2
    THBT billionaires have a moral obligation to donate their money to the US government instead of charities
  • 3
    THW extensively lower credit score requirements for housing loans in developing states.
  • Open Finals

  • 1
    THO the narrative that 'love conquers all'
  • 2
    Assuming certainty that they will never meet again, THBT Jesse and Celine would be better off not falling in love in the first place
  • 3
    THR the narrative that you need to truly love yourself in order to love others
  • Open Semifinals

  • 1
    Assuming Death Note exists, THBT its moral for crime fighting agencies to use the Death Note to kill serial perpetrators of capital crimes (including but not limited to: terrorists, serial killers, serial rapists, etc)
  • 2
    THW grant judicial validity to alternative judicial systems.
  • 3
    THBT individuals convicted for crimes that were later legalized should be retrospectively cleared of those charges and released from prison if applicable.
  • Open Quarterfinals

  • 1
    TH, as Giging, would choose to be born
  • 2
    THP a world where the pill exists
  • 3
    THP a world where everyone has the option to restart their lives while retaining the memories of their previous ones. debte starts
  • Open Octofinals

  • 1
    THW nationalize all credit rating agencies
  • 2
    THBT billionaires have a moral obligation to donate their money to the US government instead of charities
  • 3
    THW extensively lower credit score requirements for housing loans in developing states.
  • Round 5

  • 1
    THW grant legal status to undocumented migrants in the host country for a fixed period time
  • 2
    THBT Western liberal democracies should accept immigrants through sortition and not by determining factors such as wages, education and language skills.
  • 3
    THW illegally smuggle the Palestinian refugees to safety
  • Round 4

  • 1
    THW prefer a religion which preaches that one's fate in the material world is predetermined rather than one that preaches that one's choices influence it
  • 2
    TH, as the committed religious person, W take the pill
  • 3
    In high crime-rate areas, THBT religious leaders should adopt to universal reconciliation narrative in their preachings as opposed to special salvation
  • Round 3

  • 1
    THR fictional characters from popular shows and literature being reimagined to have a different ethnicity (e.g., 2023 The Little Mermaid)
  • 2
    THBT states should destroy all contemporary works of art (including but not limited to music, films and paintings) created by artists convicted of heinous crimes.
  • 3
    THBT artists should present a clear meaning and interpretation of their work rather than leaving it up for public interpretation.
  • Round 2

  • 1
    THR the use of martyrdom as a tool for empowering social movements
  • 2
    THBT shipping of non-canonical queer characters is a step back for genuine queer representation in media
  • 3
    TH, as the Philippine feminist movement will extensively dissociate with Political figureheads. (Ie: Politicians, Parties, etc)
  • Round 1

  • 1
    Assuming feasibility, THP a world where people can upload their consciousness to a technology
  • 2
    Assuming Feasibility, THW impose multiple and consecutive life sentences towards criminals guilty of crimes against humanity during their reincarnation cycle
  • 3
    THBT humanity should adopt slowly adopt antinatalism