Motions

High School Grand Finals

  • 1
    THBT the EU should punish its member states for illiberal policies
  • 2
    THBT WTO should allow developing countries to impose policies aimed at protecting domestic industries, even at the expense of harming international trade
  • 3
    THBT the Bretton Woods Institutions (International Monetary Fund, World Bank, etc.) have done more harm than good

    • High School Semifinals

  • 1
    Assuming the technology exists, THS the commercial use of emotional control technologies as a form of medical treatment.
  • 2
    THBT states should prioritize funding medical researches about zoonotic diseases (i.e. Avian influenza, rabies, brucellosis etc)
  • 3
    THO the Patenting of Genetically Engineered Living Organisms

    • High School Quarterfinals

  • 1
    THW allow regions to secede through referendums
  • 2
    THS nationalism
  • 3
    This House believes that opposition parties in Asian developing countries should adopt the approach of portraying the voter base of the ruling administration as rational and reasonable instead of depicting them as being manipulated by the system through undemocratic means (e.g. revisionism, disinformation)

    • Grand Final

  • 1
    THW require economic policies to be approved by an independent panel of environmental experts before they are implemented
  • 2
    THS eco-terrorism in countries with inadequate environmental regulations
  • 3
    THW prioritize subsidies for companies developing green technologies over traditional industrial sectors

    • Semifinals

  • 1
    THBT the EU should punish its member states for illiberal policies
  • 2
    THBT WTO should allow developing countries to impose policies aimed at protecting domestic industries, even at the expense of harming international trade
  • 3
    THBT the Bretton Woods Institutions (International Monetary Fund, World Bank, etc.) have done more harm than good

    • Quarterfinals

  • 1
    Assuming the technology exists, THS the commercial use of emotional control technologies as a form of medical treatment.
  • 2
    THBT states should prioritize funding medical researches about zoonotic diseases (i.e. Avian influenza, rabies, brucellosis etc)
  • 3
    THO the Patenting of Genetically Engineered Living Organisms

    • Octofinals

  • 1
    THW allow regions to secede through referendums
  • 2
    THS nationalism
  • 3
    This House believes that opposition parties in Asian developing countries should adopt the approach of portraying the voter base of the ruling administration as rational and reasonable instead of depicting them as being manipulated by the system through undemocratic means (e.g. revisionism, disinformation)

    • Round 4

  • 1
    THP a world where individuals donate their money to charity rather than having an equivalent amount taken from them in taxation to provide welfare
  • 2
    THW impose restrictions on rural to urban migrations
  • 3
    THBT we should loosen agricultural trade restrictions in developing countries

    • Round 3

  • 1
    THBT the project of sexual liberation has failed the feminist movement
  • 2
    TH, as the LGBTQ+ community in the developing world, would prioritize grassroots community building over seeking broad national and legislative changes
  • 3
    THBT feminist groups should refrain from claiming that women who oppose feminism are operating under false consciousness

    • Round 2

  • 1
    THP to live a long but average life than a short but exciting one
  • 2
    TH as a parent who resides in the province would discourage their children from studying in Manila
  • 3
    THP to relocate with the partner than to attempt at a long distance relationship

    • Round 1

  • 1
    THW ban corporate residential landlords
  • 2
    THS developing countries heavily subsidizing start-ups (e.g. tax benefits, grants, incubators, etc.)
  • 3
    THW allow employees to relinquish worker benefits (e.g. leaves, HMO plan) for an increase in base salary