Motions

Grand Final

  • 1
    This house prefers the quality of art being viewed as predominantly subjective as opposed to predominantly objective
  • 2
    This house, as an average individual in the world today, would prefer to be immortal
  • 3
    This House prefers a world where people do not feel anger

    • Semifinals

  • 1
    This house regrets the dominance of emotionality in media representations of and discussions of girls
  • 2
    This house regrets the glorification of women's resilience
  • 3
    When they are not part of that religion, This house believes that feminists should refrain from critiquing widespread religious practices that have different rules based on gender (e.g. wearing of veils, separate prayer spaces, women on their period being forbidden from fasting, Iddah (waiting) period after divorce/death of a husband, etc.)

    • Novice Finals

  • 1
    This house regrets the dominance of emotionality in media representations of and discussions of girls
  • 2
    This house regrets the glorification of women's resilience
  • 3
    When they are not part of that religion, This house believes that feminists should refrain from critiquing widespread religious practices that have different rules based on gender (e.g. wearing of veils, separate prayer spaces, women on their period being forbidden from fasting, Iddah (waiting) period after divorce/death of a husband, etc.)

    • Round 4

  • 1
    THS teaching morality to children through categorical imperatives
  • 2
    In industrializing economies, THW heavily prioritise providing excellent education to students who have a greater potential to succeed as opposed to equalizing educational access to all students.
  • 3
    TH, as parents of an extraordinarily talented (academic, sport, art etc.) child with financial limitations, would push their child to pursure their talent over letting them find their own path

    • Round 3

  • 1
    This house prefers religions that 'centre the self' to religions that 'reject the self'
  • 2
    This House Prefers a world with no afterlife.
  • 3
    This house prefers a world where religious beliefs and teaching are not based on codified scriptures.

    • Round 2

  • 1
    This house as the Palestinian people Would support the One State Solution as opposed to the Two State Solution
  • 2
    This house would adopt compulsory voting in developing nations
  • 3
    That assuming secure implementation and easy use we would implement liquid democracy

    • Round 1

  • 1
    This house regrets the rising trend of making sequels and/ or remakes of popular classics (e.g., Star Wars, Fast and Furious, Avengers).
  • 2
    This house believes that it is morally permissible to consume art regardless of the artists' personal background.
  • 3
    This House, as an east Asian, Regrets the rising popularity of K-Pop.