Motions

Novice Finals

  • 1
    This House celebrates the decline of cultural relativism
  • 2
    This House Prefers to live in a world where Defining Twenties is not the norm
  • 3
    This House Regrets the universal perspective that development is an inherent good
  • Novice Semifinals

  • 1
    This House Regrets media conglomeration
  • 2
    This House Regrets mainstream media’s glorification of cashless societies
  • 3
    This House Would limit big social media companies to develop their algorithm
  • Novice Quarterfinals

  • 1
    In developing nations, This House Would increase the fees for art and humanities degrees
  • 2
    This House Supports the establishment of white collar unions in developing nations
  • 3
    This House Prefers to live in a world where states determine national wage standard as opposed to regional wage standard
  • Grand Final

  • 1
    As Ara, This House Would take the SOUL test to determine whether the person we’re in love with is our "one true soulmate"
  • 2
    As Dylan, This House Would stay in 1910 and gives the ticket to go back to 2022 for Wanda instead
  • 3
    This House Regrets the glorification of compatible love language as a pre-requisite of successful relationship
  • Semifinals

  • 1
    This House Would oblige big tech companies to adopt Hippocratic License
  • 2
    This House Regrets the splinternet
  • 3
    As artists, This House Celebrates the rise of NFTs
  • Quarterfinals

  • 1
    This House Would impose jury trial in Indonesian courts for the prosecution of sexual assault cases
  • 2
    This House Believes That abolishing retribution is the only answer to end the revolving prison door phenomenon
  • 3
    As law enforcers, This House Would only investigate and criminalize hard drugs
  • Octofinals

  • 1
    As parents from minority group, This House Would raise our children by indoctrinating them with horizontal morality rather than vertical morality
  • 2
    This House Prefers to live in a world where corporate feminism is the dominant norm as opposed to choice feminism
  • 3
    As queer community, This House regrets the significantly increasing commercialization of androginity
  • Round 6

  • 1
    This House Believes That religious institutions should admit the subjectivity in theological assertions
  • 2
    This House Prefers a world in which Abrahamic religions preach that heaven is a place for salvation as opposed to an eternal destination
  • 3
    This House Regrets the rising trend of religious preachers commercializing their services (e.g., signing a TV deal, monetizing YouTube channel, etc.)
  • Round 5

  • 1
    As a progressive politician in support of the Palestinian government, This House Would unconditionally support the LANDBACK movement
  • 2
    As Republicans, This House Would denounce QAnon
  • 3
    As Joe Biden, This House Would significantly re-allocate US' military funding for B3A
  • Round 4

  • 1
    As mental health activists, This House Would significantly allocate our resources for the development of TDCS as opposed to allocating it for conventional treatment (e.g. but not limited to providing free therapy, giving access to focused medications, promoting self-love, etc.)
  • 2
    This House Regrets the emphasis of reaching out to your loved ones as significant support for people with mental health issues
  • 3
    This House Regrets the commercialization of mindfulness (e.g. crystal healing, psychic healing, aromatherapy oil, sheet spray, Calm app, etc.)
  • Round 3

  • 1
    This House Would adapt significant “cost cap” in soccer leagues (e.g. but not limited to Premier League, La Liga, Bundes Liga, Ligue 1)
  • 2
    As progressive athletes, This House Would go for a full boycott to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics instead
  • 3
    This House Regrets ageism in sport
  • Round 2

  • 1
    As vegans, This House Would focus on advocating for ethical animal farming as opposed to radical lifestyle conversion
  • 2
    This House Believes That environmental movements should heavily shift their conservation efforts to the protection of keystone species even at the expense of other endangered species
  • 3
    This House Believes That European Parliament should approve the Green Revolution proposal
  • Round 1

  • 1
    This House Regrets the rising trend of progressive reimagination in art
  • 2
    This House Regrets the sexualization of female artists during their breakthrough period
  • 3
    As members of minority groups, This House Prefers to be portrayed and represented in hyper-realistic, struggle-based artworks (12 Years A Slave, India’s Daughter, The Danish Girl, etc.) as opposed to utopia-based ones (Afrocentricism in Black Panther, The All Women Island of Themyscira in Wonder Woman, etc.)