Motions

Open Grand Finals

  • 1
    THW only recruit atheists to be part of the group, and would not allow any religious books or items of worship on board

    • Open Semifinals

  • 1
    THBT the environmentally conscious large investors should sell their stakes in environmentally damaging companies rather than engage in shareholder activism
  • 2
    THBT environmental movements should heavily prioritise geopoliticised narratives to advocate for greener technologies and policies
  • 3
    THW grant patents and intellectual property rights only on technological goods and processes which reach a reasonable sustainability standard

    • Novice Finals

  • 1
    THO the rise of social impact marketing
  • 2
    THW significantly re-allocate funding from police systems to community-based intervention programmes (i.e. identifying young men susceptible to gun violence and providing them with cognitive-behavioural therapy, hands-off strategies involving initiatives like changing the recipients of 911 calls or engaging local community members to intervene in conflicts before they escalate into violence.)
  • 3
    THR the decline of class as the primary organising political identity in Western liberal democracies

    • Open Quarterfinals

  • 1
    THBT Western multinational corporations operating in South Asia should adhere to the environmental and labour standards of their home country
  • 2
    THBT resource-backed loans to developing nations do more harm than good
  • 3
    THBT developing countries should acquire large stakes in major publicly-traded global corporations on the open market (e.g., Google, J.P. Morgan, Shell, and Pfizer).

    • Open Octofinals

  • 1
    In cases where the deliberate economic policies by another state have caused significant economic harm, THBT international law should recognise the legitimacy of military retaliation
  • 2
    THR the increasing reliance of groups fighting for social causes on litigation finance firms
  • 3
    THW make victims' forgiveness a significant mitigating factor in criminal sentencing

    • Round 5

  • 1
    THR the portrayal of mythological women as feminist icons (Lilith, Medusa etc.)
  • 2
    THO the rise of the "unbecoming woman" trope
  • 3
    THBT feminist organisations in the West should have a global agenda, as opposed to a local one

    • Round 4

  • 1
    THR the glorification of 'benevolent' strong-man leaders in Asia (e.g., Lee Kuan Yiew of Singapore, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk of Turkey etc.)
  • 2
    THBT states in ongoing civil conflicts should offer amnesty to defectors of insurgent groups in exchange for them agreeing to serve in the military
  • 3
    THBT the Indian National Congress should prioritise running ordinary working class citizens over career politicians in national elections

    • Round 3

  • 1
    THP a world where children are raised under the collective parenting model as opposed to the nuclear family unit
  • 2
    THP a world where co-parenting is primarily conducted by consenting partners who have no romantic or sexual relationship (e.g., friends)
  • 3
    TH, as a queer parent, would raise their children without gender roles

    • Round 2

  • 1
    THR horse race reporting
  • 2
    THO the transition of media coverage of sports to social media (e.g. athletes promoting themselves on social media, sports associations streaming games for free online) at the expense of traditional sports journalism (e.g. televising of games on TV, journalists providing long-form features on athletes)
  • 3
    THBT it is in the interests of media outlets in nascent democracies to give the state a right of reply

    • Round 1

  • 1
    TH, as a Bollywood actor heading towards retirement, would prefer the SRK route as opposed to the Amir Khan route
  • 2
    THBT sharing culture has done more harm than good
  • 3
    THR the rise in popularity of thrifting