Motions

Novice Finals

  • 1
    THO Jameson's critical approach
  • 2
    THBT Victor Frankenstein should create a female companion for the creature.
  • 3
    THR the modification of the original fairytales

    • Novice Semifinals

  • 1
    THP the narrative that love is a choice over it being a feeling one has no control over
  • 2
    TH, as a working class individual, would accept the kafkaesque mentality.
  • 3
    THW choose to use the spell.

    • Grand Final

  • 1
    TH believes that simulated humans fall under same moral obligation as humans
  • 2
    THS the use of EyeBlock
  • 3
    TH, as Theodore, will choose to 'break-up' with Samantha

    • Semifinals

  • 1
    THO Jameson's critical approach
  • 2
    THBT Victor Frankenstein should create a female companion for the creature.
  • 3
    THR the modification of the original fairytales

    • Open Pre-Semis

  • 1
    THP the narrative that love is a choice over it being a feeling one has no control over
  • 2
    TH, as a working class individual, would accept the kafkaesque mentality.
  • 3
    THW choose to use the spell

    • Round 5

  • 1
    TH, as the feminist movement, P a world where children are raised communally.
  • 2
    TH, as a progressive green political movement in the developing world, W significantly prioritize narratives centered around localized political issues (for instance, prioritizing farmers in India) over global climate goals while advocating for policies and initiatives
  • 3
    TH, as the queer movement, P a world where open relationships are the norm

    • Round 4

  • 1
    THR the live action remake of Barbie
  • 2
    THBT the race-blind casting in Bridgerton does more harm than good.
  • 3
    THO the glorification of the '27 club'

    • Round 3

  • 1
    THO the practice of attaching emotional value to physical objects
  • 2
    THBT the social expectation to call out problematic behaviours (in one's immediate circle) does more harm than good
  • 3
    THS the use of Positive Affirmations

    • Round 2

  • 1
    TH, as the Biden Administration, W condemn Benjamin Netanyahu's recent legisilative bill
  • 2
    TH, as Congress, BT the ineligibility of Rahul Gandhi to contest in general elections does more harm than good for Indian politics.
  • 3
    TH, as Northern Ireland, W choose to reuinfy with the Republic of Ireland without holding a referendum

    • Round 1

  • 1
    TH as a governement in a developing nation W open up its institutions of higher education to internationalisation.
  • 2
    TH, as a middle income African-American parent would prefer to send their child to an underperforming but predominantly African-American public school over high performing but predominantly white public school.
  • 3
    THBT the Indian education should adopt the policy of holistic evaluation (CV, interview, LOR, SOP) of each candidate for university admissions