Motions

Novice Finals

  • This House believes that Indonesian environmental activists should significantly aim for positions in the government (such as regional heads, jobs in ministries, legislators, etc.) as opposed to in corporations (shareholders, upper management, consultants, etc.)
  • Novice Semifinals

  • This House believes that regional peace talks should be led by external powers (e.g. the involvement of Russia and USA in six-party talks to disarm North Korea's nuclear) rather than in-region alliances and players (e.g. African Union's involvement in resolving the ongoing Ethiopian civil war)
  • Novice Quarterfinals

  • This House believes that it is within the interest of progressive religious leaders to support the childfree movement
  • Grand Final

  • This House believes that the total salary (including benefits, etc.) for senior executive and legislative government officials should fluctuate based on periodic public approval rating
  • Semifinals

  • This House believes that the state should teach the development of cognitive empathy as opposed to emotional empathy​
  • Quarterfinals

  • This House believes that music streaming services should distribute compensation from users only to the specific artists that they listen to, as opposed to equal distribution to all artists within that particular genre
  • Octofinals

  • This House believes that it is within the interest of religion to significantly integrate faith and science
  • Round 6

  • As a middle-class parent, this House would support their child's choice to de-prioritize formal education in favor of pursuing digital creative skills or career (content creation, audio-visual design, etc.)​
  • Round 5

  • This House, as NATO, would prefer to directly re-invade Afghanistan, as opposed to supporting internal forces within Afghanistan from the outside​
  • Round 4

  • This House prefers the concept of love that lies in repetition as opposed to in passion​
  • Round 3

  • This House, as the current Israeli government, would significantly focus on the economic normalization of Palestinian territories
  • Round 2

  • This House prefers competitive sports without stoicism
  • Round 1

  • This House believes that digital alterations (e.g., photoshop, airbrushing, filtering) of the body in media brings more harm than good