Motions

Open Semifinals

  • 1
    This house believes that humanitarian organizations (IFRC, Doctors Without Borders, UNICEF etc) should pivot away from the principle of 'do no harm' to the principle of 'harm minimization'.
  • 2
    THW allow doctors to override advance care directives.
  • 3
    This house would abolish crisis pregnancy centers.
  • Novice Finals

  • 1
    This house believes that humanitarian organizations (IFRC, Doctors Without Borders, UNICEF etc) should pivot away from the principle of 'do no harm' to the principle of 'harm minimization'.
  • 2
    THW allow doctors to override advance care directives.
  • 3
    This house would abolish crisis pregnancy centers.
  • Round 4

  • 1
    THW mandate companies to link wages to inflation.
  • 2
    THW impose restrictions on the opening of stores operated by large retail chains in order to protect local businesses.
  • 3
    THP closed shop agreements to open shop agreements.
  • Round 3

  • 1
    This house opposes moral relativism.
  • 2
    This House Opposes the use of moralistic advocacy by progressives (e.g. the 'golden rule', appeals to moral authority, assuming the moral high ground, mocking/demonising right-wing views, etc.)
  • 3
    This house believes that it is a moral duty of the citizen to participate in protests.
  • Round 2

  • 1
    This House, as an upper middle class queer individual living in a country that has decriminalised homosexuality but lacks social acceptance for it, would choose to migrate to a queer-friendly country.
  • 2
    This House Believes that social justice movements should adopt reconciliatory rather than confrontational approaches in their advocacy.
  • 3
    This house regrets the decline of joint families.
  • Round 1

  • 1
    THS the adoption of SLTCs by the Indian working class.
  • 2
    THW nationalise all for-profit education academies.
  • 3
    For degrees requiring highly technical knowledge (e.g., STEM-related degrees), This house would actively promote return-of-service agreements as opposed to international scholarships.