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DPM Princeton IV 2021 Final – THP a world where individuals treated everybody as though they carry equal moral weight, rather than a world where they treated their surrounding community as though they carry more moral weight
Princeton IV 2021 Final Motion: THP a world where individuals treated everybody as though they carry equal moral weight, rather than a world where they treated their surrounding community as though they carry more moral weight OG: NUS LN OO: Cambridge ST Result: OG wins Nar Sher May, Deputy Prime Minister Here’s the video: https://youtu.be/kZw07BD5Z-0?t=1011…
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GM HWS Round Robin 2017 Round 4 – Given the choice as an individual who is a typical, healthy 30-year-old, this house would elect to never again feel the emotion of sorrow.
Dan Lahav, HWS Round Robin 2017 Round 4 Member of Government Here’s the video: https://youtu.be/KR9RfcjOcqI?t=1866 Opening Being sick is part of nature. It is therefore part of the human experience. The flaw for Opening Opposition, however, is that the fact that something is part of human nature necessarily makes it a good part of your…
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GM Oxford IV 2020 Open Finals – This house regrets the narrative that there exists no objective truth
Jacklin Kwan, Oxford IV 2020 Open Finals Member of Government Here’s the video: https://youtu.be/wJwtOUB-9XE?t=2888 Opening I think the framing that is symmetric on both sides is that people still need to make decisions based on a singular conception of truth, in order to not do contradictory shit. They still need to make decisions on policy…
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DLO WUDC 2020 Open Semi-Final – This house prefers a “Brave New World” to the status quo in Western Liberal Democracies
Lee Chin Wee, Thailand WUDC 2020 Open Semi-Final Deputy Leader of Opposition Here’s the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWbmzyLxlgU&t=1791s Infoslide A “Brave New World” has these characteristics: People are genetically engineered and socially conditioned by the state for specific societal roles. People’s material and physical needs are unfailingly met. There is no possibility of changing the social order.…
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This House Believes That the Internet Should Be Considered as a Common Heritage of Mankind
A principle of international law which holds that defined territorial areas and elements of humanity’s common heritage (cultural and natural) should be held in trust for future generations and be protected from exploitation by individual nation states or corporations. (Wikipedia) There are generally two possible ways to expect where this debate will go: one is…