This House Believes That Universities Should Not Claim Patents over the Products of Their Researchers

The good ol’ debate of whether does copyright actually protect their original creators and inventors, or on the contrary, do they actually harm potential insight and demotivate future research and delay improvement? But, anyway, the wording of this motion actually makes things a little bit more complicated than just about this. Alright let’s go. Motion…

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This House Would Offer Terminally Ill Patients the Option of a Cash Grant If They Forgo Treatment and Consent to Early Euthanasia

From the motion above, we could concur that there are several keywords/variables we could explore, which are: ‘offer an option’, ‘terminally ill patients’, ‘cash grant’, and ‘giving up life”. The room of the debate is clear enough to not to be misinterpreted. There will be some arguments revolving around rights vs utilitarian approach, comparison between…

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This House Believes That the Indonesian Government Should Heavily Invest in Start-Up Online Businesses Rather Than Conventional Sectors (Accountants, Lawyers, Engineers, Doctors, etc.)

The idea of investment is insertion or empowerment of capital, having a goal to yield more profit. Which side of the house returns more towards the government. So, motion dissection. Here goes. The Indonesian government (or other third world countries alike, for this case) should be facing pretty much the same issues among other agendas:…

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