This House Believes That Debt Relief Should Be Granted to Developing Countries on The Basis of Past Colonial Exploitation

Let’s do the motion dissection by focusing on the different aspects of the wording, one at a time. First, “granted on the basis of past colonial exploitation”. In order to help the understanding of that, let us deliver it to you this way: “you are going to base debt relief grants, ONLY on past colonial…

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This House Believes That Doctors Should Be Obligated to Report Suspected Cases of Domestic Abuse

First of all, defining domestic abuse. You can read more here. Any form of physical, sexual or mental and emotional abuse which might amount to criminal conduct and which takes place within the context of a relationship. The relationship will be between partners (married, co-habiting, civil partnership or otherwise) or ex-partners. The abuse can be…

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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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