Motions

Novice Finals

  • 1
    THS the use of the bahala na narrative by socioeconomically disadvantaged Filipinos
  • 2
    THS the aestheticization of lavish lifestyles
  • 3
    TH, as a Barbie, W accept Mattel's offer

    • Novice Semifinals

  • The motions for this round have not been released.

    • Grand Final

  • 1
    THP a world with no notion of private property.
  • 2
    Assuming you have just died and will be reincarnated as a person, THW choose to have access to the memories of their previous self
  • 3
    TH, as the animal rights activist, will press the button

    • Semifinals

  • 1
    TH, as a progressive artist, W create art that ridicules the rich over ones that portray them as potential allies
  • 2
    THW prohibit the private ownership of art deemed to be culturally or historically significant
  • 3
    THS sensitivity edits of literary works whose authors are now deceased

    • Quarterfinals

  • 1
    THO the Supreme Court's decision
  • 2
    THBT it is in the best interest of the scientific community to censor the results of any research that attempts to establish a biological link between protected attributes and certain behavioral tendencies (for example, research that says women are inherently more emotionally intelligent than men)
  • 3
    THO the premium placed on citation-based metrics in evaluating scientific work

    • Round 4

  • 1
    TH, as a hopeless romantic, W choose to be featured in a reality dating show (e.g. Single's Inferno, Too Hot to Handle, Love is Blind, etc.).
  • 2
    THS the rise of rent-a-girlfriend industry
  • 3
    THBT its justified for parents to use moral enhancement drugs on their children

    • Round 3

  • 1
    THS the rapid elimination of agricultural trade restrictions in developing countries
  • 2
    THW require all large banking financial institutions to increase the share of loans provided to the rural sector
  • 3
    THW replace states' economic and development planning bodies with artifical intelligence

    • Round 2

  • 1
    THR the rise of citizen journalism
  • 2
    THBT all social media platforms should be completely demetricated (e.g. no number of likes, reactions, and shares).
  • 3
    THR the prominence of left/liberal views at university student publications in the Philippines

    • Round 1

  • 1
    THBT corporations should be prohibited from using monitoring technology on employees who opt to work from home
  • 2
    THO the premium placed on the monetization of hobbies
  • 3
    THBT developing countries should ban their migrant workers from seeking employment in countries enforcing the kafala system