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  • Assuming feasibility. This house prefers to be immortal

    Association of Trust Schools Senior Debate Championship 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-02-28

  • Motion: This house would use that machine.

    Infoslide

    "Definition: Cryonics is the process of freezing the human body at extremely low temperatures with a possibility of resurrecting it later. Context: A company X Ltd. has successfully developed a cryonics machine which can preserve humans and make them alive later, whenever they want. "

    NIT Durgapur PD 23 · Grand Final · 2023-02-27

  • THis house supports the use of financial repression policies as a tool for post-pandemic recovery

    Infoslide

    Financial repression refers to a situation where domestic institutional investors (suchas pension funds) are mandated to channelize funds to the government at significantlybelow-market rates by various means. Recent examples include Australia’s attempt tochannelize $2 trillion in pension funds for investments in govt projects for clean energyand social care

    CUPD 2023 · Semifinals · 2023-02-24

  • This house would deny organ transplants for patients living an unhealthy lifestyle

    Infoslide

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    Paris World Schools Championship 2023 · Novice Final · 2023-02-17

  • This house prefers a world where moral bioenhancement was compulsory for prisoners

    Infoslide

    Moral bioenhancement refers to the use of medical, pharmacological, or biotechnical interventions to improve the moral dispositions and motives of individuals. Examples include the use of drugs to reduce aggression or gene editing to amplify traits of compassion and altruism.

    Shanghai Novice Debate Open 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-01-01

  • That pharmaceutical companies and medical professionals have a moral obligation to assist countires with the death penalty in carrying out it humanely

    Infoslide

    In states with the death penalty, medical professionals almost always avoid involvement in executions, adhering to their professional ethical guidelines to "do no harm". Many pharmaceutical companies also restrict the sale and importation of drugs used in lethal injections, one of the most common forms of execution, leading to a scarcity of suitable drugs and the reliance on drugs that can cause more suffering to the prisoner (e.g. using sedatives that don't render the prisoner fully unconscious during execution).

    Senior IDC 2023 · Semifinals · 2023-01-01

  • This House Opposes Jeff Bezos' investment in anti-aging technology.

    Infoslide

    Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, has invested in Altos Labs, a new anti-ageing start-up that hopes to prolong human life.

    Royalties Debate Open Championships Northern Regionals 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-01-01

  • This house supports the rise of "gig nursing".

    Infoslide

    Gig nursing is a type of short-term employment that offers nurses a chance to pick up shifts in various healthcare facilities around the country. It has become an increasingly popular alternative to traditional full-time employment as many hospitals are temporarily short-staffed or require more nurses for certain operations at any given point in time. An individual who participates in gig nursing are given more short-term, flexible contracts, but in return have little job security and employment benefits.

    Fuhsing Debate Open 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-01-01

  • This house regrets the rise of "TikTok on Mental Health"

    Infoslide

    The "Mental Health TikTok" is known as the collection of videos created and consumed by TikTok users (not necessarily experts) on mental health. The content of these videos mainly involves simplifying psychological concepts, listing symptoms that may indicate neurodivergence, or suggesting strategies for dealing with mental health disorders.

    Campeonato Interuniversitario Metropolitano Presencial 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-01-01

  • The law allows for involuntary hospitalization only when a person is a danger to their environment, not just when they are merely a danger to themselves.

    Infoslide

    Forced hospitalization is carried out only by a psychiatrist under conditions where a person suffers from a mental disorder and poses an immediate danger to himself and/or his environment.

    Juniors IV 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-01-01

  • That we support the use of human challenge trials

    Infoslide

    A human challenge trial is a ttype of clinical trial for a vaccine or other drug involving the intentional exposure of the test subject to the conddition tested

    Advanced Premier 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-01-01

  • This house would ban sports with a significant risk of traumatic head injury

    Infoslide

    Several popular sports (e.g. boxing, rugby) have relatively high risk of traumatic head injuries, which can cause significant damage to the brain. In response to several high-profile cases of brain damage in former athletes in later life, some of these sports have recently updated their concussion protocols to try to reduce the risk to athletes (e.g. making it easier for doctors to force a boxing match to end for medical reasons)

    China Nationals Debate Championship 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-01-01