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  • 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 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

  • 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

  • A: That we would allow doctors to override advance care directives

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    A: An Advance Care Directive (ACD) is a legal document in which a person of sound mind specifies what actions should be taken for their health if they are no longer able to make decisions for themselves (because of illness or incapacity). Doctors are legally required to uphold the instructions of an ACD, irrespective of their professional medical opinions.

    Campbelltown Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2022 · ESL Grand Final · 2022-11-23

  • A: That all scientific journals should move to a registered reports model of publication

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    A: The registered reports model has researchers submit detailed protocols for peer review before any experiments are conducted. The methods, hypothesis and background are peer reviewed prior to data collection. If the article is accepted, the journal guarantees the publication of the article irrespective of the significance of the results.

    Campbelltown Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2022 · Round 1 · 2022-11-23

  • That we prefer a world where Neros is widely available

    Infoslide

    Neros is a treatment which grants people the ability to choose when and to whom they experience sexual attraction, as opposed to being attracted to people based on psychological factors outside of their control. Once a person undergoes Neros, they will always have to choose their attraction and cannot return to random, biological attraction.

    UNSW October Open 2022 · Grand Final · 2022-10-22

  • In rationing life-saving medical care, This house would use the standard of preventability of condition by the individual, rather than quality of life or survivability

    Rahat - The Fundraiser Debate · Novice Finals · 2022-08-04

  • Given the existing technology, This house would allow individuals to implant in themselves a computer chip with the AI algorithm

    Infoslide

    AI processes datasets of human facial and verbal cues and uses it to develop an algorithm so that they automatically mimic what we perceive as appropriate emotional responses.

    Rahat - The Fundraiser Debate · Novice Finals · 2022-08-04

  • In rationing life-saving medical care, This house would use the standard of preventability of condition by the individual, rather than quality of life or survivability

    Rahat - The Fundraiser Debate · Semifinals · 2022-08-04

  • A: That we support the use of human challenge trials

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    A: A human challenge trial, is a type of clinical trial for a vaccine or other drug involving the intentional exposure of the test subject to the condition tested.

    Monash Easters 2022 · Round 5 · 2022-05-17

  • THW, as a psychiatrist, would disobey the Goldwater Rule.

    Infoslide

    The Goldwater rule states that psychiatrists have a responsibility to participate in activities contributing to the improvement of the community and the betterment of public health, but they should not give a professional opinion about public figures whom they have not examined in person, and from whom they have not obtained consent to discuss their mental health in public statements.

    Iroquois Ridge Jr. 2022 · Gold Finals · 2022-04-21

  • THW, as a psychiatrist, would disobey the Goldwater Rule.

    Infoslide

    The Goldwater rule states that psychiatrists have a responsibility to participate in activities contributing to the improvement of the community and the betterment of public health, but they should not give a professional opinion about public figures whom they have not examined in person, and from whom they have not obtained consent to discuss their mental health in public statements.

    Iroquois Ridge Jr. 2022 · Silver Finals · 2022-04-21

  • This house opposes the decision to thaw Steve Rogers back to life

    Infoslide

    During World War II, Captain Steve Rogers was the only recipient of the Super Soldier Serum which greatly enhanced Rogers' physical abilities to superhuman levels, making him Captain America. Rogers helped the Allies win the war but crashed into the Arctic during his final mission. Rogers then spent sixty-six years frozen in ice under a state of suspended animation, during which time his friends and beloved assumed him dead. He was eventually found by S.H.I.E.L.D. in the early 21st century, who thawed him back to life to join the Avengers.

    Glasgow Wom*n‘s and Gender Minorities 2022 · Round 2 · 2022-04-03