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  • This House Would turn yourself into a dog rather than letting your partner be turned into a dog

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    You are a 25 year old person who has been in relationships before, but believes now for the first time that you have found the love of your life. You have been in this relationship for 3 years and live together. One day, an evil wizard called Roru appears in front of you and forces you to make a split decision. Roru will turn your body into a dog for 10 years or your partner's body into a dog for 5 years. The wizard tells you that no matter the choice, your partner will know that the wizard appeared and what decision you made. You have no ability to discuss the matter with your partner.

    Nordic Schools Debating Championships 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-04-07

  • This House Would upload their consciousness to the cloud at the point of death

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    Uploading one's consciousness to the cloud refers to the process of transferring a person's mind, thoughts, and identity into a digital space, allowing them to exist as a non-physical entity. Individuals who undergo this process lose all physical capabilities, including sensation and mobility, but can continue to think, communicate, and interact with the living through digital interfaces. This digital existence is persistent as long as the system supporting it remains functional and as long as others choose to engage with it.

    13th Zamboanga Debate Open · Grand Finals · 2025-04-05

  • This house opposes the ‘Leave it to God’ philosophy

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    Leave it to God in Ghana is a narrative whereby in situations that seem hopeless or difficult to handle, Ghanaians turn to whichever religious deity they believe in and wait on the deity to fix the problem instead of attempting to solve the problem or taking action

    77th MUKMEM 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-04-05

  • This house prefers the Eastern philosophy of karmic rebirth and moksha over the Abrahamic conception of heaven and hell as a model of moral consequences and afterlife.

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    Certain schools of Eastern Philosophy (Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism) see the moral consequences of one's actions (karma) unfolding across one's life and subsequent lives. The soul is constrained to a cycle of rebirth, trapped within the temporal world (saṃsāra), until it finally achieves liberation from this cycle of rebirth (mokṣa). In contrast, the Abrahamic model (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) posits a one-life system where, upon death, one's entire moral determination is judged by God and sent to Heaven or Hell for eternity.

    77th MUKMEM 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-04-05

  • This house, as a teenager in a developed country, would practice radical self-discipline.

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    Radical self-discipline is the philosophy that one should abandon the comforts of the modern world to become disciplined. This involves (but is not limited to) a strict exercise regime, waking up early every day, cold showers, absence from social media, a diet devoid of comfort food, a renunciation of self-care culture.

    77th MUKMEM 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-04-05

  • Assuming an entirely rational and well-educated voterbase, This house would set the threshold for elections to be 100% voter share

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    Democracy intrinsically supports the idea of people voting for who they believe to be the most representative and competent individuals. Despite this, most democratic countries only require a majority of voter share for elections to be won. Caplan's argument against the myth of the rational voter implies to some extent that the reason why democracies don't instead require a 100% votershare is because voters themselves are inherently irrational, conforming to many misconceptions about the world; typically resulting in the failure of said democracy. Voter share refers to all the voters who DID vote in a given election

    Southern Luzon Inter High School Debate Encounter 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-04-05

  • This house prefers a view of the state primarily as a necropolitical actor

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    Achille Mbembe's Necropolitics is a political philosophy which argues that the state primarily acts to determine who is and who is not deserving of life. The states function historically has been to provide the conditions of life for some, and allow others to simply die.

    Xth NLUO BPD 2025 · Open Grand Final · 2025-04-05

  • This House prefers religion with non-denominational model over a denominational model

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    The non-denominational model of religion lacks formal divisions or sects within religious organizations, such as Islam and Buddhism. In contrast, the denominational model is characterized by clearly defined theological doctrines, structured leadership, and specific traditions that define each religious group, such as Roman Catholicism.

    13th Zamboanga Debate Open · Novice Quarterfinals · 2025-04-05

  • In the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse, This House would establish a new society based on the principles of the "Noble Lie"

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    The "Noble Lie" is a political philosophy suggesting that the state can use propaganda to maintain social harmony and serve its interests. It posits that individuals hold a shared “noble” falsehood, and that society can only function if many people believe in such a lie.

    13th Zamboanga Debate Open · Grand Finals · 2025-04-05