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  • This house believes that the belief in Tadhana has no place in modern-day Philippine society

    Infoslide

    Tadhana is the Filipino belief in fate or destiny where outcomes in life are pre-determined by some divine entity.

    3rd Visayas Novice Debate Cup · Round 4 · 2025-10-25

  • This house believes that the Filipino belief in "Gaba" has done more harm than good

    Infoslide

    "Gaba" is loosely used to determine person's fate and destiny according to the actions they commit. It is the karmic justice that says people who do good will be rewarded and people who do bad will be punished.

    3rd Visayas Novice Debate Cup · Open Finals · 2025-10-25

  • From behind the veil of ignorance, this house would allow humans to allocate their stat points prior to being born.

    Infoslide

    In video games, stat points (short for statistic points) represent a character’s core attributes or abilities — such as strength, speed, luck, or intelligence. Stat points typically have a maximum value of 10 per category. For this debate, each participant has access to 50% of the total available stat points, meaning it is not possible to max out every category. Once allocated, stat points cannot be changed or reassigned, and no additional points can be earned later.

    Hugill Western Canadian Debating Championship 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-10-25

  • This House Prefers a world where the gnostic conception of Christianity became the dominant form of Christianity.

    Infoslide

    The gnostic conception of Christianity differs from the traditional conception in two key ways. Firstly, gnostic christians believe that the material world was not the creation of the true god, but the creation of a malevolent, deceitful demiurge(lesser god). Secondly, they reject the idea that Christ’s sacrifice saved humanity; they rather believe that Christ saved humanity as a teacher, by spreading knowledge that would save humanity from ignorance.

    Unity Cup 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-10-25

  • This house prefers a world where a small robot flies beside everyone’s head and scolds people if they violate utilitarian ethics.

    Infoslide

    Utilitarians believe that the purpose of morality is to make life better by increasing the amount of good things (such as pleasure and happiness) in the world and decreasing the amount of bad things (such as pain and unhappiness).

    Hugill Western Canadian Debating Championship 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-10-25

  • This house believes that the Evidential Problem of Evil means that a benevolent God does not exist

    Infoslide

    The 'Evidential Problem of Evil' can be described as follows: Premise 1: There exist instances of intense suffering which an omnipotent, omniscient being could have prevented. Premise 2: Such a being would prevent any such suffering if it existed.

    Hugill Western Canadian Debating Championship 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-10-25

  • This house prefers a world where governments surrendered all decision-making to the Headband of Knowledge

    Infoslide

    The Headband of Knowledge is a machine that estimates the social benefit or harm of any proposed policy for each individual in society. It operates without bias toward a person's identity (e.g. class, race, gender, or social status) and is limited to domestic use, i.e. only one machine may be used per country. The Headband aggregates data and calculates the total pain/happiness generated per citizen per policy option. Each Headband can only be operated by the country’s head of state.

    Institution of Business Administration Debating Championship 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-10-24

  • This house supports the glorification of adventurous lifestyles (e.g. lifestyles that involve experimenting & exploring experiences that are foreign to oneself, casual spontaneity, embracing opportunities with many unknowns etc.)

    Manila Pre-WUDC 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-10-24

  • This House Would take the pill.

    Infoslide

    There exists a pill that allows individuals to lead happy lives at the expense of reducing their awareness. Individuals who take the pill are content and satisfied with their lives, but are disinclined to change their present circumstances and will be apathetic about issues they perceive to not concern them (e.g. politics and global warming).

    Oxford Charity Open 2025 · Bronze Finals · 2025-10-19

  • This House, as the journalist, Would take the bribe.

    Infoslide

    You are a journalist living in a democratic state with endemic corruption covering the upcoming elections. A local politician that is known to engage in corrupt actions has approached you to bribe you to focus on his opponents instead of scrutinising his actions. Agreeing to this would ensure a steady source of future funding for your journalistic career.

    Oxford Charity Open 2025 · Gold Final · 2025-10-19

  • This house believes that the tribe should choose the person to be sacrificed by lottery instead of deciding by majority vote

    Infoslide

    There is a prehistoric tribe of about 100 people who sacrifice one member every year for the purposes of a religious ritual. There is no way to disobey this ritual because otherwise God would become angry with the tribe and destroy it completely. God will not retaliate regardless of who dies.

    Davao Novice Cup 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-10-18

  • This house supports political centrism (e.g. favoring moderate policies and bipartisan approaches to political engagement, "reaching across the aisle") as a dominant political ideology

    Davao Novice Cup 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-10-18

  • This house, as Nezuko, would not kill Tanjiro

    Infoslide

    Muzan, the demon king, uses his blood and active consciousness to create demons. To combat Muzan, the Demon Slayer Corps was created with the single duty of eliminating all demons. Tanjiro, a member of the Demon Slayer Corps, discovers that his sister, Nezuko, has become a demon but decides to save her since since she has retained her human consciousness. In the end, Nezuko, through immense willpower and aided by the human transformation drug of Tamayo, a doctor, is successfully able to regain her full humanity. On the other hand, Tanjiro was successfully able to defeat Muzan but now is near-dead from the injuries he sustained. However, in an alternate universe with a tragic twist of fate, Muzan, in his dying moments, successfully transfers his blood and consciousness to Tanjiro. While Tanjiro has now become a sun- resistant demon, Muzan's active consciousness controls Tanjiro. Muzan now uses Tanjiro's body to spread his blood and create more sun-resistant demons. However, Muzan discovers that Tanjiro would experience lucid intervals when Tanjiro is near his sister, allowing Tanjiro to temporarily regain his consciousness. Nezuko knows that the only way to stop Muzan is to suppress his active consciousness during a lucid interval and kill his brother.

    Cebu Debate Open · Round 1 · 2025-10-17

  • This House prefers a notion of happiness guided by ataraxia rather than one guided by eudaimonia.

    Infoslide

    For Aristotle, happiness, called eudaimonia, is the ultimate goal of human life. It is achieved when the individual lives according to reason and practices virtues such as justice, courage, and temperance. To be happy, in this sense, is to fulfill one's moral and rational potential, contributing to the common good. For Pyrrho, happiness is achieved through ataraxia, a state of inner tranquility and emotional imperturbability. It arises when the individual suspends judgment about what is "good" or "bad," accepting the world as it is and not depending on acting morally or rationally, but on cultivating detachment.

    Curitiba Week of British Parliamentary 2025 · Semifinais · 2025-10-17