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  • This house supports the decline of filial piety

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    Filial piety is a fundamental concept in Confucian philosophy and is central to the moral and ethical framework of many East Asian cultures, including Chinese, Korean, and Japanese societies. It refers to the virtue of respect, obedience, and care that a child is expected to show to their parents, elders, and ancestors.

    Sunway Pre-Nationals 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-10-20

  • This house would introduce a 'youthocratic' voting system in states with significant ageing populations

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    A youthocratic voting system grants more weighting to votes cast by the youth (e.g. the weighting assigned to a vote is inversely proportional to age of the individuals

    VITDT Round Robin 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-10-06

  • This house would marry the aged widower.

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    "You are an aristocrat with a prestigious lineage, but have fallen on hard times. While you and your family have enough money to survive, you are unable to maintain social obligations or maintain your usual lifestyle. Your siblings will be unable to attend school, or have meaningful careers. You are presented with two suitors: An aged widower with a large amount of money who is willing to share it with you, but with whom you are not in love; and a young, dashing suitor whom you have known since you were a child, but comes from a similar financial circumstance. "

    Queen's National High School Debate Championship 2023 · Round 5 · 2023-08-11

  • Motion R4: THR modern medicine's prioritization of longevity over quality of life (e.g. extending lifespan vs. palliative care)

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    info slide: Palliative care refers to specialized medical care for people with serious or chronic illnesses

    Hart House Women and Gender Minorities Debating Tournament 2023 · No Round · 2023-05-27

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

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    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 2023 - Southern Region · Grand Final · 2023-05-26

  • This house would ban businesses from denying customers based on age (Examples include but are not limited to: No-Kids Zone, No-Silver Zone)

    EYD Sinchon KIDA National Championships 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-05-19

  • In fulfilling responsibilities related to elderly care (e.g. living assistance, healthcare support, etc.), TH prefers a world where the state plays a primary role in undertaking such responsibilities rather than a supplementary role of assisting the legal guardians.

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    HUFS IV 2023 · Novice Finals · 2023-05-13

  • This house believes that states facing a demographic winter (declining birthrates and older populations) should focus on combatting population decline (encouraging immigration, benefits for having children, etc) over adapting to it (transitioning away from labor-heavy industries, relocating people from abandoned areas, etc.)

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    AIV 2023 · 4 · 2023-03-18

  • This House believes that Japan should seek to address its aging population crisis by focusing on opening its border to more immigrants, investing in automation, and encourage longer working lives as opposed to encouraging a higher birth rate (e.g. subsidies for child care, baby bonuses, paternity leave)

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    Japan is facing an aging population crisis, characterized by a rapidly increasing proportion of elderly citizens, a declining irth rate, and a shrinking workforce. This demographic shift is a result of several factors, including increasing life expectancy and low fertility rates.

    JDO 2023 · Octofinals · 2023-03-17

  • This House believes that Japan should seek to address its aging population crisis by focusing on opening its border to more immigrants, investing in automation, and encourage longer working lives as opposed to encouraging a higher birth rate (e.g. subsidies for child care, baby bonuses, paternity leave)

    Infoslide

    Japan is facing an aging population crisis, characterized by a rapidly increasing proportion of elderly citizens, a declining irth rate, and a shrinking workforce. This demographic shift is a result of several factors, including increasing life expectancy and low fertility rates.

    JDO 2023 · Schools Quarterfinals · 2023-03-17

  • This House (individual in a society like Japan) would opt in for an Ending Centre as opposed to a burial mound.

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    Conventional Japanese burial practices are to be buried alongside kin in an ancestral plot, often located in the countryside attached to a Buddhist temple., which are traditionally passed down in the family for generations. Because of high aging/low birthrate demographics with more Japanese living alone, fewer having families or offspring to tend to them, the traditional method of burial is getting dismantled. An Ending Center is an alternative burial society with grounds anyone can enter — without a successor or family, which is usually mandated to enter both public and private cemeteries. Rather than the “blood” ties conventionally required (to maintain the grave, provide upkeep and pay annual maintenance fees), here one becomes a “member” by paying a one-time fee. With this, one will be buried in the association’s burial grounds. But an added benefit is being able to attend get-togethers ahead of time with what are called “grave-friends”: ties made with those one will share burial with down the road. Another Japanese way of burial is a civic burial mound where everyone is to be buried, free of charge, with ashes collectively commingled, in a space like a public park. Even as most Japanese identify as a-religious, burial practices are overtly Buddhist — the “religion of death” as Buddhism is called in Japan.

    Lloyd Parliamentary Debate · Round 4 · 2023-03-01

  • THBT the “wise elder” narrative has done more harm than good

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    Literature, folklore, and cultures all around the world commonly hold conceptions of elders as inherently wise and knowledgeable (e.g., societal norms of elder respect, the wise old woman/man in fables, literary archetypes, etc.)

    Hart House High Schools 2023 · Junior Finals · 2023-02-18

  • This house regrets narratives that glorify the elderly (eg. "The old know better"; "The old deserve more" etc.)

    Debate Association Debating Championship 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-01-28

  • This house supports filial responsibility laws

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    Filial responsibility laws are laws which impose a duty upon adult children to support their parents (e.g. providing basic necessities such as food, clothing, housing, or covering the costs of those goods)

    Senior BP Nationals 2023 · Round 6 · 2023-01-07

  • Assuming they are mutually exclusive, in developed countries with birth rate issues, EC would prioritize implementing birth incentives before reforming the pension system.

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    Developed countries are currently experiencing an increase in life expectancy and a decrease in birth rates, leading to a much larger proportion of retired individuals than those in the workforce. This has caused problems in the pension systems of many of these countries since they rely on the balance between retirees and workers, and the increase in the average age of the population has resulted in significant additional government expenditure. The main reason for the decrease in birth rates is the concern around the financial cost of having a baby. Therefore, some countries have started implementing policies such as tax reductions for having children, monthly subsidies or direct payments for each childbirth. In contrast, other countries have chosen to reform their pension systems, adapting to the new demographic reality, with measures such as raising the retirement age or providing incentives to hire older workers.

    Campeonato Interuniversitario Metropolitano Presencial 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-01-01

  • This house would introduce a socialized care system in which all people needing care (ex. the elderly, people with disabilities) are cared for by workers selected by a national draft

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    Slum tourism is a practice of people of comparatively wealthier countries visiting impoverished places for observing human life in poverty first-hand.

    Lithuanian Novice Debating Tournament 2021-2022 · 1 · 2022-10-29

  • This house, as their child, would read the diaries.

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    You are an adult, whose elderly parent recently died. You had a good relationship with them. In their estate, you discover their diaries, spanning much of their lifetime. They documented their life thoroughly and honestly in the diaries.

    Joynt Scroll 2022 · Round 6 · 2022-04-15