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  • The chamber believes that glorifying the concept of work-life integration brings more positive impacts than negative ones.

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    Work-life integration is a concept that rejects the rigid separation between professional and personal life, aiming to blend the two flexibly and simultaneously. It serves as a middle ground between work-life balance, which builds clear dividing walls, and hustle culture, which demands sacrificing one's life for work.

    Gadjah Mada Intervarsity 2025 - Divisi Bahasa Indonesia · Round 1 · 2025-08-13

  • This house prefers the medical conception of mental health over the humanistic conception

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    There are two major conceptions of mental health. The first is the medical conception, emphasising the role of "objective" factors, such as biochemical and genetic risk factors, in mental disorders. The second is the humanistic conception, which emphasises the role of "subjective" factors, such as economic and social conditions and personal relationships.

    PKU Pro-Am 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-08-09

  • This house supports prioritizing ontological gender plurality (e.g. Judith Butler, Paul Preciado) over identity-based legal recognition frameworks.

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    Ontological gender plurality (as argued by Judith Butler, Paul Preciado, etc.) views gender as fluid, performative, and not fixed. It challenges the idea that gender should be categorized or institutionalized at all. Identity-based legal recognition frameworks aim to include more gender identities (e.g., non- binary, X markers) within existing legal systems by expanding official categories.

    Visayas Intervarsity 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-08-09

  • This House believes that the shift towards religious fundamentalism is in the interest of PAS.

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    PAS (Parti Islam Se-Malaysia) is an Islamist political party in Malaysia. Under their president Abdul Hadi Awang, PAS has shifted towards religious fundamentalism and ethnonationalism. This includes drafting legislations expanding Sharia jurisdiction over crimes, forced gender segregation, a blanket ban on theatres and cinemas in Kelantan and Terrenganu where they are the State Government.

    Guangdong Debate Challenge 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-08-09

  • This House Prefers a world where SKIP technology exists and is widely accessible

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    For the purposes of this debate, the SKIP technology is a remote that allows a user to fast-forward through real-life events. When a user activates the technology, they are placed on ‘autopilot’ for the duration of the skipped time. While on autopilot, the individual's body continues to perform necessary, routine, and habitual actions, such as walking, driving a familiar route, or completing basic tasks. However, the person has no consciousness, emotional experience, or memory of the skipped period. They are physically present and functional, but they cannot engage in complex decision-making, creative thought, or meaningful interaction. This technology allows the user to make a deliberate choice to bypass specific situations and jump directly to a desired point in time.

    PKU Pro-Am 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-08-09

  • This house would significantly re-allocate funding from police systems to community-based intervention programs (e.g. identifying young men susceptible to gun violence and providing them with cognitive-behavioral therapy; hands-off strategies involving initiatives like training 911 call receivers or engaging local community members to intervene in conflicts before they escalate into violence).

    Mastermind Chronicles 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-08-08

  • This parliament believes that Mamdani's victory has done more harm than good for the Democratic Party.

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    In the 2025 New York City mayoral election Democratic primary, Zohran Mamdani achieved a surprising victory against his fellow Democratic candidate Andrew Cuomo. Despite facing multiple sexual harassment allegations, Cuomo participated in the election. Mamdani gained popularity primarily based on his democratic socialist policies such as implementing universal child care, city-run grocery stores, and rent freezes for rent-stabilized tenants. However, his policy positions also became subjects of controversy, with Trump threatening to have him arrested if he fails to cooperate with federal immigration agencies.

    BUFTDC National IC 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-08-05

  • This House Prefers a World where the LGBTQ+ movement pursued the liberationist approach rather than the assimilationist approach.

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    Since the 1990s, the assimilationist approach to LGBTQ+ advocacy emphasised that queer identity and relationships are "just like" their heterosexual counterparts, and that therefore LGBTQ+ people should have access to existing social institutions such as marriage and family life. The liberationist approach to LGBTQ+ advocacy would have argued that these institutions are inherently restrictive and should not be central to a person's life.

    Copenhagen European Universities Debating Championships 2025 · Round 7 · 2025-08-03

  • This House Believes That the CDU should heavily prioritise libertarianism rather than heavily prioritising paternalism.

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    Libertarianism is a political philosophy that emphasises individual liberty and autonomy. It seeks to limit state intervention in influencing individual's behaviour, avoid intervening in economic markets, and limit government spending. Paternalism, by contrast, argues that the state has a responsibility to direct society towards desirable goals. It argues that the state should have an active role in guiding individual behaviour, supports market intervention when deemed necessary, and supports comparatively higher government spending. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is a historically dominant centre-right party in Germany. The party has both paternalistic and libertarian positions.

    Copenhagen European Universities Debating Championships 2025 · Round 6 · 2025-08-03