Round 1Prepared motion
Preliminary rounds
This House supports the use of the nine planetary boundaries framework
Round 3Science and Technology
This House opposes internet gurus* selling their own products and services *For the purposes of this debate, an internet guru is an individual, e.g. a blogger, vlogger, other types of content creator, who claims to be an expert in a field.
Round 5Prepared motion
This House believes that African countries should recognise the sovereignty of Somaliland.
This House would replace agricultural companies with farmers’ cooperatives
Round 8Education
This House believes that developing countries should drop local languages in favor of a world language* as the primary medium of instruction in schools. *a World Language is a major language that is geographically widespread and has many speakers (e.g. English, Arabic, French, etc.)
Break rounds
Partial double-octofinalsEnvironment and Animals
This House regrets depictions of veganism as trendy
SemifinalsEthics and Philosophy
This House believes that the LGBTQ+ community should actively embrace the nuclear family ideal
Info slide
A typical nuclear family is composed of two partners with children. In some countries a significant and vocal part of the LGBTQ+ movement are actively advocating settling down and forming nuclear families.
Grand FinalScience and Technology
This House Prefers a world ruled by a benevolent AI programmed to maximize utility by calculating the actions most guaranteed to reduce the greatest global suffering
About WSDC
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