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Cambridge IV 2023
2023-06-01 · BP
Motions from this series
Cambridge IV 2023 (2023)8 motionsCA: Klaudia M., 🇵🇪 Mauricio C., 🇬🇧 Geneva R., Banun S.
- Round 1THS people adopting an indifferent approach to news
- Round 2THS the use of the Ludovico Treatment for violent prisoners
- Round 3This House opposes the use of nostalgia* in political campaigning (*nostalgia refers to sentimental feeling of affection for a period of the past)
- Round 4This House would continue to keep his identity a secret
- Round 5THW break up banks* considered "Too Big to Fail" *Such as but NOT limited to Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and HSBC
- SemifinalsThis House believes that it is in the best interest of Arab states to sever ties with the Israeli government
- Grand FinalTHP a world where religions adopted the concept of "God's light"
- ESL FinalsTHP a world where people do not strive to leave behind a legacy
Cambridge IV 2022 (2022)10 motionsCA: 🇭🇷 Tin P., 🇬🇧 Jason X., 🇷🇸 Marta V., 🇬🇧 Isabelle S., Harish N., 🇸🇬 Nar M.
- Round 1THB the mainstream media should have covered the Hunter Biden emails
- Round 2THS the antiwork movement
- Round 3THBT Xi Jinping's consolidation of power is in the interest of the Chinese people
- Round 4THBT the general approach of environmentally conscious large investors should be to sell their stakes in environmentally damaging companies rather than engage in shareholder activism
- Round 5THS Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter
- ESL SemifinalsTHB that international pro-democracy organisations should provide material support to feminist groups that aim to challenge non-democratic regimes (e.g. the Women's Organisation of Iran, Tehran Youth, Seminario de Estudios Sociólogics sobre la Mujer in Franco's Spain)
- ESL FinalsTHP a world with rational egoism as the dominant outlook on life
- QuarterfinalsTHBT majority liberal supreme courts should actively misinterpret constitutions in order to advance progressive rights
- SemifinalsTHBT advanced economies should focus on rapid increases in growth, even at the expense of significantly higher rates of inequality
- Grand FinalTH supports Iran’s extension of the Sharia principle of “an eye for an eye” to the victims of acid attacks
What gets set here
Media11%
Politics11%
Economics11%
International Relations11%
Social & Identity11%
Law & Crime11%
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20% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 80.2.
Last edition: 8 of 45 teams broke.
- 202211 pts · 80.2 speaks16/72
- 202311 pts · 80.2 speaks8/45
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break8 teams
- ESL break4 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 William S. | DLO | THW break up banks* considered "Too Big to Fail" *Such as but NOT limited to Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and HSBC | 85 |
| 🇭🇷 Tin P. | PM | THS the use of the Ludovico Treatment for violent prisoners | 84 |
| 🇬🇧 Pranav B. | DLO | This House would continue to keep his identity a secret | 84 |
| 🇲🇾 Ahsan | DPM | THS the use of the Ludovico Treatment for violent prisoners | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Manuel M. | MG | THS the use of the Ludovico Treatment for violent prisoners | 83 |
| Jack S. | GW | THW break up banks* considered "Too Big to Fail" *Such as but NOT limited to Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and HSBC | 83 |
| 🇬🇧 Bharath A. | MG | THS the use of the Ludovico Treatment for violent prisoners | 83 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuhan K. | PM | THS the use of the Ludovico Treatment for violent prisoners | 83 |
| Jack S. | DLO | THS the use of the Ludovico Treatment for violent prisoners | 83 |
| 🇬🇧 Mark R. | GW | This House opposes the use of nostalgia* in political campaigning (*nostalgia refers to sentimental feeling of affection for a period of the past) | 83 |
| 🇬🇧 Mark R. | DLO | THW break up banks* considered "Too Big to Fail" *Such as but NOT limited to Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and HSBC | 83 |
| 🇷🇸 Ilija I. | DPM | This House would continue to keep his identity a secret | 83 |
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