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Princeton IV 2024
Sep 21, 2024 · BP
Motions from this series
Princeton IV 2024 (2024)12 motions
- Round 0THW 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).
- Round 1THO the demonization of nationalism in progressive circles
- Round 2THO the trend towards increasing pathologization of mental health in Western liberal democracies
- Round 3THBT the prevalence of civil litigation in American society has done more harm than good
- Round 4THS the increased presence of foreign private equity firms in Asian markets
- Round 5THW 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).
- Partial-double QuarterfinalsTHP the narrative that committed long-term romantic relationships should be start ups over the narrative that they should be mergers
- QuarterfinalsTHP a world in which IMF Special Drawing Rights became the primary world reserve currency rather than the US Dollar in the 1970s
- SemifinalsIn areas characterized by significant inequality, THBT religious leaders should actively preach the doctrine of “honorable poverty” to their followers
- Grand FinalTHS the living having a strong duty to the dead
- ESL SemifinalsTHBT it is in the interest of the EU to aggressively pursue a common foreign policy
- ESL FinalsIn the teaching of history in post-conflict states, THW prioritize the use of stories from communities/ individuals (ex. Diary of Anne Frank, texts from the minority community) over academic textbooks
Princeton IV 2023 (2023)11 motions
- Round 1THO the gamification* of military training *The integration of aspects of game design and mechanics into work and learning (i.e. controls, achievements, leaderboards, graphics or user interfaces)
- Round 2THR the rise of parasocial relationships
- Round 3THBT the Attorney General should be an elected position in a general election as opposed to appointed by the executive branch.
- Round 4TH, as the LGBTQ+ movement, would aggressively push the narrative that gender is a social construct
- Round 5THBT religions advocating for religious pluralism is within the interest of religious people
- Pre-QuarterfinalsTHS the proliferation of AI trading models
- QuarterfinalsTH, as ECOWAS, would send troops to Niger in order to undermine the military regime
- SemifinalsTHBT the embryo belongs to the woman who carried the embryo and her partner, as opposed to the people who provided the genetic material
- Grand FinalTHW cantonise Israel
- ESL FinalsTHBT successful female athletes should significantly empasize their negative experiences as a woman in the sport's industry, rather than emphasizing the positive ones
- Novice FinalsTHBT the rise of capitalism has done more harm than good to women
Princeton IV 2021 (2021)11 motions
- Round 1THP a world where American and Canadian MNCs in South America adhere to the environmental and labour standards of their home country
- Round 2THP a world in which universities charged tuition as a percentage of each student's earnings after graduation
- Round 3Redacted Motion
- Round 4TH, as a prominent footballer (e.g. Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar), would boycott Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup
- Round 5THR the rise of social impact marketing
- Partial Double QuarterfinalsTHBT NGOs should not provide humanitarian aid to conflict areas until those areas are stabilised
- QuarterfinalsTHS the significant increase in shareholder activism
- SemifinalsTHBT Indian feminist movements should adopt Lakshmi as a symbol of the movement rather than Kali
- Grand FinalTHP a world where individuals treated everybody as though they carry equal moral weight, rather than a world where they treated their surrounding community as though they carry more moral weight
- ESL SemifinalsTH would require all defendants in criminal cases to be represented only by state-provided lawyers
- ESL FinalsTH prefers religious doctrines that teach that people are inherently good to religious doctrines that teach that people are inherently sinful
What gets set here
Economics18%
Law & Crime15%
International Relations15%
Social & Identity12%
Religion9%
Politics6%
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16% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 79.7.
Last edition: 25 of 142 teams broke.
- 202111 pts · 79.9 speaks25/143
- 202311 pts · 80.1 speaks24/167
- 202411 pts · 79.1 speaks25/142
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break25 teams
- ESL break12 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Matt C. | MO | THO the trend towards increasing pathologization of mental health in Western liberal democracies | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Matt M. | DLO | THW 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). | 84 |
| 🇮🇱 Ayal M. | PM | THO the trend towards increasing pathologization of mental health in Western liberal democracies | 84 |
| 🇭🇷 Paula D. | OW | THO the trend towards increasing pathologization of mental health in Western liberal democracies | 83 |
| 🇭🇷 Robert R. | LO | THO the trend towards increasing pathologization of mental health in Western liberal democracies | 83 |
| Harith M. | MO | THO the demonization of nationalism in progressive circles | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Matt M. | DLO | THO the trend towards increasing pathologization of mental health in Western liberal democracies | 83 |
| 🇵🇭 Luigi A. | DLO | THBT the prevalence of civil litigation in American society has done more harm than good | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Amitai P. | DPM | THO the trend towards increasing pathologization of mental health in Western liberal democracies | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Ananya G. | MO | THO the trend towards increasing pathologization of mental health in Western liberal democracies | 83 |
| 🇮🇪 Ziyad A. | MG | THS the increased presence of foreign private equity firms in Asian markets | 83 |
| 🇬🇧 Matt C. | MO | THW 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). | 83 |
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