Princeton IV 2024

1. 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).Practise this motion
2. Round 1THO the demonization of nationalism in progressive circlesPractise this motion
3. Round 2THO the trend towards increasing pathologization of mental health in Western liberal democraciesPractise this motion
4. Round 3THBT the prevalence of civil litigation in American society has done more harm than goodPractise this motion
5. Round 4THS the increased presence of foreign private equity firms in Asian marketsPractise this motion
6. 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).Practise this motion
7. Partial-double QuarterfinalsTHP the narrative that committed long-term romantic relationships should be start ups over the narrative that they should be mergersPractise this motion
8. QuarterfinalsTHP a world in which IMF Special Drawing Rights became the primary world reserve currency rather than the US Dollar in the 1970sPractise this motion
9. SemifinalsIn areas characterized by significant inequality, THBT religious leaders should actively preach the doctrine of “honorable poverty” to their followersPractise this motion
10. Grand FinalTHS the living having a strong duty to the deadPractise this motion
11. ESL SemifinalsTHBT it is in the interest of the EU to aggressively pursue a common foreign policyPractise this motion
12. 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 textbooksPractise this motion

1. 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)Practise this motion
2. Round 2THR the rise of parasocial relationshipsPractise this motion
3. Round 3THBT the Attorney General should be an elected position in a general election as opposed to appointed by the executive branch.Practise this motion
4. Round 4TH, as the LGBTQ+ movement, would aggressively push the narrative that gender is a social constructPractise this motion
5. Round 5THBT religions advocating for religious pluralism is within the interest of religious peoplePractise this motion
6. Pre-QuarterfinalsTHS the proliferation of AI trading modelsPractise this motion
7. QuarterfinalsTH, as ECOWAS, would send troops to Niger in order to undermine the military regimePractise this motion
8. SemifinalsTHBT the embryo belongs to the woman who carried the embryo and her partner, as opposed to the people who provided the genetic materialPractise this motion
9. Grand FinalTHW cantonise IsraelPractise this motion
10. ESL FinalsTHBT successful female athletes should significantly empasize their negative experiences as a woman in the sport's industry, rather than emphasizing the positive onesPractise this motion
11. Novice FinalsTHBT the rise of capitalism has done more harm than good to womenPractise this motion

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1. Round 1THP a world where American and Canadian MNCs in South America adhere to the environmental and labour standards of their home countryPractise this motion
2. Round 2THP a world in which universities charged tuition as a percentage of each student's earnings after graduationPractise this motion
3. Round 3Redacted MotionPractise this motion
4. Round 4TH, as a prominent footballer (e.g. Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar), would boycott Qatar 2022 FIFA World CupPractise this motion
5. Round 5THR the rise of social impact marketingPractise this motion
6. Partial Double QuarterfinalsTHBT NGOs should not provide humanitarian aid to conflict areas until those areas are stabilisedPractise this motion
7. QuarterfinalsTHS the significant increase in shareholder activismPractise this motion
8. SemifinalsTHBT Indian feminist movements should adopt Lakshmi as a symbol of the movement rather than KaliPractise this motion
9. 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 weightPractise this motion
10. ESL SemifinalsTH would require all defendants in criminal cases to be represented only by state-provided lawyersPractise this motion
11. ESL FinalsTH prefers religious doctrines that teach that people are inherently good to religious doctrines that teach that people are inherently sinfulPractise this motion

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