Shri Ram Pre ABP 2026

1. Round 1THBT sporting organisations should prioritise protecting athletes’ long-term health over maximising their peak performance.
2. Round 2This house prefers that the feminist movement actively supports (or makes efforts based on) 'relational autonomy' over 'individual autonomy' in advocating women's rights.
3. Round 3THBT governments should release prisoners early when prison overcrowding becomes severe, even if doing so substantially reduces public confidence in the justice system.
4. Round 4THR Vietnam's Communist Party consolidating power in To Lam by having him hold both the General Secretary and Presidential posts
5. Round 5THP the philosophy of Wu Wei over the Protestant Work Ethic as a framework for personal fulfillment.
6. SemifinalsTH prefers the main banking system to dominantly shareholder-based investments.
7. Grand FinalTH Predicts that the recent Saudi Arabia–Türkiye–Pakistan defence pact will ultimately weaken, rather than strengthen, the strategic autonomy of its members
8. Novice FinalsTHR the emergence of highly capable generative AI

1. Round 1THW allow political parties to make binding electoral promises that, once broken, will immediately trigger re-election
2. Round 2THS the rise of citizen journalism
3. Round 3In cases where laws are repealed or are found to be unconstitutional, THBT the state should reparate individuals convicted under those laws (e.g., LGBTQ+ people in India prosecuted under Section 377 before it was repealed in 2018, interracial couples in the US punished before Loving v. Virginia (1967), Black South Africans imprisoned under apartheid-era “pass laws” and protest bans, and women in the UK and US jailed in the early 1900s for protesting for voting rights.)
4. Round 4THS animal rights movements that actively advocate against traditional religious and cultural practices that harm animals (e.g. indigenous whaling, native game hunting etc...)
5. Round 5THBT the Milgram's obedience test should be a mandatory criteria for selecting army officers
6. Novice FinalsTH prefers a world where humans do not value bodily aesthetics
7. Open QuarterfinalsTHBT Malaysia’s federal government should require state consent before approving major foreign-led development projects
8. Open SemifinalsTH, as the feminist movement, opposes Mattel's making of Barbie dolls out of feminist icons (e.g. Amelia Earhart, Freida Kahlo, Katherine Johnson etc...)
9. Open Grand FinalTHR the rise of the narrative that one must fulfill their potential in life

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