08/05/2018
Motions and Winners
1. THW give parents full access to their childrens' social media accounts.
2. THW set an age after which state funded medical treatment would focus only on quality of life rather than prolonging life.
3. This House Regrets American Exceptionalism
4. This House, as a Far Right party in the EU, would shift focus from immigration to threats to employment posed by technological advancement and globalization.
5. This House Regrets the Stigmatization of Infidelity.
Semi Final: This House Would Recognize Terrorist Organizations as Legitimate Political Actors if they Agree to Cease Violent Activities (e.g. FARC in Colombia, Taliban in Afghanistan)
Final:
Info: Epicurianism and Stoicism are both philosophies that seek to help people cope with the difficulties of life.
Epicureanism ıs a philosophy arguing that the path to a good life ıs centered around the individual minimizing pain and maximizing pleasure (though without harmful excess).
Stoicism, on the other hand, suggests that in order for an individual to live a good life they ought to center it around being rational, self-reliant, virtuous, while minimizing temptations caused by pleasure and pain.
Motion: This house prefers a world where individuals aspire to live accordıng to principles of Epicureanism rather than Stoicism.
Finalists
One Good Boy One Terrible Boy OO
DAN CO
Is Cereal Soup CG
Meridyen Happy Not So Happy OG
The Winner:
Team DAN from Kazakhstan
Best Speakers:
Ali Ekmen-William Hartley
