E. Novice IPDA (Sun) Event Prompts
1D/E: IPDA (Strike:1005/A:1040/B:1110)
Speaker 1
FLIGHT A
1. Tuition free education would cause more harm than good.2. Banning horror films would decrease violence in society.
3. One universal language would cause more harm than good.
4. Replacing jurors with artificial intelligence would increase justice.
5. Ghosting someone is more ethical than lying to them.
Speaker 2
FLIGHT B
1. Abolishing United States political parties as we know them would cause more good than harm.2. Mandatory trick-or-treating would bring the nation closer together.
3. Tuition-free college undergraduate education would decrease student motivation.
4. There is no such thing as a truly selfless act.
5. United States Presidential Elections should be decided by ranked-choice voting.
1D/E: IPDA (Strike:1245/A:120/B:150)
Speaker 1
FLIGHT A
1. The trolley problem: It is better to choose to let a drone kill five people rather than divert it to kill one person.
2. Equality of opportunity is more optimal of a goal than equality of outcome.
3. Loyalty is overrated.
4. Cloning a deceased loved one is morally indefensible.
5. College attendance policies do more harm than good.
Speaker 2
FLIGHT B
1. Digital resurrection technology violates human dignity.
2. Torture should be allowed in certain situations as a form of punishment in the criminal justice system.
3. Using artificial intelligence to create art is unethical.
4. Lying to get what you want is morally justified.
5. A society sentencing someone to death is never justified.
FINALS E: IPDA (Strike:415/A:450/B:520)
Speaker 1
FLIGHT A
1. The acceptance of Prop 50 will cause more harm than good.
2. Halloween should be a federal holiday.
3. Memorization should be a core area of higher education focus.
4. People running for President of the United States should have the option of being elected an unlimited amount of times.
5. Space exploration funding is unjustifiable while major problems persist on Earth.
Speaker 2
FLIGHT B
1. We are born, and almost everything else is drag.
2. The rise of cinematic universes has hurt film storytelling more than it has helped.
3. California should be split into two states.
4. TikTok has become more influential than the radio ever was.
5. SB 640 will cause more harm than good.