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High school final56:46
Is developing artificial general intelligence immoral?
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Is taxation theft?
ends & means
Michael Huemer vs Philip Goff
APDA final52:05
Does existence precede essence?
American Parliamentary Debate Association
Yale 2023 · A round on identity and existentialism
Twitch debate archive1:52:42
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The Rational National
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APDA quarterfinal1:01:28
Are Michelin stars bad for restaurants?
American Parliamentary Debate Association
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High school final56:46
Should the press put objectivity before advocacy?
The City Club of Cleveland
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Middle Ground1:15:52
Vegans vs meat eaters
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Philosophy & science1:58:45
Is consciousness fundamental?
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High school final55:56
Did NAFTA do more good than harm?
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Mission San Jose vs Flanagan · NSDA Nationals 2018
Full debate46:51
Break up the tech giants?
Intelligence Squared
A case for breaking up big tech meets the argument for keeping it together.
Full debate1:20:21
Should we cancel cancel culture?
OxfordUnion
Accountability, free speech and the power of a public backlash.
Surrounded1:43:36
1 capitalist vs 20 anti-capitalists
Jubilee
Patrick Bet-David defends capitalism against a room of challengers.
Full debate1:48:30
Are the rich taxed enough?
Open to Debate
Two sides make their case on taxes, fairness and economic growth.
Panel discussion57:56
Artificial intelligence: an inhuman future?
OxfordUnion
An Oxford Union panel considers what an AI-shaped future could look like.
Full debate2:01:23
Is monogamy wrong?
ends & means
A philosophical debate about relationships, commitment and exclusivity.
Munk debate1:47:20
Does AI pose an existential threat?
Policy-Relevant Science & Technology
Bengio and Tegmark debate Mitchell and LeCun on the risks of AI.
Highlights0:58
Cancel culture, in 60 seconds
OxfordUnion
A short exchange from the Oxford Union’s cancel culture debate.
APDA quarterfinal55:23
Would you rather be Gandalf the cat or Jessica the woman?
UChicago Debate Society
Princeton LK vs Chicago BT · Nationals 2023
APDA octofinal56:10
Should China prioritize light industry?
UChicago Debate Society
Chicago KW vs Yale CS · Nationals 2023
College round1:00:23
Should we stop judging people for being lazy?
UChicago Debate Society
UChicago and Sydney · WUDC 2024 octofinal
Campus debate53:58
Should graduate students unionize?
UChicago Debate Society
UChicago students argue both sides of unionization
College final1:19:07
Is the world really getting better?
Bates Debate BQDC
NAUDC 2023 · The case for and against New Optimism
Philosopher debate1:50:16
Does the universe need a god?
Emerson Green
Graham Oppy vs Philip Goff · Naturalism and finite theism
Philosophy & science2:18:33
Is the physical world an illusion?
Curt Jaimungal
Donald Hoffman and Philip Goff disagree on reality
Debate excerpt9:54
Does knowledge require faith?
The Institute of Art and Ideas
Carlo Rovelli, Philip Goff, George Ellis and Shami Chakrabarti
Archive audio56:24
Does God exist? Russell vs Copleston
Beuno
Bertrand Russell vs Frederick Copleston · BBC radio, 1948
Twitch debate archive1:09:28
Has neoliberalism been a force for good?
The Serf Times
Ben Burgis vs Bastiat · Archived on YouTube
WUDC final1:17:45
Would the world be better if everyone believed “I am because we are”?
Madrid WUDC 2023
Open Grand Final · Madrid WUDC 2023
WUDC final1:16:13
Should we stop building AI that optimises for influence over people?
Structural Reasons
Open Final · Sofia WUDC 2026 · Sydney A won
EUDC final1:20:01
Should humanity adopt Star Trek’s Prime Directive?
Copenhagen EUDC 2025
ESL Grand Final · Copenhagen EUDC 2025 · Oxford A won
EUDC final1:14:28
Should we hope intelligent alien life exists?
Zagreb Student Debate Forum
Open Grand Final · Zagreb EUDC 2022
APDA final53:22
Should governments be barred from subpoenaing journalists’ sources?
Apda Nationals
Harvard DM vs Brown MW · Nationals 2015
Canadian final1:03:05
Do we wrongly prefer innovation over maintenance?
University of Waterloo Debate Society
Grand Final · Canadian Universities Debating Championship 2024
Canadian final45:02
As a Renaissance painter, should you hide how hard you work?
Hart House Debating Club
Grand Final · Canadian Parliamentary Nationals 2024
Australs final1:03:48
Should environmentalists work closely with corporations?
Monash Association of Debaters
ANU 1 vs Sydney 1 · Monash Australs 2020
WSDC final1:08:38
Should states be allowed to pay other states to take refugees?
Debating Society Germany e.V.
England vs Canada · WSDC 2016 Grand Final
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