International Bioethics Debate Tournament 2009
at Kyushu University - Hakozaki
Resolved: that Euthanasia Should Be Legalized.
March 14 (Sat.), 2009

Now the final round can be viewed online.


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International Bioethics Debate 2009 Final Round .

More than a dozen debate teams from Japan and abroad debated the same resolution that Euthanasia should be legalized, taking both the affirmative and negative sides. They also joined to judge each other with the invited judges including Mr. Loke Wing Fatt (SAID, Singapore), Dr. Joseph Zompetti (Illinois State University), and Dr. Jack Yu (Shih Hsin University, Taiwan). Participating debaters came not only from Kyushu University but also from Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Beijing Language and Culture University, X'ian International Studies University, Assumption University (Thailand), Mahidol University (Thailand), and Shih Hsin University.

Each team debated two rounds and judged one round in the preliminary, leading to the final round in which the affirmative team of Alex Berger (Illinois State University, USA) - Wang Jingyi (X'ian International Studies University, China) defeated the negative team of Cynthia Luo - Aishwarya Nair (Assumption University, Thailand).

The tournament followed 5-day long policy debate workshop conducted by Dr. Joseph Zompetti of the Illinois State University, with participants from Japan, China, Thailand, the U.S., and Taiwan.

Both the tournament and the workshop were part of a larger project to develop contents-based foreign language teaching materials about bioethics funded by Kyushu University Interdisciplinary Programs in Education and
Projects in Research Development (P&P) and Kyushu University Faculty of Languages & Cultures (FLC).

Tournament Guide (PDF)