International Bioethics Debate Tournament 2008 at Kyushu University
Should Euthanasia Be Legalized?
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(1) Date: March 17 (Mon.) & 18 (Tue.)

Tentative Schedule
March 17
13:00 Opening
14:00 Preliminary rounds 1
16:00 Preliminary rounds 2
18:00 Lecture "Issues in the Euthanasia Debate" by Dr. Carl Becker, Kyoto University
19:00 Reception Party

March 18
9:00 Preliminary rounds 3
13:00 Semi-finals
15:00 Final
16:00 Comments/Lecture
17:00 Closing

(2) Place: Kyushu University (Ropponmatsu Campus, Fukuoka City, Japan)

(3) Resolution (Motion): that Euthanasia Should be Legalized.

(4) Format of Debate
• Two two-person teams represent the affirmative and negative sides of the resolution that "Euthanasia should be legalized" in each round.
• Each member of the team gives one constructive speech (6 min.) and one rebuttal speech (4 min.). Each constructive speech is followed by cross-examination from the opposition (3 min.).
• Each team has 8 minutes of flexible preparation time.
• Speakers may read from manuscripts.  Quotations should be documented (Source (bibliographic) information must be given if requested).

(5) Format of Tournament
• Each team debates once on the affirmative, once on the negative, and judges one round in the preliminary, which will lead to the semi-final and final rounds.
• Each round is judged by at least one debate expert/subject area expert and two debaters (from participating teams).

(6) Dedicated Judges
The dedicated judges will include the following invited experts:
Dr. Carl Becker, Professor of Medical Ethics, Kyoto University
Dr. Shuji Shimizu, Associate Professor, Kyushu University Hospital
Mr. Loke Wing Fatt, President of Society for Associated Inter-Tertiary Debaters (SAID), Singapore
Mr. Logandran Balavijendran, Professor of Communication, Chung Ang University, Korea

(7) Participating Teams
• 4 international teams will consists of debaters from Ewha Womans University (Korea), Kyunghee University (Korea), Hong Kong University,  University Technology MARA (Malaysia), Cambridge • University, Harvard University, and Cornell University.
5-8 domestic teams from Kyoto University, Kobe University, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kitakyushu University, etc.

For further information, contact the Tournament Director:

Narahiko INOUE, Ph.D.
Professor, Faculty of Languages & Cultures, Kyushu University
Ropponmatsu, Fukuoka 810-8560, JAPAN
Phone:(+81)92-726-4667(direct) FAX:(+81)92-726-4511
Email: inouen[at]flc.kyushu-u.ac.jp  Web: http://www.rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~inouen/