In the distant future, humanity has developed the capability to travel to distant worlds. In doing so it has encountered many civilisations (of intelligent extraterrestrial life), and continues to do so.

The Prime Directive is a general instruction of non-intervention. It states that, when humans interact with less developed civilisations, those humans should not seek to alter the social, cultural or technological development of the civilisation.

This includes but is not limited to: prohibitions on providing less developed civilisations with advanced technologies or medicines; making no references to the existence of other extraterrestrial life forms and civilisations; not intervening against leaders that humanity deems morally dubious.

For the purposes of this debate, African Drawing Rights (ADR) is a currency unit (or currency basket) whose value is calculated as a weighted average of five African currencies: 40% South African Rand, 25% Egyptian Pound, 15% Nigerian Naira, 10% Central African CFA Franc, and 10% West African CFA Franc. The worth of 1 ADR depends on how strong or weak these five African currencies are.

Religious closeness is the belief that God is everywhere and in everything. It preaches that individuals should consider the divine implications of their daily actions (e.g. cooking, gardening, work, etc.) and act as if they are doing them for God and in the name of God.

Religious distance is the belief that God is distant from the world. It preaches that individuals can only find God by religious practices (s.a. praying, meditating, giving offers, etc.) and should only be contacted for significant decisions (e.g. choosing who to marry, dodging the draft, etc.).

Since the 1990s, the assimilationist approach to LGBTQ+ advocacy emphasised that queer identity and relationships are "just like" their heterosexual counterparts, and that therefore LGBTQ+ people should have access to existing social institutions such as marriage and family life.

The liberationist approach to LGBTQ+ advocacy would have argued that these institutions are inherently restrictive and should not be central to a person's life.

Libertarianism is a political philosophy that emphasises individual liberty and autonomy. It seeks to limit state intervention in influencing individual's behaviour, avoid intervening in economic markets, and limit government spending.

Paternalism, by contrast, argues that the state has a responsibility to direct society towards desirable goals. It argues that the state should have an active role in guiding individual behaviour, supports market intervention when deemed necessary, and supports comparatively higher government spending.   

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is a historically dominant centre-right party in Germany. The party has both paternalistic and libertarian positions.

Under a regional recruitment model, professional football clubs only sign players who are either born in their region or spent a significant portion of their life there. For example, Athletic Bilbao in Spain only signs players who were born in or lived significant part of their lives in the Basque region.

For the purposes of this debate, the Lost Generation is a group of writers and artists who created their art in and around World War I (e.g. writers such as Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, F. Scott Fitzgerald; other artists such as Edvard Munch and Otto Dix).

The art of the Lost Generation featured prominent themes of disillusionment, defeatism, and uncertainty about the future. The artists often drew from their experience of the war and their troubled personal lives. Their art has had significant influence over later artistic trends and holds a prominent position in many art and literature curriculums globally.

Novo Nordisk is a multinational pharmaceutical company from Denmark which specialises in diabetes medication. It is known for discovering and manufacturing the drug behind Ozempic. Novo Nordisk represents approximately 20% of Denmark's stock market and is the most significant company in the Danish economy.