Age Discrimination

Should age discrimination be made illegal in the workplace?

Animal Experimentation

Is it morally acceptable to experiment on non-human animals to develop products and medicines that benefit human beings?

Animal Rights

Do non-human animals have rights?

Beauty Contests

Are beauty contests harmful?

Boxing, Abolition of

Should boxing be banned?

Cuba, Dropping of US Sanctions on

Should the United States drop its sanctions on Cuba?

DNA Database for Criminals

Should we create a database of DNA that can be used by police authorities in order to apprehend criminals?

Drug-Testing in Schools

Should school students face mandatory drug-tests?

Education Vouchers

Should a voucher system be used to introduce choice and competition between schools?

Electoral College (US), Abolition of

Should the US adopt a different method of electing its President?

Fat Tax

Should there be a tax on fatty foods?

Flag Burning, Prohibition of

Should flag burning as a form of protest be prohibited?

George W. Bush

Is George W. Bush good for America, and for the wider world?

Gun Control

Should laws be passed to limit gun ownership further?

Home Schooling

Should parents be allowed to educate their children at home?

Human Cloning

Should human cloning be banned ?

Identity Cards

Should everyone have to carry an identity card?

 

Mandatory Sentencing

Is mandatory sentencing a good idea?

Minimum Voting Age of 16

Should the minimum voting age be reduced to 16, or remain at 18?

Mobile Telephones, Banning of Use in Cars

Should drivers be prohibited from using mobile ‘phones?

Negative Political Advertising, Banning of

Should negative advertising in political campaigns be banned?

Nuclear Weapons

Should Nuclear Weapons be abolished?

Nuclear Weapons Testing

Should we have a total ban on the explosion of nuclear devices for testing purposes?

Overpopulation and Contraception

Is there a global crisis of overpopulation? Is so, is increased use of contraception the solution?

Parenthood: Right or Privilege?

Is parenthood a privilege or a right?

Primaries in US Elections

Should the state ‘primary’ selection process for party nominees for the US Presidency be abandoned?

School Uniform

Should schools require their students to wear a school uniform?

School-Leaving Age, Raising of

Should everyone be forced to stay at school until they are 18?

Security vs. Liberty

Are security measures justified to the extent that civil liberties can be sacrificed?

Single-Sex Schools

Do boys and girls benefit more from being taught together or separately?

Stem Cell Research / Therapeutic Cloning

Should medical research involving the use of human stem cells be permitted?

Taiwan

Should Taiwan declare independence?

Term Limits for Elected Representatives

Should we place restrictions upon the length of time served in office by elected representatives?

Three Strikes

Should so-called "three-strikes" laws be repealed?

United Nations Standing Army

Should the United Nations have its own permanent standing army?

United Nations: A Failure?

Should the United Nations be judged a failure?

US Presidency, Two-Term Limits on

Should the constitutional limit preventing US Presidents from serving more than two terms be repealed?

USA, Fear of

Is the USA a threat to world stability or a political force for good?

Vegetarianism

Should we stop eating other animals?

Whaling

Should the international ban on the hunting of whales be lifted?

Workfare

Should unemployed people be made to work for their welfare money?

Working Mothers

Should mothers stay at home to raise their children?

World Government

Should we be governed by a "world government", with the United Nations Assembly becoming a directly elected parliament?

ACLU
Is the ACLU good for America?

Nuclear Power
How practical is Nuclear Power?