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Should there be a ban on television advertisements aimed at children?
Is it morally acceptable to experiment on non-human animals to develop products and medicines that benefit human beings?
Should human beings be allowed to use other animals as objects of sport and entertainment?
Should the medical profession force-feed anorexics as part of their treatment?
Are beauty contests harmful?
Should young people be subjected to nighttime curfews as a way to reduce crime?
Is stricter punishment the answer to juvenile crime?
Should children be allowed to work in the performing arts or professional sports?
Should schools and colleges increase the importance placed on co-curricular activities, so that they are formally recognized as equal to the academic curriculum?
Should schools be allowed to teach creationism alongside evolution as part of their science curriculum?
Should cultural treasures be returned to their country of origin?
Should there be a separate criminal offense of date rape?
Should we create a database of DNA that can be used by police authorities in order to apprehend criminals?
Should there be a worldwide ban on the use of driftnets to catch fish, including within each country’s Exclusive Economic Zone?
Should (either public or private) school students face mandatory drug-tests?
Should the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport be legalized?
Should a voucher system be used to introduce choice and competition between schools?
Should the US adopt a different method of electing its President?
Should extremist political parties be banned from standing for political office? Does their right to have their say outweigh the harm and offence that they cause?
Is the practice of extraordinary rendition a useful and necessary policy in the fight against terrorism?
Should there be a tax on fatty foods?
Should all school pupils be made to learn at least one foreign language?
Should the government censor lyrics of songs that are violent or expletive, for example “gangsta” rap?
Should we intervene in the genetic makeup of our children? Should genetic screening be used to produce genetically healthy or even "designer" babies?
Should acts of hate be criminalized? What acts should be considered hate crimes?
Is it correct for university authorities to ban hate speech?
Should elementary school students be given homework tasks to complete outside school? Or are such tasks pointless?
Should we legalize the sale of human organs?
Should governments have the power to intern suspects without trial?
Should the present international ban on trading elephant ivory be lifted?
Should the USA discontinue the production of landmines, and sign the Ottawa Convention?
Should mercenaries be recognized as a legitimate part of warfare and given the same rights as soldiers?
Should the military be banned from visiting schools to promote the armed forces and recruit new soldiers, sailors and airmen?
Should there be public schools open to only one race?
Should there be public schools open to only one gender?
Should there be a minimum weight limit for professional models?
Should National Service be reintroduced?
Should the USA abandon national testing in schools? Or should testing be extended so that the federal government sets the same tests for every school?
Should we continue to prosecute Nazi war criminals?
Should the state provide free nursery education for all children?
Is it justifiable to force gay and lesbian celebrities out of the closet, in the interests of gay rights?
Should convicted pedophiles be electronically tagged?
Do children have the right to know their biological parents?
Should parents be held morally and legally responsible for the actions/needs of their children?
Should drugs companies be allowed to advertise prescription drugs direct to the public?
Should Physical Education in (high/elementary) schools be compulsory?
Should marriage to more than one person be legal?
Should Catholic priests still be required to take a vow of celibacy?
Are religious beliefs irrational or rational? Have they done more harm than good?
Should the religious slaughter of animals be banned?
Should we abolish the SATs in the USA?
Should everyone be forced to stay at school until they are 18?
Should children go to different schools depending on their academic ability?
Should men found guilty of sex crimes be chemically castrated?
Should those who choose to consume tobacco products be denied, or have greatly limited, access to state healthcare provisions?
Should the USA invest in the exploration of space?
Do schools have the right to search students’ lockers?
Should suicide be a criminal offense?
Can terrorism ever be justified?
Should so-called "three-strikes" laws be repealed?
Should the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have the power to regulate tobacco as an addictive drug?
As the stakes of the war on terror are raised, are the US' use of torture, and its attitude towards UN's Geneva convention justified?
Should unhealthy foods be banned from schools?
Should the state make vaccination compulsory?
Should we stop eating other animals? What are the moral, environmental, and health issues involved?
Should we ban or restrict the use of violent video games?
Should the international ban on the hunting of whales be lifted?
Is Wikipedia a force for good, or do its weaknesses outweigh its strengths?
Should women be allowed to serve in combat roles in the armed forces?
Should unemployed people be made to work for their welfare money?
Should we ban the keeping of animals in zoos?
Should boxing be banned?
Should gay parents be allowed to adopt?
Do television liquor ads promote underage drinking? (and thus, should they be banned?
Is hunting an animal morally acceptable?
Should violent juvenile criminals be tried as adults?
Does television/video game/film violence contribute to juvenile crime?
Are student dress codes a violation of civil rights?
Should pregnant addicts be prosecuted?
Should public school teachers in Hawai’i be tested for drugs?
Are the D.A.R.E. programs and other anti-drug programs effective?
Should student athletes be drug tested?
Should restaurants be required to have nutritional information?
Should we reinstate the draft? (for men and women?)
Should gays be allowed in the military?
Should the U.S. retain a significant nuclear arsenal?
Can prison boot camps reform young criminals?
Should executions be televised?
Should children be allowed to divorce their parents?
Should the United States space shuttle program continue?