Professional Documents
Culture Documents
General Debate Topics
General Debate Topics
1. Does the contemporary policing of marginalized communities in the United States contribute to the
criminalization of youth?
2. Should the death penalty be abolished in the United States?
3. Is it ethical to have an abortion in the early stages of pregnancy?
4. Does peer pressure absolve deliquent teens from cupabilty?
5. Will electronic databases fully substitute brick and mortar libraries?
6. Is cloning ethically acceptable?
7. Is the legalization of marijuana a food idea?
8. Should euthanasia be legalized?
9. Is there any reason to raise minimum wages?
10. Drug addicts: Do they need help or punishment?
11. Is nationalism beneficial or dangerous in the context of globalization?
Environmental Issues
Technology Topics
Healthcare Topics
1. History is an important subject that all students should learn: yes or no?.
2. Is King Arthur a real historical figure or myth?
3. Knowledge of history enriches one’s worldview: yes or no?
4. What role did Britain play during the First World War?
5. How have different historians interpreted World War Two?
6. Was there any justification for the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the US?
7. How shoudl we interpret the Revolutionary War?
8. Ancient Roman culture versus contemporary culture.
9. History & its impact on the future.
10. Modern interracial conflicts evaluated from a historical perspective.