Debate Topics/Agree or disagree

Pick six of the topics and discuss with your partner whether you agree or
disagree and why. Then present to the class. 👍🏻

Social and Political Issues Debate Topics

1. All people should have the right to own guns.

2. The death penalty should be abolished.
3. Human cloning should be legalized.
4. All drugs should be legalized.
5. Animal testing should be banned.
6. Juveniles should be tried and treated as adults.
7. Climate change is the greatest threat facing humanity today.
8. Violent video games should be banned.
9. Abortion should be banned.
10. Bottled water and plastic bags should be banned.

11. Education Debate Topics

12. Homework should be banned.
13. Schools should block sites like YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram on their
computers.
14. School uniforms should be required.
15. Standardized testing should be abolished.
16. All students should have an after-school job or internship.
17. School should be in session year-round.
18. All high school athletes should be drug tested.
19. Detention should be abolished.
20. All student loan debt should be eliminated.
21. Homeschooling is better than traditional schooling.
22. All schools should have armed security guards.
23. Religion should be taught in schools.
24. All schools should be private schools.
25. All students should go to boarding schools.
26. Sexual education should be mandatory in schools.
27. Public college should be tuition free.
28. Health Debate Topics
29. Healthcare should be universal.
30. Cosmetic procedures should be covered by health insurance.
31. All people should be vegetarians.
32. Euthanasia should be banned.
33. The drinking age should be 18.
34. Vaping should be banned.
35. Smoking should be banned in all public places.
36. People should be legally required to get vaccines.
37. Obesity should be labeled a disease.
38. Sexual orientation is determined at birth.
39. The sale of human organs should be legalized.
40. Birth control should be for sale over the counter.

41. Technology Debate Topics

42. Social media has improved human communication.
43. The development of artificial intelligence will help humanity.
44. Humans should invest in technology to explore and colonize other planets.
45. Governments should invest in alternative energy sources.
46. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies should be encouraged or banned.
47. Alternative energy can effectively replace fossil fuels.
48. Cell phone radiation is dangerous and should be limited.