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# Was Bill Clinton a Good President?'
**Argument**
Science / Technology:
Clinton cut NASA’s budget by $715 million in 1995 (about 5%) and did not restore the bulk of the money until three months before he left office. The result was a space program struggling to operate with less money for most of Clinton’s time in o... |
# Animal Dissection - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
Animal dissection is a productive and worthwhile use for dead animals.
A large portion of dissected animals were already dead before being allocated for dissection. Having students dissect the animals allows for a learning opportunity instead of just wastin... |
# Should the Federal Minimum Wage Be Increased?'
**Argument**
If the minimum wage is increased, companies may use more robots and automated processes to replace service employees.
If companies cannot afford to pay a higher minimum wage for low-skilled service employees, they will use automation to avoid hiring people... |
# Should Animals Be Used for Scientific or Commercial Testing?'
**Argument**
Animal testing contributes to life-saving cures and treatments.
The California Biomedical Research Association states that nearly every medical breakthrough in the last 100 years has resulted directly from research using animals. Animal res... |
# Should Pit Bulls Be Banned? Top 3 Pros and Cons'
**Argument**
BSL is expensive to enact.
Nationwide, BSL would cost an estimated $476 million per year, including enforcement of the law, related vet and shelter care, euthanization and disposal, and legal fees. There are about 4.5 million dog bites per year, resultin... |
# Internet & "Stupidity" - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
The internet is causing us to lose the ability to perform simple tasks.
“Hey, Alexa, turn on the bathroom light… play my favorite music playlist, cook rice in the Instant Pot… read me the news… what’s the weather today…”
“Hey, Siri, set a timer… call m... |
# Should the Federal Minimum Wage Be Increased?'
**Argument**
Increasing the minimum wage would reduce poverty.
A person working full time at the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour earns $15,080 in a year, which is 20% higher than the 2015 federal poverty level of $12,331 for a one-person household under 65 years... |
# Do Violent Video Games Contribute to Youth Violence?'
**Argument**
Simulating violence such as shooting guns and hand-to-hand combat in video games can cause real-life violent behavior.
Video games often require players to simulate violent actions, such as stabbing, shooting, or dismembering someone with an ax, swo... |
# Is Human Activity Primarily Responsible for Global Climate Change?'
**Argument**
Permafrost is melting at unprecedented rates due to global warming, causing further climate changes.
According to the IPCC, there is “high confidence” (about an 8 out of 10 chance) that anthropogenic global warming is causing permafros... |
# Should the Federal Minimum Wage Be Increased?'
**Argument**
Raising the minimum wage would help reduce the federal deficit.
According to Aaron Pacitti, PhD, Associate Professor of Economics at Siena College, raising the minimum wage would help reduce the federal budget deficit “by lowering spending on public assist... |
# Should Animals Be Used for Scientific or Commercial Testing?'
**Argument**
There is no adequate alternative to testing on a living, whole-body system.
A living systems, human beings and animals are extremely complex. Studying cell cultures in a petri dish, while sometimes useful, does not provide the opportunity to... |
# Should the Federal Minimum Wage Be Increased?'
**Argument**
Raising the minimum wage would disadvantage low-skilled workers.
From an employer’s perspective, people with the lowest skill levels cannot justify higher wages. A study by Jeffrey Clemens, PhD, and Michael J. Wither, PhD, found that minimum wage increase... |
# Universal Basic Income Pros and Cons - Top 3 Arguments For and Against'
**Argument**
UBI removes the incentive to work, adversely affecting the economy and leading to a labor and skills shortage.
Earned income motivates people to work, be successful, work cooperatively with colleagues, and gain skills. However, “if... |
# Space Colonization - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
Technological advancement into space can exist alongside conservation efforts on Earth.
While Earth is experiencing devastating climate change effects that should be addressed, Earth will be habitable for at least 150 million years, if not over a billion y... |
# Ride-Sharing Apps - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
Ride-hailing apps are convenient, affordable, and safe for riders and other drivers.
The technology used by ride-hailing companies increases reliability and decreases wait times for consumers, and can offer a 20% to 30% discount over the cost of a taxi.
T... |
# US Supreme Court Packing - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
Historical precedent most strongly supports a nine-judge Supreme Court.
While the US Constitution does not specify the number of Supreme Court justices, neither does it specify that justices must have law degrees or have served as judges.
However, ... |
# Should Vaccines Be Required for Children?'
**Argument**
Diseases that vaccines target have essentially disappeared.
There is no reason to vaccinate against diseases that no longer occur in the United States. The CDC reported 57 cases of and nine deaths from diphtheria between 1980 and 2016 in the United States. Fe... |
# Pokémon Go - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
People are playing the game in inappropriate places.
In their quest to capture creatures, players are failing to respect their surroundings, spawning countless articles, such as Evan Dashevsky’s compilation, “18 Completely Inappropriate Places to Play Pokemon Go,”... |
# Ride-Sharing Apps - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
Ride-hailing services have a history of poor driver screening that puts passengers at risk.
While taxi drivers are subject to rigorous security screening involving fingerprint checks through the FBI database, ride-hailing drivers are only subject to limited... |
# Should Recreational Marijuana Be Legal?'
**Argument**
Legalizing marijuana is opposed by major public health organizations.
Some of the public health associations that oppose legalizing marijuana for recreational use include the American Medical Association (AMA), the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), ... |
# Is Human Activity Primarily Responsible for Global Climate Change?'
**Argument**
Rising levels of human-produced gases released into the atmosphere create a greenhouse effect that traps heat and causes global warming.
Gases released into the atmosphere trap heat and cause the planet to warm through a process called... |
# Dress Codes - Top 3 Pros and Cons | ProCon.org'
**Argument**
Uniformly mandated dress codes promote safety.
From school chemistry labs to manufacturing jobs, some dress code requirements are obviously about safety. Many places require protective glasses, steel-toed boots, fire-resistant jackets, hard hats, or refle... |
# Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered from 21 to a Younger Age?'
**Argument**
18 is the age of legal majority (adulthood) in the United States.
Americans enjoy a range of new rights, responsibilities, and freedoms when they turn 18 and become an adult in the eyes of the law.
18-year-olds may vote in local, state, and... |
# Should Adults Have the Right to Carry a Concealed Handgun?'
**Argument**
The Second Amendment does not guarantee concealed carry.
The Second Amendment states: “a well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.”
There is ... |
# Should All Americans Have the Right (Be Entitled) to Health Care?'
**Argument**
Providing a right to health care could worsen a doctor shortage.
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) predicts a shortfall of up to 104,900 doctors by 2030. If a right to health care were guaranteed to all, this shortage... |
# Should Social Security Be Privatized?'
**Argument**
Private accounts give individuals control over their retirement decisions.
Americans are capable of making their own decisions regarding how their retirement contributions are invested.
Peter Ferrara, JD, former Director of the International Center for Law and E... |
# Kneeling during the National Anthem: Top 3 Pros and Cons | ProCon.org'
**Argument**
Kneeling during the national anthem is a legal form of peaceful protest, which is a First Amendment right.
President Obama said Kaepernick was “exercising his constitutional right to make a statement. I think there’s a long history ... |
# Bottled Water Bans - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
Banning bottled water restricts consumers' access to a product they want, and negatively affects small businesses.
A survey by Harris Poll for the International Bottled Water Association found that 93% of Americans think “bottled water should be available ... |
# Ride-Sharing Apps - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
Ride-hailing services increase traffic congestion, emissions, and total vehicle miles traveled.
Ride-hailing adds a total of 5.7 billion miles of driving each year in the nine metropolitan areas (Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, ... |
# Should People Become Vegetarian?'
**Argument**
It is cruel and unethical to kill animals for food when vegetarian options are available, especially because raising animals in confinement for slaughter is cruel, and many animals in the United States are not slaughtered humanely.
Animals are sentient beings that have... |
# Is Binge Watching Bad for You? Top 3 Pros and Cons'
**Argument**
Binge-watching makes a show more fulfilling.
While binge-watching, the viewer can feel the pleasure of full immersion (aka “the zone”), which is a great feeling similar to staying up all night to finish a book or project. Shows made for binge-watchin... |
# Is a College Education Worth It?'
**Argument**
Many recent college graduates are un- or underemployed.
The unemployment rate for recent college graduates (4.0%) exceeded the average for all workers, including those without a degree (3.6%) in 2019. The underemployment rate was 34% for all college graduates and 41.1%... |
# Should Animals Be Used for Scientific or Commercial Testing?'
**Argument**
Animals themselves benefit from the results of animal testing.
Vaccines tested on animals have saved millions of animals that would otherwise have died from rabies, distemper, feline leukemia, infectious hepatitis virus, tetanus, anthrax, an... |
# Private Prisons - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
All prisons—not just privately operated ones--should be abolished.
Author Rachel Kushner explained, “Ninety-two percent of people locked inside American prisons are held in publicly run, publicly funded facilities, and 99 percent of those in jail are in publi... |
# Should People Become Vegetarian?'
**Argument**
A diet that includes meat does not raise risk of disease.
Saturated fats from meat are not to blame for modern diseases like heart disease, cancer, and obesity. Chemically processed and hydrogenated vegetable oils like corn and canola cause these conditions because the... |
# American Socialism - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
The job of the US government is to enable free enterprise and then get out of the way of individual ingenuity and hard work. The government should promote equal opportunity, not promise equal results.
As the Dallas Federal Reserve explained, “Free enterpri... |
# Should Animals Be Used for Scientific or Commercial Testing?'
**Argument**
The vast majority of biologists and several of the largest biomedical and health organizations in the United States endorse animal testing.
A poll of 3,748 scientists by the Pew Research Center found that 89% favored the use of animals in sc... |
# Should More Gun Control Laws Be Enacted?'
**Argument**
Armed civilians are unlikely to stop crimes and are more likely to make dangerous situations, including mass shootings, more deadly.
None of the 62 mass shootings between 1982 and 2012 was stopped by an armed civilian. Gun rights activists regularly state that... |
# Should the United States Continue Its Use of Drone Strikes Abroad?'
**Argument**
Drones limit the scope, scale, and casualties of military action, keeping the US military and civilians in other countries safer.
Invading Pakistan, Yemen, or Somalia with boots on the ground to capture relatively small terrorist group... |
# Is Social Media Good for Society?'
**Argument**
Social media allows people to improve their relationships and make new friends.
93% of adults on Facebook use it to connect with family members, 91% use it to connect with current friends, and 87% use it to connect with friends from the past. 72% of all teens connect... |
# Should Teachers Get Tenure?'
**Argument**
Tenure makes it costly for schools to remove a teacher with poor performance or who is guilty of wrongdoing.
It costs an average of $313,000 to fire a teacher in New York state. New York Department of Education spent an estimated $15-20 million a year paying tenured teache... |
# Should Birth Control Pills Be Available Over the Counter (OTC)?'
**Argument**
OTC birth control pills would increase access for low-income and medically underserved populations.
Twenty million women live in “contraception deserts,” places with one clinic or fewer per 1,000 women who need government-funded birth con... |
# Is Cell Phone Radiation Safe?'
**Argument**
Numerous peer-reviewed studies have shown an association between cell phone use and the development of brain tumors.
In 2018, the National Toxicology Program (NTP) concluded, “high exposure to RFR (900 MHz) used by cell phones was associated with: [1] Clear evidence of an... |
# Should Birth Control Pills Be Available Over the Counter (OTC)?'
**Argument**
OTC status for birth control pills could result in more unwanted pregnancies.
The birth control pill is not the most effective form of birth control. Among birth control methods, the Pill ranks seventh in effectiveness. Typical use of the... |
# Fracking Pros and Cons - Top 3 Arguments For and Against'
**Argument**
Natural gas is a necessary bridge fuel to get to 100% clean energy and eliminate coal and petroleum, and fracking is the best way to extract natural gas.
Mark Little, President and Chief Executive for Suncor, explained, “The choice is not betwee... |
# Should the United States Maintain Its Embargo against Cuba?'
**Argument**
The embargo harms the US economy.
The US Chamber of Commerce opposes the embargo, saying that it costs the United States $1.2 billion annually in lost sales of exports.
A study by the Cuba Policy Foundation, a nonprofit founded by former US... |
# Should Recreational Marijuana Be Legal?'
**Argument**
Marijuana is less harmful than alcohol and tobacco, which are already legal.
Alcohol and tobacco are legal, yet they are known to cause cancer, heart failure, liver damage, and more. According to the CDC, six people die from alcohol poisoning every day and 88,00... |
# Should Tablets Replace Textbooks in K-12 Schools?'
**Argument**
Tablets lower the amount of paper teachers have to print for handouts and assignments, helping to save the environment and money.
A school with 100 teachers uses on average 250,000 pieces of paper annually. A school of 1,000 students on average spends... |
# Was Ronald Reagan a Good President?'
**Argument**
Environment:
Between 1982 and 1988, Reagan signed 43 bills designating more than 10 million acres of federal wilderness areas in 27 states. This acreage accounted for nearly 10% of the National Wilderness Preservation System at the time. Reagan had signed more wilde... |
# Do Violent Video Games Contribute to Youth Violence?'
**Argument**
Violent video games are a convenient scapegoat for those who would rather not deal with the actual causes of violence in the US.
Patrick Markey, PhD, Psychology Professor at Villanova University, stated: “The general story is people who play video g... |
# Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered from 21 to a Younger Age?'
**Argument**
MLDA creates a mindset of non-compliance with the law among young adults.
Lowering MLDA from 21 to 18 would diminish the thrill of breaking the law to get a drink. Normalizing alcohol consumption as something to be done responsibly and in mo... |
# Should Teachers Get Tenure?'
**Argument**
Tenure protects teachers from being prematurely fired after a student makes a false accusation or a parent threatens expensive legal action against the district.
After an accusation, districts might find it expedient to quickly remove a teacher instead of investigating the ... |
# Should More Gun Control Laws Be Enacted?'
**Argument**
Legally owned guns are frequently stolen and used by criminals.
A June 2013 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report states that “[a]lmost all guns used in criminal acts enter circulation via initial legal transaction.” Between 2005 and 2010, 1.4 million guns were s... |
# Should the United States Continue Its Use of Drone Strikes Abroad?'
**Argument**
Drone strikes make the United States safer by remotely decimating terrorist networks across the world.
Drone strikes in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia have killed between 7,665 and 14,247 militants and alleged militants, inc... |
# Should More Gun Control Laws Be Enacted?'
**Argument**
Guns are rarely used in self-defense.
Of the 29,618,300 violent crimes committed between 2007 and 2011, 0.79% of victims (235,700) protected themselves with a threat of use or use of a firearm, the least-employed protective behavior. In 2010 there were 230 “ju... |
# Was Bill Clinton a Good President?'
**Argument**
Other:
Clinton was aware of the threat of Al Qaeda and authorized the CIA to kill Osama bin Laden. He sought to hunt down bin Laden after the Oct. 12, 2000 attack on the USS Cole, but the CIA and FBI refused to certify bin Laden’s involvement in the terrorist act. “I... |
# Should Animals Be Used for Scientific or Commercial Testing?'
**Argument**
Most experiments involving animals are flawed, wasting the lives of the animal subjects.
A peer-reviewed study found serious flaws in the majority of publicly funded US and UK animal studies using rodents and primates: “only 59% of the studi... |
# Do Violent Video Games Contribute to Youth Violence?'
**Argument**
The US military uses violent video games to train soldiers to kill.
The US Marine Corps licensed Doom II in 1996 to create Marine Doom in order to train soldiers. In 2002, the US Army released first-person shooter game America’s Army to recruit sold... |
# Is Human Activity Primarily Responsible for Global Climate Change?'
**Argument**
Many scientists disagree that human activity is primarily responsible for global climate change.
A report found more than 1,000 scientists who disagreed that humans are primarily responsible for global climate change. The claim that 9... |
# Should Abortion Be Legal?'
**Argument**
Abortion bans endangers healthcare for those not seeking abortions.
Medical treatment for nonviable pregnancies is often exactly the same as an abortion.
occur when a fertilized egg implants somewhere other than the uterine cavity. About one in 50 pregnancies are ectopic,... |
# Dress Codes - Top 3 Pros and Cons | ProCon.org'
**Argument**
Dress codes promote inclusiveness and a comfortable, cooperative environment while eliminating individualistic attire that can distract from common goals.
As Bonneville Academy, a STEM school in Stansbury Park, Utah, explained, “The primary objective of a... |
# Should All Americans Have the Right (Be Entitled) to Health Care?'
**Argument**
A right to health care could lead to government rationing of medical services.
Countries with universal health care, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, all ration health care using methods such as contro... |
# Was Ronald Reagan a Good President?'
**Argument**
Health:
Reagan almost completely ignored the growing AIDS epidemic. Although the first case of AIDS was discovered in the early 1980s, Reagan never publicly addressed the epidemic until May 31, 1987 when he spoke at an AIDS conference in Washington, DC. By that time... |
# Should People Become Vegetarian?'
**Argument**
A vegetarian diet lowers risk of diseases.
A vegetarian diet reduces the chances of developing kidney stones and gallstones. Diets high in animal protein cause the body to excrete calcium, oxalate, and uric acid—the main components of kidney stones and gallstones.
A ... |
# Should the Federal Corporate Income Tax Rate Be Raised?'
**Argument**
Raising the corporate income tax rate would make taxes fairer.
As a 2021 Biden Administration White House statement explains, “The current tax system unfairly prioritizes large multinational corporations over Main Street American small businesses... |
# Zoos - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
Zoos produce helpful scientific research.
228 accredited zoos published 5,175 peer-reviewed manuscripts between 1993 and 2013. In 2017, 173 accredited US zoos spent $25 million on research, studied 485 species and subspecies of animals, worked on 1,280 research projects... |
# Should Tablets Replace Textbooks in K-12 Schools?'
**Argument**
Tablets allow teachers to better customize student learning.
There are thousands of education and tutoring applications on tablets, so teachers can tailor student learning to an individual style/personality instead of a one-size-fits-all approach. Ther... |
# Should Tablets Replace Textbooks in K-12 Schools?'
**Argument**
High-level education officials support tablets over textbooks.
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Federal Communications Commission chair Julius Genachowski said on Feb. 1, 2012 that schools and publishers should “switch to digital textbooks within... |
# GMO Pros and Cons - Should Genetically Modified Organisms Be Grown?'
**Argument**
Tinkering with the genetic makeup of plants may result in changes to the food supply that introduce toxins or trigger allergic reactions.
An article in Food Science and Human Welfare said, “Three major health risks potentially associa... |
# Should the Penny Stay in Circulation? - Top 3 Pros and Cons'
**Argument**
Preserving the penny keeps consumer prices down and avoids harming low-income households.
Mark Weller, Executive Director of the pro-penny group Americans for Common Cents, says, “The alternative to the penny is rounding to the nickel, and th... |
# Is a College Education Worth It?'
**Argument**
College graduates are healthier and live longer.
83% of college graduates reported being in excellent health, while 73% of high school graduates reported the same. A 2018 University of Southern California study found that adults over 65 with college degrees spent more... |
# Is a College Education Worth It?'
**Argument**
College allows students to explore career options.
Colleges offer career services, internships, job shadowing, job fairs, and volunteer opportunities in addition to a wide variety of courses that may provide a career direction. Over 80% of college students complete int... |
# Police Body Cameras - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
Police body cameras improve police accountability and lower reports of police misconduct.
Police body cameras provide visual and audio evidence that can independently verify events. In Texas, a police officer was fired, charged with murder, and sentenced ... |
# Should Recreational Marijuana Be Legal?'
**Argument**
Commercialized marijuana will create a “Big Marijuana” industry that exploits people for profit and targets children.
“Big Marijuana” is already using similar tactics to “Big Tobacco,” which marketed cigarettes using ads that appealed to kids, including the Joe ... |
# Bottled Water Bans - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
Banning bottled water would save money, and public water fountains are convenient and plentiful.
Bottled water is expensive. It can cost between 400 to 2,000 times more than tap water, four times more than a gallon of milk, and three times more than a gall... |
# Should Tablets Replace Textbooks in K-12 Schools?'
**Argument**
Print textbooks are heavy and cause injuries, while a tablet only weighs 1-2 pounds.
Pediatricians and chiropractors recommend that students carry less than 15% of their body weight in a backpack, but the combined average weight of textbooks in History... |
# Is Binge Watching Bad for You? Top 3 Pros and Cons'
**Argument**
Binge-watching leads to mental health issues.
A University of Texas study found that binge-watchers were more likely to be depressed, lonely, and have less self-control. One of the study’s authors, Yoon Hi Sung, PhD, stated: “When binge-watching beco... |
# Should Tablets Replace Textbooks in K-12 Schools?'
**Argument**
Tablets are unnecessary because print textbooks that are not brand new still convey relevant information to K-12 students.
A K-12 student learning from an older print textbook still learns the basics of anatomy, physics, algebra, geometry, and the US g... |
# Is Social Media Good for Society?'
**Argument**
Social media facilitates face-to-face interaction.
People use social media to network at in-person events and get to know people before personal, business, and other meetings. Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project found that messaging on social med... |
# Should Students Have to Wear School Uniforms?'
**Argument**
The key findings used to tout the benefits of uniforms are questionable.
The oft-quoted improvements to school safety and student behavior in the Long Beach (CA) Unified School District from 1993-1995 may not have resulted from the introduction of school u... |
# GMO Pros and Cons - Should Genetically Modified Organisms Be Grown?'
**Argument**
Genetically modified (GM) crops have been proven safe through testing and use, and can even increase the safety of common foods.
As astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explained, “Practically every food you buy in a store for consumpt... |
# Should More Gun Control Laws Be Enacted?'
**Argument**
Civilians, including hunters, should not own military-grade firearms or firearm accessories.
President Ronald Reagan and others did not think the AR-15 military rifle (also called M16s by the Air Force) should be owned by civilians and, when the AR-15 was inclu... |
# Is Human Activity Primarily Responsible for Global Climate Change?'
**Argument**
Human-caused global warming is changing weather systems and making heat waves and droughts more intense and more frequent.
A National Climate Assessment report said human-caused climate changes, such as increased heat waves and drought... |
# Should the Federal Minimum Wage Be Increased?'
**Argument**
Raising the minimum wage would decrease employee benefits and increase tax payments.
According to James Sherk, MA, Senior Policy Analyst at the Heritage Foundation, a single mother working full time and earning the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour wou... |
# Should All Americans Have the Right (Be Entitled) to Health Care?'
**Argument**
Providing a right to health care could raise taxes.
In European countries with a universal right to health care, the cost of coverage is paid through higher taxes. In the United Kingdom and other European countries, payroll taxes averag... |
# Is Human Activity Primarily Responsible for Global Climate Change?'
**Argument**
The specific type of CO2 that is increasing in earth’s atmosphere can be directly connected to human activity.
We can tell that CO2 produced by humans burning fossil fuels such as oil and coal is different than naturally occurring CO2... |
# Should Tablets Replace Textbooks in K-12 Schools?'
**Argument**
E-textbooks on tablets cost less than print textbooks.
According to the School Library Journal, the average price of a K-12 print textbook is approximately $70 compared with $45-$55 for a 6-year subscription to a digital textbook. E-textbook prices co... |
# Should Pit Bulls Be Banned? Top 3 Pros and Cons'
**Argument**
There is no evidence BSL makes communities safer.
BSL is ineffective because it treats the result (a dog bite) instead of the cause (bad animal owners). For example, Miami-Dade County, Florida, has had a pit bull ban since the 1980s, but the county still... |
# Reparations for Slavery - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
Slavery left African American communities at the mercy of the “slave health deficit,” which should be addressed with reparations.
Health Policy Research Scholar Brittney Butler, PhD, explains, “The health effects of slavery and racism in the U.S has t... |
# Is Artificial Intelligence Good for Society? Top 3 Pros and Cons'
**Argument**
AI repeats and exacerbates human racism.
Facial recognition has been found to be racially biased, easily recognizing the faces of white men while wrongly identifying black women 35% of the time. One study of Amazon’s Rekognition AI progr... |
# Is Human Activity Primarily Responsible for Global Climate Change?'
**Argument**
Deep ocean currents, not human activity, are a primary driver of natural climate warming and cooling cycles.
Over the 20th century there have been two Arctic warming periods with a cooling period (1940-1970) in between. According to a ... |
# Banned Books Pros and Cons - Top 3 Arguments For and Against'
**Argument**
Books are a portal to different life experiences and reading encourages empathy and social-emotional development.
One study found that reading J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, which is frequently challenged for religious concerns about wi... |
# Should Recreational Marijuana Be Legal?'
**Argument**
The United States has signed international treaties that prevent us from legalizing marijuana.
Three United Nations treaties set worldwide drug controls. As a party to the treaties, the United States has agreed to limit the use of marijuana “exclusively to medi... |
# Should Gay Marriage Be Legal?'
**Argument**
Gay marriage is contrary to the word of God and is incompatible with the beliefs, sacred texts, and traditions of many religious groups.
The Bible, in Leviticus 18:22, states: “Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination,” thus condemning homosex... |
# Should Gay Marriage Be Legal?'
**Argument**
Marriage is not only for procreation, otherwise infertile couples or couples not wishing to have children would be prevented from marrying.
Ability or desire to create offspring has never been a qualification for marriage. From 1970 through 2012 roughly 30% of all US hous... |
# Should the United States Continue Its Use of Drone Strikes Abroad?'
**Argument**
Americans support drone strikes.
A Jan. 23, 2020 poll, after the Jan. 3 drone strikes that killed Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, found that 35% of Americans agree that drone strikes are a “very effective way to achieve U... |
# Should the Federal Corporate Income Tax Rate Be Raised?'
**Argument**
Raising the corporate income tax rate would allow the federal government to pay for much-needed social and infrastructure programs.
Corporate taxes pay for public services and investments that help the companies suceed. By not paying their fair s... |
# Is Binge Watching Bad for You? Top 3 Pros and Cons'
**Argument**
Binge-watching has health benefits like stress relief.
According to psychiatrists, binge-watching releases dopamine in the brain, which creates a feeling of pleasure and can help people to relax and relieve stress. Psychologists say that finishing a ... |
# Should Animals Be Used for Scientific or Commercial Testing?'
**Argument**
Animals are very different from human beings and therefore make poor test subjects.
The anatomic, metabolic, and cellular differences between animals and people make animals poor models for human beings. Paul Furlong, Professor of Clinical ... |
# Should the Federal Minimum Wage Be Increased?'
**Argument**
Raising the minimum wage would increase poverty.
A study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland found that although low-income workers see wage increases when the minimum wage is raised, “their hours and employment decline, and the combined effect of t... |
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