Wikidebate

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Wikidebate is a collaborative learning project to compile and organize all positions, arguments and objections on controversial topics. It's not a place to defend your preferred points of view, but original arguments are allowed and welcome.

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Debates

Law and civil rights

• Should cannabis be legal?
• Should suicide be legal?
• Should abortion be legal?
• Should capital punishment be legal?
• Should voluntary euthanasia be legal?
• Should animal testing be legal?
• Should same-sex marriage be legal?
• Should polygamy be legal?
• Should infanticide be legal?
• Should universal basic income be established?
• Should mentally ill people be allowed to have children?
• Should civilians be prohibited from owning firearms?
• Should the monarchy in the UK be abolished?
• Should sex change operations be guided by mental health specialists or psychologists?

Science

• Should we colonize Mars?
• Should we use nuclear energy?
• Are humans omnivores or herbivores?
• Is there intelligent extraterrestrial life in the Milky Way?
• Are humans the main cause of global warming?
• Can electric cars significantly help humanity get off fossil fuels?
• Are natural resources finite?
• Is colonization of Mars in this century realistic?
• Are axioms definitions in disguise?

Philosophy

• Do humans have free will?
• Is morality objective?
• Does everything happen for a sufficient reason?
• Does an individual have a responsibility to maintain a community?
• Does objective reality exist?
• Do living things on Earth have a purpose?
• Do natural resources exist?
• Is philosophy any good?
• Is slavery good?
• Should Mill's harm principle be accepted?

Culture

• Should we go vegan?
• Is capitalism sustainable?
• Is a world government desirable?
• Is collapse of the global civilization before year 2100 likely?
• Is Paleo diet a good thing?
• Should Mein Kampf be banned?
• Are metaphors a good thing?
• Should it be legal for social media to censor harmful misinformation?
• Should cryptocurrencies be banned?
• Who is Satoshi Nakamoto?
• Should the world adopt a one-child policy?
• Should we aim to reduce the Earth population?
• Should we not watch pornography?

War

• Was 9/11 an inside job?
• Does nuclear power lead to nuclear weapons?
• Is aggressive war of territorial expansion good?
• Did the United States need to use atomic weapons to end World War II?
• Should the United States have developed the nuclear weapon?
• Is the 2022 Russian military operation in Ukraine justified?
• Should Ukraine surrender to Russia in 2022?
• Should Ukraine go from recognizing the PRC (Peoples Republic of China) to recognizing the ROC (Republic of China, i.e. Taiwan)?

Religion

• Does God exist?
• Does religion do more harm than good?
• Does the Catholic Church do more harm than good?

Meta

• Should we use the debate algorithm on wikidebates?
• Should we merge all WikiJournals into one?
• Are wikidebates a good thing?
• Is Wikipedia consensus process good?
• Should we have a Wikiversity specific discord server?

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See also

• Wikidebate/Guidelines - Some wisdom on how to wikidebate
• Category:Wikidebates - Category containing all wikidebates
• Wikidebate/Preload - Preload for new wikidebates
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