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.
Debates[edit | edit source]
Law and civil rights[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- Does God exist?
- Does religion do more harm than good?
- Does the Catholic Church do more harm than good?
Meta[edit | edit source]
- 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?
Recent changes[edit | edit source]
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29 May 2023
- Should same-sex marriage be legal? 15:42 +2,503 DMBFFF discuss contribs (a few changes; folks might want to review) Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- Should suicide be legal? 01:54 +88 173.56.113.9 discuss (Add objection: So should someone else continue to suffer to keep other people happy?)
28 May 2023
- m Should Mein Kampf be banned? 00:26 −143 Sophivorus discuss contribs Tag: Manual revert
- Should Mein Kampf be banned? 00:24 +143 Sophivorus discuss contribs (→Votes against: Add my signature) Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit
26 May 2023
- Does objective reality exist? 16:47 −292 Sophivorus discuss contribs (→Votes for: Remove tests)
- Does objective reality exist? 16:47 +143 Sophivorus discuss contribs (→Votes for: Add my signature)
- m Does objective reality exist? 16:47 +2 Sophivorus discuss contribs
- Does objective reality exist? 16:46 +149 Sophivorus discuss contribs (→Votes for: Add my signature)
- Does objective reality exist? 16:45 +143 Sophivorus discuss contribs (→Votes for: Add my signature)
- Does objective reality exist? 16:45 −6 Sophivorus discuss contribs (Edit objection: Clever. However 'I think there for I am', proves that an objective mind must exist to do the subjective thinking.)
- Should Mein Kampf be banned? 16:44 +196 Sophivorus discuss contribs (Add experimental vote section)
- Does objective reality exist? 16:44 +183 Sophivorus discuss contribs (Add experimental vote section)
- Is a world government desirable? 16:42 +97 Sophivorus discuss contribs (Mark arguments as such)
- Do humans have free will? 16:39 +143 Sophivorus discuss contribs (→Votes for: Added my signature)
- Do humans have free will? 16:28 +226 Sophivorus discuss contribs
- m Is morality objective? 16:26 +4 Sophivorus discuss contribs
- Should we use nuclear energy? 16:26 −18 Sophivorus discuss contribs
- Should we use nuclear energy? 16:25 +143 Sophivorus discuss contribs (→Votes for: Added my signature)
- m Should we colonize Mars? 16:19 −13 Sophivorus discuss contribs
- Should we use nuclear energy? 16:18 +223 Sophivorus discuss contribs
- Should we colonize Mars? 16:16 +143 Sophivorus discuss contribs (→Votes against: Added my signature)
- Should we colonize Mars? 16:16 +197 Sophivorus discuss contribs
- m Should same-sex marriage be legal? 16:15 +30 Sophivorus discuss contribs
- Should animal testing be legal? 16:14 +143 Sophivorus discuss contribs (→Votes against: Added my signature)
- Should animal testing be legal? 16:14 +176 Sophivorus discuss contribs
- Should voluntary euthanasia be legal? 16:13 +143 Sophivorus discuss contribs (→Votes for: Added my signature)
- Should voluntary euthanasia be legal? 16:13 +170 Sophivorus discuss contribs (Add experimental vote section)
- Should capital punishment be legal? 16:11 +143 Sophivorus discuss contribs (→Votes against: Added my signature)
- Should capital punishment be legal? 16:10 +155 Sophivorus discuss contribs
- m Should abortion be legal? 16:10 −15 Sophivorus discuss contribs (Restructure)
- Should suicide be legal? 16:10 −14 Sophivorus discuss contribs (Restructure)
- m Should abortion be legal? 16:00 +122 Sophivorus discuss contribs (→Votes)
- m Should polygamy be legal? 16:00 +122 Sophivorus discuss contribs (→Votes)
- m Should suicide be legal? 15:59 +123 Sophivorus discuss contribs (→Votes)
- Should suicide be legal? 15:57 +143 Sophivorus discuss contribs (→Votes for: Added my signature)
- Should abortion be legal? 15:57 +76 Sophivorus discuss contribs (Add experimental vote section)
- Should suicide be legal? 15:56 +75 Sophivorus discuss contribs (Add experimental vote section)
- m Should polygamy be legal? 15:55 +3 Sophivorus discuss contribs
- Should polygamy be legal? 15:51 +143 Sophivorus discuss contribs (→Votes for: Add my signature)
- Should polygamy be legal? 15:51 +58 Sophivorus discuss contribs (Add experimental votes section) Tag: Visual edit
- Should polygamy be legal? 14:07 −35 Sophivorus discuss contribs (Delete objection: Second objection) Tag: Manual revert
- Should polygamy be legal? 14:07 −34 Sophivorus discuss contribs (Delete objection: First objection!) Tag: Reverted
- Should polygamy be legal? 14:07 +35 Sophivorus discuss contribs (Add objection: Second objection) Tag: Reverted
- Should polygamy be legal? 14:06 −39 Sophivorus discuss contribs (Delete argument: Testing yet again!!) Tag: Reverted
- Should polygamy be legal? 14:06 −36 Sophivorus discuss contribs (Delete objection: Another objection) Tag: Reverted
- Should polygamy be legal? 14:06 +17 Sophivorus discuss contribs (→Polygamy should be legal) Tags: Manual revert Reverted
- Should polygamy be legal? 14:02 −17 Sophivorus discuss contribs (Delete objection: Another objection) Tag: Reverted
- Should polygamy be legal? 14:02 +1 Sophivorus discuss contribs (Edit objection: First objection!) Tag: Reverted
- Should polygamy be legal? 14:02 +36 Sophivorus discuss contribs (Add objection: Another objection) Tag: Reverted
- Should polygamy be legal? 14:02 +33 Sophivorus discuss contribs (Add objection: First objection) Tag: Reverted
See also[edit | edit source]
- Wikidebate/Guidelines - Some wisdom on how to wikidebate
- Category:Wikidebates - Category containing all wikidebates
- Wikidebate/Preload - Preload for new wikidebates
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