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"That woman is man's future"

Contributed by: Iris Luthman
Created: 05/11/08;
Last modified: 12/31/69.

Women are getting more educated and are taking a greater place in today's society. Are women the future leaders of the world? Does mankind need women for its existence now when procedures such a cloning are developing?

Aboriginals, Treatment of

Contributed by: Ranjan K. Agarwal
Created: 01/28/03;
Last modified: 01/28/03.

Should aboriginals be treated differentially?

Abortion

Contributed by: Joe Devanny
Created: 09/29/00;
Last modified: 06/06/05.

Should abortion be permitted?

Abortion, Parental Consent

Contributed by: Tom Hamilton
Created: 12/02/02;
Last modified: 06/08/05.

Should parental consent be required for underage pregnant women to have abortions?

Abortion, Partial Birth

Contributed by: Tom Hamilton
Created: 12/02/02;
Last modified: 12/02/02.

Should partial-birth abortion be banned?

Adoption of Children by Same Sex Couples

Contributed by: Eliot Jones
Created: 10/27/00;
Last modified: 12/30/06.

Should gay couples be given the same legal rights as heterosexuals in adopting children?

Adoption, International

Contributed by: Tara Mounce
Created: 12/31/69;
Last modified: 07/24/06.

Should couples be banned from adopting children overseas?

Advertisements do more harm than good

Contributed by: Richard Penny
Created: 12/08/07;
Last modified: 12/31/69.

Is having widespread advertising good for a society?

Advertising, Targeting of Children

Contributed by: Alastair Endersby
Created: 01/04/03;
Last modified: 01/04/03.

Should there be a ban on television advertisements aimed at children?

Afghanistan, Invasion of

Contributed by: Alastair Endersby
Created: 02/19/02;
Last modified: 07/24/06.

Should the USA and its allies have invaded Afghanistan?

African Affairs, Intervention in

Contributed by: Richard Stupart
Created: 11/01/00;
Last modified: 07/24/06.

Should African disputes and conflicts be handled by African countries themselves, rather than by external international organisations?

African Languages in African Schools

Contributed by: Richard Stupart
Created: 10/31/00;
Last modified: 10/31/00.

Should native tongues take precedence in African schools, or should English and other non-African languages be the languages of the school room?

African Union

Contributed by: Ranjan K. Agarwal
Created: 05/17/03;
Last modified: 07/24/06.

Should countries in Africa become a political and economic union?

Age Discrimination

Contributed by: Nicholas Tan
Created: 12/31/69;
Last modified: 12/31/69.

Should age discrimination be made illegal in the workplace?

Age of Consent, Lowering Of

Contributed by: Nicholas Tan
Created: 12/31/69;
Last modified: 07/24/06.

Should age of consent laws be made more liberal?

AIDS Drugs for Developing Countries

Contributed by: Richard Stupart
Created: 09/19/00;
Last modified: 07/24/06.

Should AIDS drugs be made cheaper for developing countries?

Alcohol

Contributed by: Thomas Dixon
Created: 11/13/00;
Last modified: 11/13/00.

Should the sale and consumption of alcohol – the world’s favourite drug – be further restricted, or even banned?

American way of life, rejection of

Contributed by: Adam Goldenberg
Created: 12/12/05;
Last modified: 01/05/06.

Should we reject the American way of life?

Anarchism

Contributed by: Richard Mott
Created: 06/24/01;
Last modified: 06/24/01.

Is Anarchism a valuable political ideology?

Animal Experimentation

Contributed by: Thomas Dixon
Created: 06/28/00;
Last modified: 06/28/00.

Is it morally acceptable to experiment on non-human animals to develop products and medicines that benefit human beings?

Animal Rights

Contributed by: Thomas Dixon
Created: 06/30/00;
Last modified: 01/13/06.

Do non-human animals have rights?

Animals in Sports and Entertainment

Contributed by: Thomas Dixon
Created: 06/30/00;
Last modified: 06/30/00.

Should human beings be allowed to use other animals as objects of sport and entertainment?

Anorexics, Force-Feeding of

Contributed by: Alexis Hearnden
Created: 07/20/02;
Last modified: 07/20/02.

Should the medical profession force-feed anorexics as part of their treatment?

Antarctic Exploitation

Contributed by: Alastair Endersby
Created: 02/01/04;
Last modified: 07/24/06.

Should the present ban on exploiting the resources of the Antarctic be maintained?

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