Should pornography be restricted by law?
2. What is the impact of automation on
American culture and lifestyles?
3. Should newspaper reporters be required to
reveal their sources?
4. Should law or custom regarding American
funeral practices be revised?
5. Should parents and other interested citizens
censor textbooks and other literature for children in
schools?
6. Where and how, if at all, should sex
education be conducted?
7. Should the United States have mandatory
military conscription? For whom?
8. Should laws regarding minimum wage (or
the forty-hour work week) be revised?
9. Should mandatory (or voluntary) prayer be
permitted in public schools?
10. Should the government provide child day
care centers for working parents?
11. Should donors or their families be
compensated for organ donations? How should people
be selected to receive donor organs?
12. Should homosexuals be permitted to serve
in the armed forces?
13. Should genetic engineering be controlled by
law?
14. What impact on the family (or the
workplace) have changes in gender roles had?
15. Have the large salaries of professional
athletes had a negative impact on the athletes or the
sports?
16. How should colleges manage their athletic
programs in relation to their academic goals?
17. Do certain children’s toys create social or
emotional or other problems?
18. Should public servants (like school
teachers, hospital workers, trash collectors) have the
right to strike?
19. Should imports of foreign cars or other
foreign products be limited or restricted by law?
20. Should academic freedom for teachers and
students be limited by law?
21. Does society have an obligation to protect
privacy as a basic individual right?
22. Should sex and violence on television or in
the movies be restricted?
23. To what extent does the private life and
private morality of a public figure affect his or her ability
to serve the public interest?
24. Should divorce laws be changed in ways
that will be more equitable or just for all the parties?
25. What restrictions should be placed on
polygraph testing (or drug testing or personality testing
such as Meyers-Brigg Type Indicator) either for the
criminal justice system or for the workplace?
26. What place should “creationism” have in
the public education system?
27. Should controversial speakers (on
whatever subject) be allowed on college campuses?
28. What types of regulations of smoking in
public places should the legal system impose?
29. Do “beauty” contests (Mr. America, Miss
America, etc.) serve any purpose in society?
30. Should “victimless crimes” such as
prostitution and other sexual activity between
consenting adults be free from governmental
interference?
31. Are American Indians being treated fairly in
modern society?
32. What prevention techniques and/or
penalties should be applied to child molestation and
child abuse?
33. Does the American system of justice need
reform to ensure that criminals are properly punished?
34. To what extent should individuals have the
protection of the law and the assistance of the medical
establishment in terminating their own lives?
35. What should be done to protect the rights
of minorities (of all kinds) in America?
36. What techniques should the public schools
use to strengthen literacy at all grade levels?
37. Should children be required to attend
school past the age of sixteen?
38. Should a rating system be required for song
lyrics?
39. To what extent should advertising aimed at
children be regulated by law?
40. Should the courts require that contracts
and other legal documents be written in nontechnical
language so that clients can understand the documents?
41. Should English be declared the official
language of the United States?
42. To what extent should bilingual education
be offered in public schools?
43. What role should the federal government
take in dealing with the problem of AIDS,
homelessness, or other widespread social, medical, and
economical problems (pick only one problem for a
focus)?
44. Should surrogate motherhood be either
banned or regulated be law?
45. Should adoption records be open rather
than sealed?
46. Should unapproved drugs be made
available as a last resort to patients with conditions for
which conventional treatments are known to be
ineffective?
47. Should tobacco companies be held
responsible for smoking-related illnesses and deaths?
48. Should bartenders be held responsible for
the behavior of their patrons?
49. Is rehabilitation of felony offenders
possible? Desirable?
50. Should the federal government provide
health care for all citizens who cannot afford their own?
51. Should juvenile offenders be tried and
punished as adults?