Philosophy

Debate: Prohibit Genetically Engineered Babies

Imagine a world free of genetic diseases, where parents control their offspring’s height, eye color and intelligence. The science may be closer than you think. Genes interact in ways that…

August 15, 2016
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Summer's End. Lexington Green, 11 September 2002. Photo taken in Minute Man National Historical Park, with flag at half staff on the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. Sculpture : "Minuteman" by sculptor Henry Hudson Kitson (1863-1947), dedicated April 19, 1900. Erected 1899

Debate: The Constitutional Right To Bear Arms Has Outlived Its Usefulness

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“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.” –2nd AmendmentRecent mass…

August 15, 2016
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Debate: Legalize Drugs

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It was 1971 when President Richard Nixon declared a "war on drugs." $2.5 trillion dollars later, drug use is half of what it was 30 years ago, and thousands of…

August 15, 2016
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A rally support of overturning the California Supreme Court's decision in Bakke v. Regents of the University of California.

Debate: It's Time to End Affirmative Action

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Affirmative action in the United States is a set of laws, policies, guidelines, and administrative practices "intended to end and correct the effects of a specific form of discrimination."[1] These include government-mandated,…

August 14, 2016
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Debate: Death Is Not Final

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If consciousness is just the workings of neurons and synapses, how do we explain the phenomenon of the near-death experience? By some accounts, about 3% of the U.S. population has…

August 14, 2016
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Logical Fallacies - What are they and how to avoid them

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Logical fallacies are flaws in reasoning that render arguments invalid. In order to discuss and debate issues properly, it is best to be aware of the common logical fallacies one…

August 2, 2016
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