Upcoming Topics

Welcome! Read on to see a list of topics that will be explored in the coming weeks and months.

· Should convalescent plasma be offered to Covid-19 patients as a compassionate intervention before clinical trials are completed showing it to be safe and effective?

· Should transgender women who take testosterone-suppressing medications be allowed to compete as women in sports?

· Should intersex women, such as Caster Semenya, who naturally have high levels of testosterone be allowed to compete as women in sports without taking medication to lower their levels of testosterone?

· Am I immortal? The science of mind and body explores this question.

· Is there a natural right to property, or do property rights exist only by law?

· Should maximizing shareholder wealth and income be the only goal of corporations, as economist Milton Friedman claimed, or should the wellbeing of other stakeholders, such as workers, consumers, and community members, be considered as well?

· Should euthanasia be legalized?

· Should prostitution be legalized?

· Should rodeos, like bullfights, be illegal?

· What is the proper role of immigration in the US today and in the future?

· Do people have free will?

· Is there intelligent life on other planets in the universe, and do we have a realistic possibility of contacting them?

· Should we pay organ donors as we currently pay many blood donors?

· Should it be legal for women to accept money to serve as a surrogate who gestates a child for another individual or couple?

· Do people have free will?

· Is hunting an immoral abuse of animals?

· Is vegetarianism morally superior to eating meat?

· Should services in such areas as education, detention, and energy generation be privatized to increase efficiency?

· Should laws make it easier for workers to form unions, such as by allowing unions to represent workers by just having enough workers sign a card, rather than by having an election?

· Should taxes be raised on the wealthiest Americans?

· Is the national debt an economic problem?

· Is telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth always morally correct?

· Is civil disobedience, breaking the law on moral grounds, ever justified?

· Should large corporations be allowed to permanently replace workers who are out on strike?

· Should employers with conscientious objections to some healthcare options, such as birth control or abortion, be allowed to omit insurance coverage for those options from the company’s health plans?

· Should famous workers, such as athletes and movie stars, be allowed to use their fame to promote social or political causes while at work?