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Productive Disagreement Format, Controversial Topics Sheet, by Spencer Greenberg
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1Corporate tax rates in the U.S. should be lowered.agreeunsuredisagree1
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2There is no god.agreeunsuredisagree2
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3Cigarette companies should not be allowed to run any form of advertising.agreeunsuredisagree3
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4It is primarily genetic whether a person is straight, homosexual or bi-sexual.agreeunsuredisagree4
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5People should be able to choose which locker room (i.e. men's vs. women's) they are most comfortable using.agreeunsuredisagree5
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6Third trimester abortion should be illegal.agreeunsuredisagree6
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7The U.S. should switch to the popular vote to determine the president instead of the electoral college system.agreeunsuredisagree7
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8The U.S. should fully take the side of Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.agreeunsuredisagree8
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9Prostitution should be legalized in the U.S.agreeunsuredisagree9
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10All adult U.S. citizens should be required by law to vote, with a fine imposed on non-voters.agreeunsuredisagree10
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11The death penalty should be completely banned.agreeunsuredisagree11
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12If a regular citizen carries a gun in a public place, it should be required to be kept visible (not concealed).agreeunsuredisagree12
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13Tax rates in the U.S. on the wealthy should be raised.agreeunsuredisagree13
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14The lifelong tenure system at Universities should be dismantled.agreeunsuredisagree14
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15The legal drinking age should be reduced to be below 21.agreeunsuredisagree15
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16It will be risky/dangerous for society to attempt to create artificial intelligence that is more intelligent than humans.agreeunsuredisagree16
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17If someone takes a photograph of you, then you should own the rights to that photograph (unless you sign a contract).agreeunsuredisagree17
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18Obamacare was an improvement over the prior healthcare system.agreeunsuredisagree18
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19Intelligence is mostly genetic.agreeunsuredisagree19
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20A 16 year old who committed premeditated murder should be tried in court as an adult not child.agreeunsuredisagree20
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21Personality differences between men and women, if they exist, are cultural not genetic.agreeunsuredisagree21
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22One day someone will purposely genetically engineer a very dangerous virus and try to spread it across the world.agreeunsuredisagree22
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23The U.S. should increase the amount of legal immigration by more than 50%.agreeunsuredisagree23
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24Objective moral truth exists so moral claims like "unprovoked murder is wrong" are objective universal facts not opinions.agreeunsuredisagree24
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25Any illegal immigrant with no criminal record should have a way to become a U.S. citizen over time.agreeunsuredisagree25
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26It should be legal for doctors to help terminally ill people end their own lives.agreeunsuredisagree26
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27In the U.S. today, women and men have already achieved equal treatment.agreeunsuredisagree27
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28Astrology has no ability to predict the future.agreeunsuredisagree28
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29Marijuana should be fully legalized.agreeunsuredisagree29
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30The minimum wage should be raised.agreeunsuredisagree30
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31Democracy is better than other forms of government.agreeunsuredisagree31
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32Children should be encouraged to drink cow milk.agreeunsuredisagree32
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33Enjoying eating animals is not a good justification to eat animals raised in factory farms.agreeunsuredisagree33
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34Flossing is good for your gum/tooth health.agreeunsuredisagree34
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35Hillary Clinton would have made a good president.agreeunsuredisagree35
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36Convicted felons should not be allowed to vote in U.S. elections.agreeunsuredisagree36
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37It is unethical to buy products made in foreign factories where workers make less than $1 daily.agreeunsuredisagree37
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38If a man and woman have sex, and the woman is very drunk but the man is not, then that man has raped that woman.agreeunsuredisagree38
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39On net, Facebook improves people's lives.agreeunsuredisagree39
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40In general, humans are highly irrational in their decision making.agreeunsuredisagree40
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41Most people are implicitly racist in their beliefs or attitudes (even if they are not explicitly so).agreeunsuredisagree41
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42Male babies in the United States should not be routinely circumcised.agreeunsuredisagree42
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43It should be illegal to buy a gun without having a criminal record background check first.agreeunsuredisagree43
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44When a person is morbidly obese, it is not their own choice to be that way.agreeunsuredisagree44
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45Killing another person is always wrong, regardless of the situation.agreeunsuredisagree45
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46Solitary confinement for periods longer than 48 hours should be banned from prisons.agreeunsuredisagree46
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47Churches should not be considered tax exempt organizations.agreeunsuredisagree47
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48If a person voted for Donald Trump then they are not intelligent.agreeunsuredisagree48
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49Children should be required to receive the most common vaccinations regardless of whether their parents agree.agreeunsuredisagree49
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50The U.S. should make great efforts to reduce the potential for Global Warming.agreeunsuredisagree50
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51A group of three people who love each other and live together should all be permitted to marry each other.agreeunsuredisagree51
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52Companies should not be allowed to avoid hiring a person because that person is in a union.agreeunsuredisagree52
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53Every U.S. citizen should get free health insurance that is provided by the government.agreeunsuredisagree53
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54Video games that virtually simulate pedophilic fantasies (without involving any actual children) should be banned.agreeunsuredisagree54
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55If a law would require a person to violate a religious tenet, the person should be able to apply for an exemption.agreeunsuredisagree55
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56The government should be able to draft ordinary citizens to force them to become soldiers during times of war.agreeunsuredisagree56
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57A sixteen year old should be allowed to marry an adult of any age if he or she chooses to (without parental consent)agreeunsuredisagree57
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58Heroin should be legalized.agreeunsuredisagree58
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59People are intrinsically good.agreeunsuredisagree59
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