Essay Samples and Ideas Repository

Aboriginals, Treatment of
Should aboriginals be treated differentially?

Abortion
Should abortion be permitted?

Abortion, Parental Consent
Should parental consent be required for underage pregnant women to have abortions?

Abortion, Partial Birth
Should partial-birth abortion be banned?

Academic qualification ensures success in life?
Academic qualifications are commonly felt to give a person the best chance of success in life. How far is this true?

Adoption of Children by Same Sex Couples
Should gay couples be given the same legal rights as heterosexuals in adopting children?

Adoption, International
Should couples be banned from adopting children overseas?

Advertisements do more harm than good
Is having widespread advertising good for a society?

Advertising, Targeting of Children
Should there be a ban on television advertisements aimed at children?

Affirmative action in education
Should universities use positive discrimination to increase diversity?

Afghanistan, Invasion of
Should the USA and its allies have invaded Afghanistan?

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

African Languages in African Schools
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
Should countries in Africa become a political and economic union?

Age Discrimination
Should age discrimination be made illegal in the workplace?

Age of Consent, Lowering Of
Should age of consent laws be made more liberal?

AIDS Drugs for Developing Countries
Should AIDS drugs be made cheaper for developing countries?

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

Alternative Vote
Should the current electoral system be replaced with the Alternative Voting System?

American way of life, rejection of
Should we reject the American way of life?

Anarchism
Is Anarchism a valuable political ideology?

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

Animal Rights
Do non-human animals have rights?

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

Anorexics, Force-Feeding of
Should the medical profession force-feed anorexics as part of their treatment?

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

Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOS) [UK]
Should Anti-Social Behaviour Orders be scrapped?

Armed Police
Should a police force be routinely armed?

Arms Trade, role of the United Nations and US interests
Should the US push the UN to restrict arms trading to rogue nations?

Arranged Marriages
Should arranged marriages be outlawed?

Arts Subsidies, Abolition of
Should government subsidy of the arts be ended?

ASEAN, Abolition of
Should the Association of Southeast Asian Nations be abandoned?

Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate
Should the USA pursue the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate as a response to climate change concerns rather than working through the UN?

Assassination of a Dictator
Can the assassination of a dictator be justified?

Assisted Suicide/Voluntary Euthanasia
Should assisted suicide be legalised?

Asylum seekers, welcome for
What obligations should nation-states have to those seeking asylum?

Attorney-Client Privilege
Should the attorney-client privilege be abolished?

Aviation, international taxation of
Should aviation fuel for domestic and international flights be taxed to combat climate change? Could such a tax be used to fund development aid? Are there viable alternatives?