Wikidebate
Wikidebate is a collaborative learning project to compile and organize all positions, arguments and objections on controversial topics. It's not a place to defend your preferred points of view, but original arguments are allowed and welcome.
DebatesEdit
Law and civil rightsEdit
- Should cannabis be legal?
- Should suicide be legal?
- Should abortion be legal?
- Should capital punishment be legal?
- Should voluntary euthanasia be legal?
- Should animal testing be legal?
- Should same-sex marriage be legal?
- Should polygamy be legal?
- Should infanticide be legal?
- Should universal basic income be established?
- Should mentally ill people be allowed to have children?
- Should civilians be prohibited from owning firearms?
- Should the monarchy in the UK be abolished?
- Should sex change operations be guided by mental health specialists or psychologists?
ScienceEdit
- Should we colonize Mars?
- Should we use nuclear energy?
- Are humans omnivores or herbivores?
- Is there intelligent extraterrestrial life in the Milky Way?
- Are humans the main cause of global warming?
- Can electric cars significantly help humanity get off fossil fuels?
- Are natural resources finite?
- Is colonization of Mars in this century realistic?
- Are axioms definitions in disguise?
PhilosophyEdit
- Do humans have free will?
- Is morality objective?
- Does everything happen for a sufficient reason?
- Does an individual have a responsibility to maintain a community?
- Does objective reality exist?
- Do living things on Earth have a purpose?
- Do natural resources exist?
- Is philosophy any good?
- Is slavery good?
- Should Mill's harm principle be accepted?
CultureEdit
- Should we go vegan?
- Is capitalism sustainable?
- Is a world government desirable?
- Is collapse of the global civilization before year 2100 likely?
- Is Paleo diet a good thing?
- Should Mein Kampf be banned?
- Are metaphors a good thing?
- Should it be legal for social media to censor harmful misinformation?
- Should cryptocurrencies be banned?
- Who is Satoshi Nakamoto?
- Should the world adopt a one-child policy?
- Should we aim to reduce the Earth population?
- Should we not watch pornography?
WarEdit
- Was 9/11 an inside job?
- Does nuclear power lead to nuclear weapons?
- Is aggressive war of territorial expansion good?
- Did the United States need to use atomic weapons to end World War II?
- Should the United States have developed the nuclear weapon?
- Is the 2022 Russian military operation in Ukraine justified?
- Should Ukraine surrender to Russia in 2022?
ReligionEdit
- Does God exist?
- Does religion do more harm than good?
- Does the Catholic Church do more harm than good?
MetaEdit
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19 March 2023
- Should suicide be legal? 06:41 +130 98.20.154.112 discuss (Add objection: For people in crippling pain where they have no life why force them to suffer , that is cruel sadistic and vile) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- Should suicide be legal? 06:37 +194 98.20.154.112 discuss (Add objection: The fact we don't allow suicide because of fantasy religious beliefs is not an argument for it not being legal. Who has the right to tell another what to do with their life? ) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
18 March 2023
- m Does religion do more harm than good? 22:39 −95 Dave Braunschweig discuss contribs (Reverted edits by 2A02:C7C:6424:F300:F9BC:C93F:65D:8FE0 (talk) to last version by JavaHurricane using rollback) Tag: Rollback
- Does religion do more harm than good? 16:23 +23 2a02:c7c:6424:f300:f9bc:c93f:65d:8fe0 discuss (Add objection: lyfml) Tag: Reverted
- Does religion do more harm than good? 16:22 +25 2a02:c7c:6424:f300:f9bc:c93f:65d:8fe0 discuss (Add objection: lyhfml) Tag: Reverted
- Does religion do more harm than good? 15:30 +26 2a02:c7c:6424:f300:f9bc:c93f:65d:8fe0 discuss (Add objection: ok then) Tag: Reverted
- Does religion do more harm than good? 15:29 +21 2a02:c7c:6424:f300:f9bc:c93f:65d:8fe0 discuss (Add objection: no.) Tag: Reverted
- Is morality objective? 05:52 +127 2600:1702:850:50e0:c87b:53ce:94a3:f459 discuss (Add objection: If a conclusion has not yet been reached, we can't assume that one will be reached or that an answer exists.)
17 March 2023
- Should Ukraine surrender to Russia in 2022? 21:05 +96 SpanishSnake discuss contribs (merge similar Ukraine defense arguments. Rewrite pro-ukraine arguments.)
- Should Ukraine surrender to Russia in 2022? 20:12 +199 SpanishSnake discuss contribs (restructure biblical arguments)
- Should Ukraine surrender to Russia in 2022? 15:11 +44 SpanishSnake discuss contribs (actually matthew 26)
- Should Ukraine surrender to Russia in 2022? 15:08 +512 SpanishSnake discuss contribs (Add objection: The actions of the Israelites is not a good basis for modern morality. In en:Numbers 31, the after defeating the Midianites, killed everyone except virgin women. We should focus instead on actions and life of Jesus, who preached radical pacifism. In Matthew 16, after one of Jesus's disciples cut of the ear of the high priest's servant in response to Jesus being arrested, Jesus told him to put his sword away, and said that "for all they that take the sword shall perish with...)
- Should Ukraine surrender to Russia in 2022? 14:43 +6 SpanishSnake discuss contribs
16 March 2023
- Does objective reality exist? 18:04 −23 Hasley discuss contribs (Reverted 1 edit by 38.127.122.66 (talk)) Tag: Undo
- Does objective reality exist? 17:41 +23 38.127.122.66 discuss (Add objection: helay) Tag: Reverted
- Was 9/11 an inside job? 05:38 −6,974 Omphalographer discuss contribs (remove first argument (and its followup/continuation) - explanation on talk page)
- m Should abortion be legal? 04:00 −28 JavaHurricane discuss contribs (Reverted edits by 105.112.209.14 (talk) to last version by 41.138.76.114 using rollback) Tag: Rollback
- m Was 9/11 an inside job? 01:19 +9 Dave Braunschweig discuss contribs (Reverted edits by 76.103.198.162 (talk) to last version by Koavf using rollback) Tag: Rollback
15 March 2023
- Was 9/11 an inside job? 22:00 −9 76.103.198.162 discuss (→9/11 was an inside job) Tags: Reverted Visual edit
- Should abortion be legal? 19:20 +28 105.112.209.14 discuss (Add objection: Objections) Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- Is morality objective? 18:26 −25 205.155.11.246 discuss (→Arguments against) Tag: Manual revert
- Is morality objective? 18:24 +25 205.155.11.246 discuss (Add objection: yes) Tag: Reverted
14 March 2023
- Should abortion be legal? 19:00 +102 41.138.76.114 discuss (Add objection: In short all you are saying is that the murder should be allowed in the country....) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- Does objective reality exist? 07:11 +111 27.122.61.80 discuss (Add objection: During the Deep Sleep state we don't say I think there I am, so this claim is not all true.)
- m Is morality objective? 01:09 −101 Koavf discuss contribs (Reverted edits by 36.255.40.50 (talk) to last version by 67.43.100.178 using rollback) Tag: Rollback
- Is morality objective? 01:07 +101 36.255.40.50 discuss (Add objection: What do you think you can do on this website AGR dam ha to Sam na as a ur dekha!!!) Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit
See alsoEdit
- Wikidebate/Guidelines - Some wisdom on how to wikidebate
- Category:Wikidebates - Category containing all wikidebates
- Wikidebate/Preload - Preload for new wikidebates
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