Generating Topic Ideas

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Critical Thinking – PHI 210

Appendix A

TOPIC LIST for Critical Thinking Paper

 Dieting makes people fat.

 People are too dependent on computers.

 Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) is an excuse and not a real disability.

 The government spends too much on art, so the NEA should be eliminated.

 Today’s Bachelor Degrees are a minimum, like high school diplomas were 30 years ago.

 “Home-schooled” children are more advanced than children attending public schools.

 Telecommuting will be the new way that jobs are performed in the next ten years.

 The war on terror has contributed to abuse of human rights.

 People with jobs should pay the health care insurance costs of people without jobs.

 High school graduates should take a year off before entering college.

 High school graduates should be required to spend two years in the military and then receive a free college education.

 The flat tax is the fairest form of taxation.

 All products that people eat/use should be first tested on animals.

 All citizens should be required by law to vote.

 All forms of government welfare should be abolished.

 Both men and women should have paid “paternity leave” when a spouse or partner has a child.

 Global climate changes are manmade, so people should change their lifestyle to protect the environment.

 Global climate changes are cyclical, and global warming is just “hype” by radical environmentalists and manufacturers trying to sell “new and improved” environmentally friendly products.

 Schools should distribute free condoms to high school students.

 Rich countries have an obligation to give money to poorer countries.

 Both parents should assume equal responsibility in raising a child.

 Participating in team sports helps to develop good character.

 Professional athletes deserve what they are being paid.

 The production and sale of cigarettes should be made illegal.

 Cities have the right to ban smoking in public.

 People have become overly dependent on technology.

 Beauty pageants exploit women.

 Frequent playing of video games increases violent behavior.

 Single-sex high schools would increase educational success.

 English should be the official language of the United States.

 Gay couples should have the same rights as married couples.

 Drunk drivers should be imprisoned on the first offense.

 Government and military personnel should have the right to strike.

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 College students should have complete freedom to choose their own courses and create their own curriculums.

 Texting while driving is dangerous.

 The primary mission of colleges and universities is preparing students for the workforce.

 Financial incentives should be offered to high school students who perform well on standardized tests.

 All students in high school and college should be required to take at least two years of a foreign language.

 To encourage healthy eating, higher taxes should be imposed on soft drinks and junk food.

 All citizens under the age of 21 should be required to pass a driver’s education course before receiving a license to drive.

 Euthanasia (mercy killing) should be permitted in cases of terminally ill patients.

 Anyone who voluntarily works should be willing to voluntarily participate in drug testing.

 Video piracy should carry a mandatory jail sentence as well as a fine.

 Foreign terrorists should have the same civil rights as citizens.

 Families should be held responsible for crimes committed by teenagers.

 Notification of a diagnosis of HIV and/or AIDS should be required.

 Prison inmates should be allowed to remain on the recipient list ahead of other patients eligible for organ transplants.