Should ‘safe sex’ be promoted in schools through sexual education classes? Or are lessons that stick strictly to human biology or use abstinence-based programmes to be preferred? All the Yes points: Parents don’t have absolute rights over their children, society has an important stake in their upbr… Safe sex should be promoted in all schools; … Read more
Today, genetic modification seems to be the answer to everything. Yesterday the Times revealed plans for breeding genetically modified pigs in order to produce organs accepted by the human body to reduce waiting times for transplants. In the current global hunger crisis, GM foods could prove useful in producing more yield for less acreage and … Read more
Can an ever increasing human population support the agricultural status quo and continue to dedicate massive resources toward the support of farm animals without significantly destroying what is left of the world’s wildlands? Also are the ethical arguments concerning global food distribution and animal welfare (especially concerning factory farming) strong enough to reform the way … Read more
If a child is malnourished it is classed as child abuse but if I child is obese the parents are rarely blamed. This discrepancy makes little sense when the health risks faced by obesity are indisputable. Researchers claim that being over weight greatly increases the risk of heart attack and stroke, diabetes, bowl cancer and … Read more
Should unhealthy foods be banned from schools? All the Yes points: Obesity is on the increase in the developed world, and that includes rising childhood obesity. In t… Schools can play an important role in combating obesity as people tend to get into habits about how … Bad diet can lead to childhood obesity, and … Read more
There is a drastic shortage of organs for transplant. Most people say they would donate but never quite get around to subscribing to the scheme. If everyone was automatically opted-in and had to opt-out the number of people on the waiting list would drop to zero and the lives of countless number of people would … Read more
