Should surrogate motherhood be allowed? All the Yes points: Surrogacy is a way to bring the happiness of parenthood to a couple who would otherwise not have bee… There is no need for money payments to ever enter the equation. Even if commercialisation does occur… However, surrogacy arrangements could easily be made non-financial by allowing … Read more
Should school students face mandatory drug-tests? All the Yes points: There is a clear and present problem with drug use among teenagers in many countries. Current measu… Students who do not break the law by taking drugs have nothing to fear…. The purpose of random drug testing is not so much to catch offenders but … Read more
Should governments censor material on the world wide web? All the Yes points: Despite the generally prevailing principle of freedom of speech in democratic countries, it is widel… Censorship is tailored to the power of the medium. Accordingly there is a higher level of censorshi… That it is hard to censor the internet does not … Read more
When is it justifiable for protesters and activists to break the law for the sake of their cause? All the Yes points: Even in democracies, we only have a chance to have a say in how the country is run every four years … Not every just cause can be pursued through the courts (e.g. … Read more
Should the United Nations be judged a failure? All the Yes points: The main objective of the United Nations at its founding was to prevent future wars and suffering on… Another key objective of the United Nations has been to promote human rights worldwide, yet these co… The UN suffers from a bloated bureaucracy, in … Read more
Should cultural treasures be returned to their country of origin? All the Yes points: Cultural treasures should be displayed in the context in which they originated; only then can they b… Display of cultural treasures in western museums is a last hangover from the imperial belief that “c… Artefacts such as the Parthenon marbles were … Read more
