Discussion Topics for HSB4M

1. Is the Political Culture of Canada Becoming Americanized?
2. Should Individual Rights take Precedence over Collective Rights?
3. Should Representation in Parliament Mirror Canada’s Social Diversity?
4. Should Canada Adopt Proportional Representation?
5. Are Humans Inherently Violent?
6. Do Sexually Egalitarian Societies Exist?
7. Is Ethnic Conflict Inevitable?  
8. Is it Natural for Adopted Children to want to Find Out About their Birth Parents?
9. Has the Islamic Revolution in Iran Subjugated Women? 
10. Does Morality Need Religion? 
11. Is Abortion Immoral?
12. Should Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legalized by the States?
13. Should Same Sex Marriages be Legally Recognized?  
14. Is the Decline of the Traditional Family a National Crisis? 
15. Should Drug Use be Decriminalized? 
16. Does Population Growth Threaten Humanity?  
17. Can Father’s “Mother”? 
18. Are Welfare Reforms Ineffective because Welfare Mothers are Irresponsible and Lazy? 
19. Is Love a Mechanism of Evolution?
20. Does Spanking Lead Children to Become More Violent?  
21. Is Treating Homosexuality Ethical and Effective?
22. Should Prostitution be Legalized?
23. Does Pornography Cause Sexual Violence?
24. Should we keep the Monarchy?
25. Is Hunting Wrong? 
26. Should Juveniles be Executed? 

Remember:  Many of these issues are from an American Perspective but that does not make the issue any less important.  You should consider these questions from a Canadian context as well when you are preparing for your presentation.