4th form politics

“WE SHOULD PERMIT THE USE OF PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS IN SPORT”



For & against


Most useful arguments for

Most useful arguments against

"FREE SPEECH IS NOT AN ABSOLUTE"


For & against

Background



In depth


Motion 1

"THE UK SHOULD BAN SMACKING OF CHILDREN"


MOTION 2
“We should allow parents to use technology to ‘select’ the sex of their child”

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Two debates this week


  1. This house would reintroduce corporal punishment into schools
Arguments for & against


2. This house believes that Premiership footballers deserve all the rewards they get.


"An unelected head of state should have no place in 21st century Britain

Simple for & against arguments

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“people need protecting from violent lyrics, films & video games”

Simple for & against arguments


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Animal testing

Simple for & against arguments

Newsround
BBC ethics
Manchester Evening News
The Independent
ProCon.org

Arguments for the motion

Criticism of Animal Research at Imperial College London
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/michelle-thew/animal-research-imperial-college-london_b_4417511.html

Animal testing – its time to talk about it again
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jul/18/animal-testing-talk-about-medical-research

Animal Testing isn’t just an ethical problem – let’s invest in safer methods
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jul/12/animal-testing-safer-methods

So much animal pain, so little human gain
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/columnists/article3354663.ece

All beings that feel pain deserve human rights


Arguments against the motion

Am I the only person who thinks that 4.1 million animals used in medical experiments

Don’t let the forces of unreason stop research

We all agree about Cosmetics but we still need animals for medicine

A Necessary Evil

The hard arguments about vivisection


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