The NFL has chosen ten potential LD topics for 2003-4. Five of these topics will be chosen throughout the year for each of the bi-monthly resolutions. The links on the right contain links to specific articles on the web to begin your research on these topics. The specific resolutions are:
A just government ought to value the redistribution of wealth over property rights.
In the US, the use of race as a deciding factor in college admissions is just.
As a general principle, individuals have an obligation to value the common good above their own interests.
Individual claims of privacy ought to be valued above competing claims of societal welfare.
The United States has a moral obligation to promote democratic ideals in other nations.
Media monopolization is antithetical to the public's right to know.
Civil disobedience in a democracy is morally justified.
A government's obligation to protect the environment ought to take precedence over its obligation to promote economic development.
Even if a disclosure is legally permissable, journalists have an ethical obligation to limit material released to the public.
A just society ought to value the legal rights of people with mental illnes above its obligation to protect itself. |
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