Set up a debate

Democracy is the best form of government

Whether rule by the people is superior to rule by the wise, the strong, or the expert, and on what grounds.

Breaking an unjust law is a moral duty

Whether citizens are obligated to disobey laws they judge unjust, or whether the value of legal order requires obedience even to bad laws.

Free speech should protect even hateful expression

Whether the case for free expression extends to speech that demeans groups, or whether such speech may be restricted to protect the dignity and safety of its targets.

Social media does more harm than good

Whether the connection, expression, and information that social platforms provide outweigh the polarization, distraction, and mental health costs they impose.

There is such a thing as objective truth

Whether some claims are true regardless of who believes them, or whether truth is always relative to a perspective, culture, or framework.

Public shaming is a legitimate form of accountability

Whether collective condemnation of wrongdoers is a proper way for communities to enforce norms, or a form of mob punishment without limits or due process.

One should obey the law even when it is unjust

Whether the duty to obey law holds independently of its content, or whether unjust laws release citizens from obligation and may demand resistance.

Lying is never morally justified

Whether truthfulness is an exceptionless duty or one value that must sometimes give way to kindness, safety, or justice.

Human beings have free will

Whether our choices are genuinely up to us, or whether they are determined by prior causes we did not choose.

We should defer to experts even when we disagree with them

Whether intellectual humility requires laypeople to adopt expert consensus over their own judgment, or whether such deference is a form of abdication.

We can be certain of anything at all

Whether any belief is immune to all possible doubt, or whether the most we can achieve is well-justified confidence.

The death penalty is justified for the worst crimes

Whether the state may deliberately kill a person as punishment, or whether the practice is incompatible with justice and human dignity.