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Starter Should charity campaigns stop using identifiable images of vulnerable recipients? Raising money does not erase someone's right to dignity.

Offer alternatives that preserve dignity and genuine informed choice. Receiving help should never depend on agreeing to become an identifiable fundraising story.

Starter Should cities ban private cars downtown even if small businesses object? Access matters, but the loudest commercial objections should not decide ho…

Provide delivery access, disability accommodations, and reliable transit before removing cars. A good public-space policy needs workable access rather than assuming every objection is selfish.

Starter Should animal research require proof that the expected benefit is substantial? Curiosity alone may not justify imposing serious suffering.

Require independent scrutiny of expected benefit and alternatives. Researchers should not be the only judges of whether the suffering their project causes is worthwhile.

Starter Should international courts be allowed to prosecute leaders without national consent?

National consent cannot be the only route to accountability for abusive leaders.

Starter Should economic growth remain the main measure of a country's success?

Growth can support wellbeing but does not measure how benefits and harms are distributed.

Starter Should startup founders be celebrated for risking employees' stability?

Founders should be candid about risk and avoid romanticizing sacrifices borne by employees.

Starter Should social platforms require parental permission for teenagers?

Parental involvement can help, but permission rules may exclude teens in unsafe households.

Starter Should social platforms publish the rules of their recommendation systems?

Publish understandable ranking principles and avenues to challenge harmful outcomes.

Starter Should governments ban homeschooling without exceptional circumstances?

Require evidence of learning and child welfare without forcing every family into one model.

Starter Should people with high incomes qualify for public debt relief?

Targeted relief could prioritize people facing serious hardship.

Starter Should AI companions be forbidden from encouraging emotional exclusivity?

A companion should not pressure users to abandon friends or family.

Starter Should peaceful protesters be allowed to block major roads?

Disruption may be part of protest, but emergency access must remain open.

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