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Starter Should human enhancement research be paused until access can be made fair? A technology can work exactly as designed and still deepen inequality.

A blanket pause could delay tools that later become affordable. Build access conditions into funding and deployment rather than assuming fairness will arrive on its own.

Starter Should a profitable company be allowed to lay off staff simply to raise its share price? Legal ownership does not settle what a business owes the p…

Require leadership to explain the business case and transition support. Shareholders' immediate preference should not be the only interest considered in a profitable firm's restructuring.

Starter Should public agencies publish the cost of delaying every major decision? Doing nothing can be as expensive as choosing badly.

Show the assumptions behind the estimated cost of delay. Otherwise agencies can manufacture urgency by counting only the costs of waiting and ignoring the risks of acting.

Starter Should software updates that remove purchased features require refunds?

Removing a paid feature can change the bargain after customers have already paid.

Starter Should public budgets require explicit approval from younger generations?

Young people deserve influence over debt and decisions they will inherit.

Starter Should economic sanctions be rejected when civilians bear the largest costs?

Sanctions should be judged by civilian harm and realistic political effects.

Starter Should companies charge different customers different prices for the same service?

Different prices can broaden access through clear concessions and off-peak rates.

Starter Should companies be allowed to profit from essential healthcare?

Profit incentives need constraints where patients cannot shop or defer essential treatment.

Starter Should police use facial recognition in crowded public spaces?

Searching a crowd for a specific serious threat differs from tracking everyone continuously.

Starter Should governments be allowed to shut down the internet during unrest?

Blanket shutdowns block emergency communication along with protest organizing.

Starter Should income above a very high threshold face nearly total taxation?

Very high marginal rates could limit extraction at the top.

Starter Should AI systems be allowed to express political opinions?

Systems can explain political viewpoints without disguising company choices as objective truth.

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