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Starter Should social platforms let users replace the recommendation algorithm entirely? A feed should serve the user rather than lock them into the platfo…

Interoperable feeds would give users leverage, but privacy controls must travel with the data. Choice should not mean third-party algorithms gain unrestricted access to friends' information.

Starter Should employers be barred from checking an applicant's personal social media? A hiring decision should not become a search for private conformity.

Relevant public threats may deserve scrutiny, but a general search for lifestyle conformity is intrusive. Hiring criteria should be defined before a recruiter's personal preferences enter the process.

Starter Should a party be allowed to replace its nominee after primary voters have chosen? Party leaders should not get a veto just because their own voter…

There should be published replacement rules for incapacity or withdrawal. Inventing an exception after an unwanted result would undermine the primary itself.

Starter Should religious exemptions apply only to rules that do not shift costs onto others? Personal conscience becomes a public question when another per…

Nearly every accommodation has some cost, so a zero-cost rule is too absolute. The question is whether the burden on others is reasonable and avoids denying essential rights.

Starter Should communities preserve offensive historical exhibits with context rather than remove them?

Consult people represented in the exhibit rather than letting contextualization become a perfunctory label.

Starter Do humans have greater moral value than every other animal?

Moral consideration should not depend entirely on resemblance to adult humans.

Starter Should pets take priority over a partner who is uncomfortable around them?

Explore practical arrangements rather than treating either the partner or animal as automatically disposable.

Starter Should private disagreements stay private even when a friend spreads a false story?

Share only what is necessary to correct it rather than exposing every private grievance.

Starter Should sports stars be expected to serve as moral role models?

Teams can still expect decent conduct from highly visible representatives.

Starter Should workplaces stop treating parenthood as the most important personal obligation?

Parents still need accommodation; fairness means broader flexibility rather than removing their support.

Starter Can ethical principles survive when they become too expensive to follow?

Cost can explain compromise without automatically making every compromise morally acceptable.

Starter Should parents apologize to children without adding excuses?

Explaining context can follow later without making the child responsible for the adult's behavior.

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