Fall 2010 Critical Thinking Research Topics

Possible Topics:

• Should Prisons be run by private companies on contract with the state?
• Should wars be waged, in part, with the use of privatized military firms?
• Are there ethically unacceptable ways to protest?
• Should medical professionals be allowed to refuse to perform procedures which violate their conscience?
• Should steroid use be permitted in professional sports?
• Should health care be socialized?
• What are the best explanations for obesity?
• Should stem cell research be unrestricted?
• Ethics of Transplant
• Should gun control be increased?
• Does watching violent media have an effect on people?
• Are standardized college admissions tests useful and valid?
• What forms of sex education programs are effective?
• Do weight loss diets work?
• What, if anything, should be done about Guantanamo?
• Is off short wind farming practical?