topics for your philosophy paper

here are some of the most talked about topics right now. each entry is linked to a WIKIPEDIA article. look at the table on the left hand side of the WIKIPEDIA entry and find the different angles "FOR" and "AGAINST" any given topic. if you don't find the arguments "against" the topic in the entry, you have to do your own research (and I'll help you). 

NEVER CITE WIKIPEDIA IN YOUR PAPER, INSTEAD LOOK AT THE WIKIPEDIA CITATIONS AND CITE THAT. 


abortion or pro life?

(after the recent ruling by the supreme court striking Roe vs. Wade, still a very important topic and very much a political issue, the topic concerns moral and religious and psychological views) 

factory farms and/or animal welfare

(generally little appreciated, this topic takes an ecological and human/animal dimension: the link between animal-processed foods, ecological degradation, vegetarianism, all tied to the still obscure field of animal ethics).

same-sex marriage vs. traditional marriage

(a topic at the intersection of personal vs. religious freedom, traditional marriage, secularism, legislation, homosexuality, human rights, cultural consensus, etc).

gun control vs. second ammendment

(a problem intersecting Second Amendment rights, civil rights, policy, government interference, mental health, terrorism,).

social media & culture 

(privacy issues, information overload, cyber bullying, fake news, social isolation, net addiction, etc).

climate change 

(global warming is very much at the forefront today's scientific and sociopolitical discourse; many issues here worth being discussed: what's nature? generational responsibility, presentism, economic growth, etc)

socialism or capitalism?

(the topic of socialism & capitalism have resurfaced as of late, yet in many discussions the topics become either too simplistic or irreconcilable).