Is it wrong to stay friends with someone whose politics you find harmful?
Friendship can preserve a channel for honest disagreement and change.
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Should national service include mandatory civilian work for every adult?
Shared service could make citizenship a duty rather than only a bundle of benefits.
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Should people stop inviting unreliable friends to important events?
Repeated last-minute cancellations impose real costs on everyone else.
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Should public contracts exclude companies that use aggressive tax avoidance?
Companies benefiting from public money should contribute fairly to public revenue.
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Should schools stop awarding prizes for perfect attendance?
Attendance prizes can reward luck and pressure sick children to come in.
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Should streaming services preserve every film they originally commissioned?
Subscribers should not watch cultural works disappear because accounting priorities changed.
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Should moral philosophers defend ideas they personally find offensive?
Testing disturbing arguments can reveal weaknesses in comforting assumptions.
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Should governments compensate people acquitted after lengthy pretrial detention?
A person who loses years without a conviction deserves meaningful compensation.
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Should pet owners be required to buy liability insurance?
People should be prepared to cover harm caused by animals in their care.
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Should four-day weeks mean fewer hours rather than longer shifts?
A shorter week should give people time back, not compress exhaustion into fewer days.
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Should tourist hotspots charge visitors while residents enter free?
Residents should not be priced out of the places their taxes and lives sustain.
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Should smartphone manufacturers guarantee ten years of basic security updates?
Expensive hardware should not become unsafe because selling a replacement is more profitable.
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