Debate Essay Examples

This debate log will cover, opposing arguments presented from the ‘For’ and ‘Against’ side on whether the UK should keep its nuclear deterrent or unilaterally abandon it. At the outset, it is important to understand the definition of a nuclear deterrent, its roles and the meaning of unilaterally abandoning our nuclear weapons. There is seemingly…

With the development of medical science and technology, medicine can prolong individual lives, but also prolong the suffering of patients at the end of life. Before the middle of the 20th century, on account of the low level of medical technology, when people were attacked by a fatal disease, death would come soon. Nowadays, many…

The debate between freedom and determinism has persisted in Western philosophy for many years. This topic has been evaluated from a variety of disciplines- philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, theology, and more. For philosophers, on one end of the spectrum is classic libertarianism in which we have free will in a chaotic, random sense. On the other…

One of many societal and controversial issues is abortion which is debated nationwide. What happens commonly in America, is that citizens choose to be pro-life or pro-choice. In the midst of our current situation, the influence of Donald J Trump raises the question amongst society which is: should abortion be illegal? Though the legality of…

Psychopathy has been shown in movies through characters like Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men and Hans Beckert in M and represented through serial killers such as Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy. But what exactly is it? According to researchers Nathaniel E. Anderson and Kent A. Kiehl who conducted the study Psychopathy:…

Introduction Life is a divine gift from God. The Creator gave a life that needs to be taken care and one day, God will take it away. He is the only one, the Almighty, has the right to end one’s life and no other human being has the right to end it. This statement has…

Federal Funding?    Sanctuary cities are major cities in the United States that follow certain procedures that shelter illegal immigrants. These cities have a policy that refuse to cooperate completely with federal detention requests. The term “sanctuary cities” comes from the movement that took place in the 1980s where the United States offered protection to undocumented…

Introduction Everywhere we turn, GMOs are popping up at an alarming rate. The scary thing is that a lot of people are not aware they are consuming products that contain GMO. Genetically modified organisms can be plants or animals that have been genetically altered to produce or express a desired characteristic or trait. The potential…

Key Concept 5.2 II: How did debates over slavery dominate political discussion in the 1850s, and culminate in the bitter election of 1860 and the secession of Southern states? After the Mexican-American War, the Mexican Cession raised great debates over whether or not slavery should be allowed in the new territories. While the South sought…

Women all around the world have used abortions to terminate an unwanted pregnancy but since the 1800’s most states had banned abortions from happening unless it was to save the life of a woman. Poor women and women of color at the time suffered extremely to obtain a safe abortion. Thousands of women a year…