Argumentative Speech Topics

Here is a list of argumentative speech topics. Some are new for 2011. These are great for developing arguments for debate, public speaking, rhetoric, persuasive speech and argumentation.

Some will be duplicated due to the nature of the topics. Some have been deleted due to the sensitivity of the topics. For instance, although guns could make a lively discussion, if you or your family have been affected in one way or another, the topic could be a reminder of painful memories.

With so many topics and new issues facing us as humans, why not use argumentation for something fresh?

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Argumentative Speech Topics

Big Business and Corporate Psychopathology

Free Enterprise System

Corporate Ownership of Words (Like Pod of iPod)

Corporate Ownership of genes

Corporate Ownership of Natural Resources

Corporate Ownership of seeds

Corporate Sociopath / Psychopath Mentality

Education

Bell Curve

Bullying in Schools

Dishonesty in Academia

Freedoms in Academia

Bilingual Education

Evolution Theory vs Creationism vs Creation

Health Care System

Home Schooling

Medical Ethics

Peer Pressure

Space Exploration

Violence in Schools

Environment

Acid Rain

Conserving The Environment

Endangered Oceans

Endangered Species

Energy Alternatives

Environmental Crises

Garbage And Waste

Global Resources

Global Warming

Pesticides

Recycling

Water Conservation

Water Restrictions

Ethics, Law and Order

Affirmative Action

Age Discrimination

Agriculture Advances

Agriculture Patents on Seeds

Air Pollution

Animal Abuse

Animals Used in Experiments

Animal Rights

Animal Welfare

Bigamy

Biological and Chemical Weapons

Bio-terrorism

Birth Control: Government Mandated

Birth Control: To Criminals

Birth Control: Choices

Breast Feeding Babies in Public

Cameras Allowed in Courtrooms

Campaign Financing

Capital Punishment

Censorship

Child Abuse

Child Labor

Children's Rights

City Curfews

Civil Liberties

Civil Rights

Consumer Protection

Creationism vs Evolution

Disabilities

Domestic Violence

Drug Trafficking

Drunk Driving

Ethnic Violence

Euthanasia

Family Violence

Fat Tax On Food

Fathers'/Mothers' Rights In Divorce

Federal Deficit

Foreign Policy

Fraud

Government Deregulation

Homeless

Human Rights

Husband / Wife Rights in Divorce

Illegal Immigration

Inner-City Poverty

Intellectual Property

Legal System

Legalization Of Drugs

Living Wills

Learning Disabilities

Mass Media Regulation

Media Violence

Microstamping (shell casings of semi-automatic handguns)

Minorities

Moral Decisions

National Drinking Age

School Violence

Patents on genes

Patents on seeds

Poverty

Prejudice

Prison Reform

Privacy

Property Rights

Property Rights in Divorce

Racism

Slavery

Smoking

Social Justice

Social Welfare

Tax Cuts

Victims' Rights

Violence and Abuse

War Crimes

War On Drugs

Water Resources

Welfare Reform

Wiki leaks is Good / Bad for Society

Health and Wellness

Addiction: Chemical (i.e. drugs, illegal or legal)

Addiction: Physiological (sex, object or event)

Addiction: Sociological (events, social arrangements)

AIDS/HIV testing

Air Pollution

Alcohol Abuse

Alcohol and Under Age Drinking

Anorexia

Binge Drinking

Biomedical Ethics

Bulimia

Diabetes

Dieting

Drugs

Drug Abuse

Drunk Driving

Epidemics

Euthanasia

Food Borne Illnesses

Food Safety

Gene Testing

Genetic Engineering

Health Care Reform

Hospice Health Care

National Health Insurance

Organ and Body Donation

Organ Transplants

POLST Form (MOLST in New York State)

Step Therapy (pain management)

Life

Age Discrimination (as a sociological circumstance)

Aging Population

Anti-Semitism

Elliot Wave Theory

Family Planning

Family Violence

Peer Pressure

Social Mood and the Stock Market (See

Elliot Wave Theory)

Older Citizens

Overpopulation

Single Parent Families

Working Women


Is Hell exothermic or endothermic? (hint: use Boyle's Law)

National and International

Afghanistan

Africa Aid

Aids in Africa Help

Birthright Citizenship

Chain Immigration

Close Borders to Immigrants

Debtor Nations

Energy Security: Reason for increased fuel prices

Famine Relief Efforts

Globalization

Global Financial Crisis

Global Warming (or not)

Illegal Immigrant Birth and Citizenship

National Security

Naturalization

Open Borders to Immigrants

Territorial Disputes

Social Issues

Chat Rooms

Drunk Driving

Social Media Problems

Social Media Risks

Sports

Athletic Morals

Athletic Fraud

Athletic Drug Use

Athletic Blood Doping

Drugs and Sports

Video Games

Technology

Artificial Intelligence

Biodiversity

Biotechnology

Gene Therapy

Genetic Manipulation

Genetically Modified Crops (GMO's)

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