TAKING SIDES : Clashing Views on Controversial Moral Issues , Ninth Edition
Issue
ISSUE 1. Is Morality Relative to Culture?
ISSUE 2. Does Morality Need Religion?
ISSUE 3. Does Feminism Provide a Positive Direction for
Society?
ISSUE 4. Does Pornography Violate Women’s Rights?
ISSUE 5. Is Abortion Immoral?
ISSUE 6. Must Sex Involve Commitment?
ISSUE 7. Should Congress Stay the Course on Education
for Sexual Abstinence Until Marriage?
ISSUE 8. Should Human Cloning Be Banned?
ISSUE 9. Should the Government Support Faith-Based
Charities?
ISSUE 10. Should There Be Payment for Body Parts?
ISSUE 11. Should Drugs Be Legalized?
ISSUE 12. Is It Morally Permissible to Eat Meat?
ISSUE 13. Is Affirmative Action Fair?
ISSUE 14. Should the Supreme Court Prohibit Racial
Preferences in College Admissions?
ISSUE 15. Are African Americans Owed Reparations for
Slavery?
ISSUE 16. Should Hate-Crime Laws Explicitly Protect
Sexual Orientation?
ISSUE 17. Should Handguns Be Banned?
ISSUE 18. Should the Death Penalty Be Retained?
ISSUE 19. Should Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legalized
by the States?
YES
NO
(agree)
(disagree)
TAKING SIDES : Clashing Views on Controversial Political Issues , Thirteenth Edition
Issue
ISSUE 1. Are Liberty and Democracy Good for Every
Country?
ISSUE 2. Do Political Campaigns Promote Good
Government?
ISSUE 3. Are the New Limits on Campaign Spending
Justified?
ISSUE 4. Do the Media Have a Liberal Bias?
ISSUE 5. Is Congress Barred From Regulating Commerce
Within a State?
ISSUE 6. Should the Electoral College Be Abolished?
ISSUE 7. Was Bush v. Gore Correctly Decided?
ISSUE 8. Is Capital Punishment Justified?
ISSUE 9. Do We Need Tougher Gun Control Laws?
ISSUE 10. Does Affirmative Action Advance Racial
Equality?
ISSUE 11. Should Hate Speech Be Punished?
ISSUE 12. Should Abortion Be Restricted?
ISSUE 13. Are Americans Taxed Too Much?
ISSUE 14. Is Socioeconomic Inequality Increasing in
America?
ISSUE 15. Does China Threaten World Peace and
Security?
ISSUE 16. Should America Restrict Immigration?
ISSUE 17. Is America's War on Terrorism Justified?
ISSUE 18. Is Free Trade Fair Trade?
ISSUE 19. Must America Exercise World Leadership?
ISSUE 20. Should Terrorist Suspects Be Tried by Military
Tribunals?
YES
NO
(agree)
(disagree)
TAKING SIDES : Clashing Views on Controversial Social Issues , Eleventh Edition
Issue
ISSUE 1. Is America in Moral Decline?
ISSUE 2. Is Third World Immigration a Threat to
America's Way of Life?
ISSUE 3. Do the New Sex Roles Burden Women More
Than Men?
ISSUE 4. Are Communication Problems Between Men and
Women Largely Due to Radically Different Conversation
Styles?
ISSUE 5. Should Same-Sex Marriages Be Legally
Recognized?
ISSUE 6. Is the Decline of the Traditional Family a
National Crisis?
ISSUE 7. Is Increasing Economic Inequality a Serious
Problem?
ISSUE 8. Is the Underclass the Major Threat to American
Ideals?
ISSUE 9. Has Affirmative Action Outlived Its Usefulness?
ISSUE 10. Is Government Dominated by Big Business?
ISSUE 11. Should Government Intervene in a Capitalist
Economy?
ISSUE 12. Has Welfare Reform Benefited the Poor?
ISSUE 13. Are Vouchers the Solution to the Ills of Public
Education?
ISSUE 14. Should Doctor-Assisted Suicide Be Legalized
for the Terminally Ill?
ISSUE 15. Is Street Crime More Harmful Than WhiteCollar Crime?
ISSUE 16. Should Drug Use Be Decriminalized?
ISSUE 17. Is Capital Punishment Justified?
ISSUE 18. Does Population Growth Threaten Humanity?
ISSUE 19. Is Life Getting Better in the United States?
YES
NO
(agree)
(disagree)
TAKING SIDES : Clashing Views on Controversial Environmental Issues , Tenth Edition
Issue
ISSUE 1. Should a Price Be Put on the Goods and Services
Provided by the World's Ecosystems?
ISSUE 2. Is Biodiversity Overprotected?
ISSUE 3. Are Environmental Regulations Too Restrictive?
ISSUE 4. Should Environmental Policy Attempt to Cure
Environmental Racism?
ISSUE 5. Is the Precautionary Principle a Sound Basis for
International Policy?
ISSUE 6. Do Environmentalists Overstate Their Case?
ISSUE 7. Should the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Be
Opened to Oil Drilling?
ISSUE 8. Should DDT Be Banned Worldwide?
ISSUE 9. Is Genetic Engineering an Environmentally
Sound Way to Increase Food Production?
ISSUE 10. Do Environmental Hormone Mimics Pose a
Potentially Serious Health Threat?
ISSUE 11. Is the Environmental Protection Agency's
Decision to Tighten Air Quality Standards for Ozone and
Particulates Justified?
ISSUE 12. Do Human Activities Threaten to Change the
Global Climate?
ISSUE 13. Hazardous Waste: Should the "Polluter Pays"
Provision of Superfund Be Weakened?
ISSUE 14. Municipal Waste: Is Recycling an
Environmentally and Economically Sound Waste
Management Strategy?
ISSUE 15. Nuclear Waste: Should the United States
Continue to Focus Plans for Permanent Nuclear Waste
Disposal Exclusively at Yucca Mountain?
ISSUE 16. Is Limiting Population Growth a Key Factor in
Protecting the Global Environment?
ISSUE 17. Will Pollution Rights Trading Effectively Control
Environmental Problems?
ISSUE 18. Will Voluntary Action by Industry Reduce the
Need for Future Environmental Regulation?
ISSUE 19. Is Sustainable Development Compatible With
Human Welfare?
YES
NO
(agree)
(disagree)