Governments should not fund any scientific research whose consequences are unclear.
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People who are the most deeply committed to an idea or policy are also the most critical of it.
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The luxuries and conveniences of contemporary life prevent people from developing into truly strong and independent individuals.
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All parents should be required to volunteer time to their children's schools.
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Educators should teach facts only after their students have studied the ideas, trends, and concepts that help explain those facts.
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Claim: Universities should require every student to take a variety of courses outside the student's major field of study.
Reason: Acquiring knowledge of various academic disciplines is the best way to become truly educated.
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Colleges and universities should require their students to spend at least one semester studying in a foreign country.
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A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college.
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It is more harmful to compromise one's own beliefs than to adhere to them.
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All college and university students would benefit from spending at least one semester studying in a foreign country.
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Claim: Imagination is a more valuable asset than experience.
Reason: People who lack experience are free to imagine what is possible without the constraints of established habits and attitudes.
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Claim: Knowing about the past cannot help people to make important decisions today.
Reason: We are not able to make connections between current events and past events until we have some distance from both.
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Governments should focus on solving the immediate problems of today rather than on trying to solve the anticipated problems of the future.
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People's behavior is largely determined by forces not of their own making.
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The best way to understand the character of a society is to examine the character of the men and women that the society chooses as its heroes or its role models.
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Students should always question what they are taught instead of accepting it passively.
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People should undertake risky action only after they have carefully considered its consequences.
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Educational institutions should actively encourage their students to choose fields of study that will prepare them for lucrative careers.
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The human mind will always be superior to machines because machines are only tools of human minds.
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Universities should require every student to take a variety of courses outside the student's field of study.
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Some people believe it is often necessary, even desirable, for political leaders to withhold information from the public. Others believe that the public has a right to be fully informed.
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Some people believe that competition for high grades motivates students to excel in the classroom. Others believe that such competition seriously limits the quality of real learning.
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Nations should pass laws to preserve any remaining wilderness areas in their natural state, even if these areas could be developed for economic gain.
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College students should base their choice of a field of study on the availability of jobs in that field.
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In any situation, progress requires discussion among people who have contrasting points of view.
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