Examines the issues raised by the widespread use of cell phones, asking if they harm or enhance relationships, intelligence, and health, and whether they increase or impede efficiency.
Examines the issue of gun control, asking if control laws reduce deaths, if background checks should be expanded, if military-style assault weapons should be banned, and if concealed handguns should b
Examines the issue of the effects of social networking and social media, asking whether they benefit society, weaken or enhance people's social skills, are harmful to young people, and increase crime
Examines the issue of the opioid epidemic, asking if opioids should be used to treat chronic pain, who is responsible for the epidemic, whether regulating deters their use, and whether marijuana can p
Examines the issue of the use of performance enhancing drugs by athletes, asking if the practice should be acceptable, to what extent they actually work, whether testing deters their use, and whether
Discusses the topic of marijuana legalization, including its legalization for medicinal purposes, if it benefits society, and if it leads to increased drug addiction.
Looks at questions related to euthanasia, providing writings from opposing viewpoints intended to encourage critical thinking on whether voluntary or involuntary euthanasia or physician-assisted suici
Looks at questions related to cyberbullying, providing writings from opposing viewpoints on the seriousness of cyberbullying, the role of schools in pursuing and punishing cyberbullies, and whether it
Looks at questions related to bioethics, providing writings from opposing viewpoints intended to encourage critical thinking on physician-assisted suicide, genetic testing, embryonic stem cell researc
Discusses issues regarding renewable energy, including how practical it may be, if it is too expensive, and if the United States government should help develop renewable energy sources.
"Illegal immigration remains one of the most controversial and divisive issues today. There is strong disagreement among Americans about the effects on the nation. both Republicans and Democrats recog
Examines the issue of obesity, asking if it is a serious threat, whether people are individually responsible for their weight, whether the food industry plays a major role, and whether it is possible
Examines the issue of abortion, asking if fetuses should be considered persons, if the procedure endangers women, if it harms society, and whether state laws should be made more or less restrictive.
Examines the use of police powers, including questioning if police abuse their power, if police are biased against racial minorities, and if technology can help police officers perform their jobs bett
Looks at questions related to climate change, providing writings from opposing viewpoints intended to encourage critical thinking about its causes and extent, its effects on society, and whether to at
Examines the issue of animal rights, asking if animals should have similar rights to humans, if it is moral to eat meat, if animals should be used in entertainment, and if it ethical to experiment on
"In the last thirty years, the industrialized nations of Europe and North America have made an effort to move away from the use of fossil fuels as a way of reducing pollution and slowing or even stopp
Contemporary Systems Thinking is a series of texts, each of which deals comparatively and/or critically with different aspects of holistic thinking at the frontiers of the discipline. Traditionally, w
Contemporary Systems Thinking is a series of texts, each of which deals comparatively and/or critically with different aspects of holistic thinking at the frontiers of the discipline. Traditionally, w
Rethinking Intercultural Approaches to Indigenous Environmental Education and Research arose from a physical and philosophical journey that critically considered the relationship between Western, Indi
(Re)Considering Blackness in Contemporary Afro-Brazilian (Con)Texts critically interrogates the issue of Blackness in Brazil under the lens of cultural studies – broadly defined to include utterances
This collection aims to think critically about agency and explore the relationship between agency and coercion in greater depth. In academic, activist, and policy circles alike, feminist work has re-f
From Concept to Objectivity uncovers the nature and authority of conceptual determination by critically thinking through neglected arguments in Hegel’s Science of Logic pivotal for understanding reaso
Logical thinking is a critically important cognitive skill. It is not just essential for mathematical and scientific understanding, it is also of prime importance when trying to navigate our complex a
The Revelations of Asher: Toward Supreme Love in Self is an endarkened, feminist, new literacies event. It critically and creatively explores Black women’s terror in love. With poetry, prose, and anal
Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient is an essential, accessible guide to caring for critically ill patients on the general ward. Now fully updated and improved throughout, this well established and
