1.

EQUALITY vs. FREEDOM

Is equality more important than freedom?

Is freedom more important than equality?

2.

SOCIETY vs. THE INDIVIDUAL

Is society more important than the individual?

Is the individual more important than society?

3.

RELATIVISM vs. ABSOLUTISM

Is all truth relative?

Is some truth absolute?

4.

HUMAN HISTORY

Is human history linear?

Is human history cyclical?

5.

TABULA RASA vs. HUMAN NATURE

Is a child a "blank slate" at birth?

Does a child have a human nature at birth?

6.

NATURE vs. MAN

Is man wholly a part of nature?

Is man, in significant ways, independent of nature?

7.

DETERMINISM vs. FREE WILL

Is there a law of causation which each person's every action obeys?

Does each person have a free will? Is randomness ultimately possible?

8.

CULTURE vs. CULTURE

Are all cultures of equal worth?

Are some cultures of greater or lesser worth than others?

9.

GOVERNMENT REGULATION vs. MARKET FORCES

Is government regulation a better way to distribute wealth in our world?

Are market forces better ways to distribute wealth in our world?