Argumentative Speech Topics

Be it a college, a business enterprise or an educational institution, having debates and healthy point of views help in bringing clarity to certain subject, consensus on certain issues and involves multiple viewpoints while making a particular decision. Healthy debates should always be encouraged as it provides one with an opportunity to understand a particular event profoundly, and also helps in doing away with preconceived notions. There are many argumentative topics that can be used to make persuasive public speeches. For example up-to-date political, social and environmental issues can be taken up as topics for discussion. A potent speech has the power to make somebody believe you; change the thought processes of people and can also provide you with constructive knowledge as well. Read the sections that follow to get to know a few topics for argumentative speeches and choose those that appeal to you the most.

Topics For Argumentative Speeches

Education Topics

• Bullying in Schools
• Dishonesty in Academia
• Freedoms in Academia
• Corporate Ownership of Natural Resources
• Corporate Ownership of seeds
• Corporate Sociopath / Psychopath Mentality
• Bilingual Education
• Peer Pressure
• Space Exploration
• Violence in Schools
• Big Business and Corporate Psychopathology
• Free Enterprise System
• Corporate Ownership of Words (Like Pod of iPod)
• Evolution Theory vs. Creationism vs. Creation
• Health Care System
• Home Schooling
• Medical Ethics
• Corporate Ownership of genes

• Environmental crisis
• Garbage And Waste
• Global Resources
• Global Warming
• Acid Rain
• Conserving The Environment
• Endangered Oceans
• Endangered Species
• Energy Alternatives

• Agriculture Patents on Seeds
• City Curfews
• Civil Liberties
• Civil Rights
• Racism
• Slavery
• Smoking
• Social Justice
• Social Welfare
• Violence and Abuse
• 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
• Affirmative Action
• Age Discrimination
• Agriculture Advances
• War On Drugs
• Water Resources
• Welfare Reform
• Breast Feeding Babies in Public
• Cameras Allowed in Courtrooms
• Campaign Financing
• Capital Punishment
• Censorship
• Child Abuse
• Child Labour
• Children's Rights
• War Crimes

• Addiction: Chemical (i.e. drugs, illegal or legal)
• Addiction: Physiological (sex, object or event)
• Addiction: Sociological (events, social arrangements)
• Drugs
• Drug Abuse
• Drunk Driving
• Epidemics
• Euthanasia
• AIDS/HIV testing
• Air Pollution
• Alcohol Abuse
• Alcohol and Under Age Drinking
• Anorexia
• Binge Drinking
• Biomedical Ethics
• Bulimia
• Diabetes
• Dieting
• Food Borne Illnesses

• Should students be allowed to grade their teachers?
• Should parents be allowed to smoke around children?
• Computer and video games: the pros and cons
• Why do men have affairs?
• Should cell phone use in cars be permitted?
• Animal testing: pros and cons
• Advertising: Information or Manipulation
• Should men get paternity leave from work?
• Are we too dependent on computers?
• Does access to condoms prevent teen pregnancy?
• Should death penalty be allowed?
• Should the drinking age be lowered?
• Reasons why people should vote
• Beauty pageants: pros and cons
• Should the media be regulated?
• How far should free speech go?
• What is the best way to produce electricity?
• What are the implications of each different infrastructural system?
• Is nuclear power better than coal?

• Why does deforestation happen and how is it affecting the earth
• School uniforms pros and cons
• Should we ban the keeping of animals in circuses?
• How much is too much homework
• Why should we attend Sunday school?
• Should students have to wear school uniforms?
• Smoking ban: pros and cons
• Should cell phones in schools be banned?