Do you have a flair for public speaking? If yes, here are a few argumentative speech topics for you to consider.

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
Environment Topics
  • Environmental crisis
  • Garbage And Waste
  • Global Resources
  • Global Warming
  • Acid Rain
  • Conserving The Environment
  • Endangered Oceans
  • Endangered Species
  • Energy Alternatives
Ethics, Law And Order
  • 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
Health And Wellness
  • 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
Interesting Argumentative Speech Topics
  • 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?
Argumentative Speech Topics For Children
  • 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?

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