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1.What do you think motivates people todo their best?
2.Should each individual decide whatand how to learn?
3. Are we free to make our owndecisions or are we limited in the choices we can make?
4.Would the world be a better place ifeveryone always told the complete truth?
5.Does the success of acommunity—whether it is a class, a team, a family, a nation, or any othergroup—depend upon people’s willingness to limit their personal interests?
6.Does the truth change depending onhow people look at things?
7. Does a strong commitment totechnological progress cause a society to neglect other values, such aseducation and the protection of the environment?
8.Are established rules too limited toguide people in real-life situations?
9.Is it sometimes better to take risksthan to follow a more reasonable course of action?
10.Do we tend to accept the opinions ofothers instead of developing our own independent ideas?
11. Do people achieve more success bycooperation than by competition?
12.Is it important to question the ideasand decisions of people in positions of authority?
13.Does true learning only occur when weexperience difficulties?
14.Can deception—pretending thatsomething is true when it is not—sometimes have good results?
15. Do we put too much value on theideas or actions of individual people?
16.Can books and stories aboutcharacters and events that are not real teach us anything useful?
17.Can people achieve success only if theyaim to be perfect?
18.Do success and happiness depend onthe choices people make rather than on factors beyond their control?
19. Are people more likely to beproductive and successful when they ignore the opinions of others?
20.Is it better for people to berealistic or optimistic?
21.Is it important to try to understandpeople‘s motivations before judging their actions?
22.Is happinesssomething over which people have no control, or can people choose to be happy?
23. Should people take more responsibilityfor solving problems that affect their communities or the nation in general?
24.Is it more important to do work thatone finds fulfilling or work that pays well?
25. Is education primarily the result ofinfluences other than school?
26.Is it better to change one’s attitudethan to change one‘s circumstances?
27.Is it more valuable for people to fitin than to be unique and different?
28.Is it best to have low expectationsand to set goals we are sure of achieving?
29.Do we really benefit from every eventor experience in some way?
30. Should modern society be criticizedfor being materialistic?
31. Can knowledge be a burden ratherthan a benefit?
32. Is it always best to determine one’sown views of right and wrong, or can we benefit from following the crowd?
33.Do circumstances determine whether ornot we should tell the truth?
34.Are people more likely to be happy ifthey focus on goals other than their own happiness?
35.Is there a value in celebratingcertain individuals as heroes?
36.Have modern advancements trulyimproved the quality of people‘s lives?
37.Do people truly benefit from hardshipand misfortune?
38.Is identity something people are bornwith or given, or is it something people create for themselves?
39.Can people ever be truly original?
40.Do people achieve greatness only byfinding out what they are especially good at and developing that attributeabove all else?
41.Should we admire heroes but notcelebrities?
42.Does having a large number of optionsto choose from make people happy?
43.Is it always necessary to find newsolutions to problems?
44.Is the main value of the arts toteach us about the world around us?
45.Is criticism—judging or finding faultwith the ideas and actions of others—essential for personal well-being andsocial progress?
46.Do people need to“unlearn,” or reject, many of their assumptions and ideas?
47.Should people choose one of twoopposing sides of an issue, or is the truth usually found “in themiddle”?
48.Do images and impressions have toomuch of an effect on people?
49.Is the most important purpose oftechnology today different from what it was in the past?
50. Is it always better to be originalthan to imitate or use the ideas of others?