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1. Is there always another explanationor another point of view?
2. Is deception ever justified?
3. Are people motivated to achieve bypersonal satisfaction rather than by money or fame?
4. Do changes that make our lives easiernot necessarily make them better?
5. Is conscience a more powerfulmotivator than money, fame, or power?
6. Can success be disastrous?
7. Do we need other people in order tounderstand ourselves?
8. Is the world changing for the better?
9. Do you think that ease does notchallenge us and that we need adversity to help us discover who we are?
10. Should heroes be defined as peoplewho say what they think when we ourselves lack the courage to say it?
11. Is the way something seems to be notalways the same as it actually is?
12. Are bad choices and good choicesequally likely to have negative consequences?
13. Do people learn who they are onlywhen they are forced into action?
14. Are people’s lives the result of thechoices they make?
15. Do closed doors make us creative?
16. Do people have to be highlycompetitive in order to succeed?
17. Is style more important thansubstance?
18. Can what we value be determined onlyby what we sacrifice?
19. Is perfection something to beadmired or sought after?
20. What makes a person wise? Are thewisest people merely smart or are they also concerned with the well-being ofothers?
21. Is the opinion of the majority—ingovernment or in any other circumstances—a poor guide?
22. Is creativity needed more than everin the world today?
23. Are people better at makingobservations, discoveries, and decisions if they remain neutral and impartial?
24. Is a person responsible, through theexample he or she sets, for the behavior of other people?
25.Do people depend on work—whether itis a job, schoolwork, or volunteer work—to determine what their dailyactivities and interactions with others should be?
26. Does progress depend on people withnew ideas rather than on people whose ideas are based on the current way ofdoing things?
27.Are people afraid to speak outagainst authority, whether the authority is an individual, a group, or agovernment?
28.Does worrying too much about otherpeople’s opinions prevent us from seeing things clearly?
29.Do memories hinder or help people intheir effort to learn from the past and succeed in the present?
30.Do people put too much emphasis onlearning practical skills?
31.Should schools help studentsunderstand moral choices and social issues?
32.Do newspapers, magazines, television,radio, movies, the Internet, and other media determine what is important tomost people?
33.Is success in life earned or dopeople succeed because they are lucky?
34.Is society’s admiration for famouspeople beneficial or harmful?
35.Do we live in a time when people donot engage in serious thinking?
36. Should people make more of an effortto keep some things private?
37.Should our perceptions of beauty beinfluenced by the perceptions of beauty of other people?
38.Is praising others, even if thepraise is excessive or undeserved, a necessary part of life?
39.Is conflict helpful?
40.Has the acquisition of money andpossessions replaced more meaningful ways of measuring our achievements?
41.Are leaders necessarily people whoare most capable of leadership?
42.Is knowledge of the past no longeruseful for us today?
43.Is it necessary to limit or putrestrictions on freedom of thought and expression?
44.Do the benefits of scientific andtechnological developments come at the cost of undesirable changes to people‘slives?
45.Do people accomplish more when theyare allowed to do things in their own way?
46.Is it necessary to make mistakes,even when doing so has negative consequences for other people?
47. Can any obstacle or disadvantage beturned into something good?
48.Are all important discoveries theresult of focusing on one subject?
49.Is it best not to change our ideas,opinions, or behaviors?
50.Is our ability to change ourselvesunlimited, or are there limits on our ability to make important changes in ourlives?