Debates Flashcards
Key arguments FOR the mandating of vaccines?
-Vaccinations encourages herd immunity
- protects public interst
- Utilitarian principles support
Key arguments AGAINST the mandating of vaccines?
1) Lack of scientific evidence
2) Ethically Problematic
3) Not economically justifiably
Key arguments FOR compelling workers to return to work?
1) Productivity
2) Need for socialization
3) Data protection (in person security measures)
4) Ethical/Economic considerations
- social contract theory
Key arguments AGAINST compelling workers to return to work?
1) productivity / performance
2) economic efficiency
3) environmental impact (reduction on carbon emissions)
Key arguments FOR the government eliminating interest on student loans
1) financial relief
2) education and careers
3) mental health
Key arguments AGAINST the government eliminating interest on student loans
1) interest free student loans may not be an optimal monetary policy
2) government does not profit on student loans so removing interest is not sustainable
3) government will have to create revenue from tax
4) interest free student loans create perverse incentives and encourage irresponsible borrowing
Key arguments FOR self driving car companies making data available to public authorities
1) public authorities (government officials - would use info for right reasons)
2) privacy and regulatory framework
3) economic reasons (data asymmetry)
4) global collaboration and innovation
Key arguments AGAINST self driving car companies making data available to public authorities
1) Diminishes incentive for innovation and competitive advantage
2) Threat to privacy and personal security
3) national security threat
Key arguments AGAINST temporary prohibition on purchase of residential property by non-Canadians
1) impacts on economy and diversity
2) non canadians arent driving up the prices (during covid, foreign buyers were cut out but housing prices hit a high)
3) act is ambiguous
Speculation tax as solution (tax on buyer who purchases property w intention to sell)
Key arguments FOR temporary prohibition on purchase of residential property by non-Canadians
1) simply an experiment
2) new zealand analysis (same thing worked)
3) foreign capital market and money laundering (major player in canadian real estate)
Arguments FOR robot tax being imposed as a mean of financial support to workers
1) unequal distribution (lower skilled workers will be displaced)
2) decreased demand for labour (tax compensates government for income tax that is missed out on)
3) corporate social responsibility
4) overproduction
Arguments AGAINST robot tax being imposed as a mean of financial support to workers
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