Asses the Harm Caused to Environment by Human Being.

How far do you agree that health is the responsibility of the State, not of the individual?

Largely responsibility of State

- responsibility of State to provide basic welfare for citizens (basic human right)

- Individual tends to be ignorant, thus State is needed to promote healthy lifestyle

- Health standard of country affect economy (productivity of workforce)

- Only state has know-how and can pool resources to ensure quality of living within State (eg Singapore’s Medisave)

Counter:

Body belongs to individual, therefore it is their own responsibility (also basic human right to reject healthcare)

Defense:

As a citizen, and member of society, it is our responsibility to contribute to the greater good of the community

Disease is not just an individual concern, but a global one. What is your view?

Disease is more than just the individual’s concern

- in a globalised world, free movement of labour and peoples, health issues are consequently a global problem eg SARS

- Countries are interdependent, even if diseases were localized, economic problems resulting for the disease still tend to be global in magnitude.

- More important than physical disease is social disease eg racism, hate wars etc which hinder human development on a global scale.

- Research and development of drugs and treatment to combat diseases can be more efficient if we pooled our resources in a global concerted effort.

Counter:

It is individuals who contract diseases and hence individuals definitely have ot be concerned about their own health

Defense:

However, individuals do not exist in a bubble and are always part of a wider community.

Does modern tech always improve the quality of people’s lives?

Cannot always be counted on to improve lives

- pervasion of tech into our lives has starved us of human interactions that make us human

- unstable geopolitical climate has led to escalation in deadly weapons brought...