SOCIETY (Conversation questions)

 

1. Is it essential to have money to live a good life? Why/Why not?
2. Do you think living standards in your town/city are good? Why/Why not?
3. Would you prefer to live in the countryside or in the city?
4. Have living standards improved in your country in the last 50 years?
5. Are there parts of your country that are richer or poorer than others? Why?
6. What do you consider essential for a good life (food, water, electricity, a home, internet)?
7. A lot of people expect high living standards nowadays. Is this realistic?
8. How has globalisation affected your country?
9. Do you like to see companies like Starbucks or McDonalds in your country?
10. Do you believe that the past was better because it was simpler?
11. What would you change about your living situation if you could?
12. How has technology changed our living standards?
13. How might society change in the next 50 years?
14. What can we do about negative aspects of society like crime?
15. Do you believe that a perfect utopian society is possible?
16. What elements of life do you enjoy that wouldn’t have existed 100 years ago?
17. How do you feel about the gap between the rich and the poor increasing?
18. Should university education be free for everyone?
19. Are people always in a hurry nowadays?
20. The world has become more multicultural recently? Is this a good thing?
21. At what age should a son or daughter be permitted to leave home
22. Should abortion be available to women on demand?
23. Should euthanasia be available to people in great pain who want to die?
24. Do you believe in a high tax economy (e.g. Sweden) which distributes money to education and health or a low tax economy (e.g. the U.S.A.) where people make private provision for good services?
25. Do you have a vision of a better society? What changes would you make?
26. What do you think are the characteristics of a good society?