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I have to do a social, moral or ethical speech in school and I have no idea what to talk about, any ideas? it has to be a five minute speech, no boring topics please and I need something that can catch my teacher's attention. ty all :*
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"It is wrong to keep pets when there are people starving in the world." I did that as an essay and it certainly created an impression on the English teacher.
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Original post by itsyahg
I have to do a social, moral or ethical speech in school and I have no idea what to talk about, any ideas?


Do you watch the news or read a (quality) newspaper? Plenty of topics to choose from...

How about refugees and migration, for a start. Or Tax Credits. Or the role of food banks. Or the right to die. Or...

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"It is wrong to keep pets when there are people starving in the world." I did that as an essay and it certainly created an impression on the English teacher.


Is it right to discard a third of the food we produce because it is not deemed "perfect"?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06nzl76/hughs-war-on-waste-episode-1
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Do a speech on the concept of morality and look at if there is a definitive objective view of morality and how that can affect the way we view life. And if there is no such thing as an objective view of morality, doing a speech about moral ideas is completely irrelevant.
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Original post by Simes
"It is wrong to keep pets when there are people starving in the world." I did that as an essay and it certainly created an impression on the English teacher.


Thanks, that would be quite an interesting topic to talk about but I hope it doesn't offend the audience if they have a pet
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Do you watch the news or read a (quality) newspaper? Plenty of topics to choose from...

How about refugees and migration, for a start. Or Tax Credits. Or the role of food banks. Or the right to die. Or...

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I don't watch the news often no, thanks for the ideas
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Do a speech on the concept of morality and look at if there is a definitive objective view of morality and how that can affect the way we view life. And if there is no such thing as an objective view of morality, doing a speech about moral ideas is completely irrelevant.

that's a brilliant idea but i'm not sure if I can talk for 5 minutes about that, and yeah that's very true. thanks!
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Original post by ByEeek
Is it right to discard a third of the food we produce because it is not deemed "perfect"?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06nzl76/hughs-war-on-waste-episode-1


Nope. It p****s me off.

As someone who works in a supermarket and often has to do the disposals, it really hurts having to throw away a box of 17 eggs because 1 of them is broken. Just policy.

I asked my supervisor why, and they said "...it's easier that way. We don't really agree with it either, but it's just the way we do things..."
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Original post by itsyahg
Thanks, that would be quite an interesting topic to talk about but I hope it doesn't offend the audience if they have a pet
If you can do a moral or ethical speech and not offend anybody, it probably wasn't worth doing.

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