Dear Fellow members, Distinguished guests,

Good morning.

Today I will host the table topic session. This is a session that we encourage everyone to come to the stage to enjoy speaking to the public.

There are 2 rules here.

1. When you come to the stage, please write down your name on the white board first.

2. Your speech should be at least 1 minute long, but no longer than 2 minutes. Please respect our timer’s signal.

Are there any questions? OK, let’s begin.

Today, we will talk about the topic of ethic. E-T-H-I-C. Raise your hands if you do know its meaning. (Ask someone to explain.)

(Thank you.)

This is not a word that we use everyday. However, this is a word that we should all have. Once the great philosopher Kant said: two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heaven above me and the moral law within me. Here the moral law is ethics.

Today, we look at the blue beautiful sky over our heads and the green grass under over feet. Let’s answer some simple questions. Let’s see if we feel good to do good things, and feel bad to do bad things.

First, I describe a situation. A business owner has ordered 10 computers for your stuff. The deliver company delivers 10 computers. However, their money on the invoice to pay is only for nine computers. This is a mistake that is very unlikely to be find in the future.

Now you understand the situation, right? I have 2 questions for this situation. Who wants to be the first?

Q1 Using 1 to 10 to say how likely you think the business owner will inform the deliver company about the mistake and why?

Q2 Suppose you are the business. Using 1 to 10 to say how likely you will inform the deliver company about the mistake and why?

Second, you come to today’s Toastmasters meeting and enjoy it. After the meeting, you find that you lost an envelop. There is 100 kuai in the envelop and there is also name and address on it. A stranger finds the envelop.

I also have 2 questions about this situation. Now who wants to answer the first question?

Q3 Using 1 to 10 to say how likely you think the stranger will return the envelop to you and why?

Q4 Suppose you are the stranger. Using 1 to 10 to say how likely you will return the envelop and why?

Now I will ask some normal questions. Who wants to be the next great speakers?

Q5. Is it ever OK to lie and why?

Q6. What is the best way to distribute limited resources? For example, water, food.

Q7. We know that there is war in Gaza right now. What’s your opinion about Israel’s action?

Q8. What is the most ethical way for you to donate 1,000,000 RMB?

Q9. If technology becomes available, would you edit your children’s genomes and why?

Q10. Should we actively limit the population on the Earth and why?

Q11. If you neighbor’s WiFi has no password, would use it and why?

Q12. Does humanity have to right to colonize other planets?

Q13. Should prisoner be used for labor and why?

Q14. Should healthcare be privatized and why?

Q15. Is it ethical to hire someone to do assignments for you and why?

Q16. Should all software be free and why?

Thank you very much for answering my questions. I have learned a lot.

Many of us think about ethical questions now and then, but it is not often that we sit down and ponder these questions in depth. However, doing this can be a great way to open up conversions with people around you and gain deeper insight about our moral dilemmas.

I hope you all enjoy a peaceful and ethical life when you look up the starry sky and look into your own mind.

Thank you.