🤔 Socrates Cafe 🫖

What could be better on a Saturday holiday than meeting some lovely people in Berlin who enjoy talking about the deeper questions in life? 😊

📖 Do I need to prepare?

- Mostly, just bring yourself and your ciriosity.
- Maybe read the questions before to have some thoughts on those matters
- also order something in the cafe to support the venue

☀️ How to find us?

I will share the exact location before the event.

☀️ Whats the vibe?

💬 No philosophy background is needed—just curiosity and a willingness to hear different perspectives.
🌱 We’ll keep things relaxed and conversational. Simple questions often lead to surprisingly deep discussions, and that’s exactly the atmosphere we’re hoping to create.

🤔 Questions we might explore

### Is helping your own people unfair to everyone else? 🤝

Situation: Your company has one paid internship available. Your niece would benefit enormously from it, but another applicant has stronger work samples. You are allowed to recommend either person.

• Should your responsibility to your niece influence your recommendation?

Some free questions:

• What extra duties do we have toward people we know?
• When does loyalty become favouritism?
• How should we balance personal care with equal consideration for strangers?

### What do we owe other people? 🤝

Situation: A close friend loses their job and asks to stay with you for a few weeks. Three months later, they are still looking for work and have nowhere affordable to go. You miss your privacy, and living together is straining the friendship. You never agreed on a leaving date.

• When is it fair to ask them to leave, knowing they still need your help?

Some free questions:

• What makes helping someone an obligation rather than an act of kindness?
• How should we balance what we owe ourselves, people we love, and strangers?
• Does being able to help make us responsible for what happens if we don’t?