October, 2010 Daytime

Is it harder to know what is right than to do right?
Is it better to believe in something or nothing?
What is the value of common sense? Can it be taught?
Does truth exist?

February, 2009 Daytime

February, 2009 Daytime
Is privacy a right or a privilege?
Is a capitalistic system the best one?
What is a moral value?
Are there degrees of perfection?
Is there more pleasure in the pursuit of an object or its actual possession?

January, 2009 Daytime

January, 2009 Daytime
Plato said that if one “knows” what is good, then one will do it. In what sense is Plato’s hypothesis true?
If the Socrates Café attendees were to attempt to have a wider influence in society, what would we do?
Can “steady-state” capitalism exist (i.e. is growth necessary)?
Is privacy a right or a privilege?
What is going to happen to broadcasting or printed news if the economy implodes?

October, 2008 Daytime

October, 2008 Daytime
Is the USA on an irreversible decline in its world importance and influence?
Do we have a right to not be offended? Who decides?
Do you think people should take a civics test before they are allowed to vote?
What have you “morally struggled” about in your life?

March, 2008 Evening

March, 2008 Evening
What would you talk about if you were to give the “last lecture of your life”?
Can a society make adjustments on information or just on crisis?
Do people really want the truth?
Will the human race survive without morality?
Do people have the right to set up roadside memorials for loved ones who have died
(i.e. in an auto accident)?

December, 2007 Evening

December, 2007 Evening
What, if any, is the right of the government to intervene in the self-determined choice of an individual to make end of life choices?
What is the value of common sense in the scheme of modern human life? Can it be taught in school?
Is it true that no good deed goes unpunished?
How did Scientology become a religion?