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Café Philo - Valentine’s Day Edition
 
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Sunday, February 14th, 2016 @ 19:00
The Benjamin Bar (HOTEL DE LA PAIX), 5, Avenue Benjamin-Constant, Lausanne
 
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TOPIC OF DISCUSSION:

"Should prostitution be legal?"

This time we are having a slight change of format - instead of one member introducing the topic, two members will introduce opposing viewpoints.


STARTING TIME: Café Philo will start at 19:00.

VENUE:
The Benjamin Bar
HOTEL DE LA PAIX
5, Avenue Benjamin-Constant
1003 LAUSANNE
Tel: ++41 (0)21 310 71 71


PARTICIPATION:
As a courtesy to our host, who is kindly letting us use a room free of charge, it will be asked to each participant to buy a minimum of one drink p/person. Thank you.

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WHAT IS A CAFE PHILO:
The first café philo was born 20 years ago in Paris thanks to philosopher, Marc Sautet. Its concept was to bring people together in a public friendly forum where they could discuss ideas in the spirit of tolerance and openness. The subjects discussed at the cafes had a range that varied from the Santa Claus myth to truth, beauty, sex and death. They raised questions such as What is a fact? and Is hope a violent thing?
The idea of Sautet's philosophy cafes have spread around the world. At the time of his death in 1998, there were about 100 "cafés philos" operating throughout France and some 150 cafés philos internationally.
A list of those café philos are to be found on the website below:
http://cafephilos.org/

ABOUT THE ENGLISH CAFE PHILO IN LAUSANNE:
The Lausanne café philo is held every fortnight on Sunday evenings, at 18:00, at the Java Cafe.
The debates are done in English and are attended by expats from all around the world through Glocals. Please sign in to participate and don't forget to RSVP NO in case of a change of plans.
The number of participants is limited to 25 due to the room capacity.
Like most of the café philos in the world, it is free of charge. However, as a courtesy to our host, the Hotel de la Paix director, who is letting us use a private room for free, each participant is kindly requested to buy a minimum of one drink p/occurrence.

A FEW RULES TO APPRECIATE THE DEBATE:
In order to ensure the friendly atmosphere and the spirit of tolerance and openness of the café philo, a few rules have been set up:
• Raise your hand and respect each participant’s turn to speak
• Make concise statements; get to the point in order to make your idea as clear as possible
• There is no right or wrong. Everybody can explain their own point of view and expect to be respected. You can disagree but you cannot say someone is wrong or attack somebody.
• Avoid too personal examples. Reasoning implies taking distance with your own experience.
• Avoid dialogues and confrontation between two people.

Introduction / conclusion:
An introduction may be made by a volunteer. Every participant will be able to make their own conclusion either for themselves or in turn orally with one short sentence.

The café philo gathers a wide range of people with very different backgrounds of education, culture, religion and personal history. It is a great occasion to learn from others and to be challenged on our own believes or perceptions. This may require and effort of mind openness, of perspective and objective reflection on what is stated.

TOPICS:
The next discussions’ topics are voted at the end of each session.
Here are a few examples of the topics previously proposed:
truth, freedom, justice, happiness, love, new kind of relationships, art, what a good life is, passion, is it good to work, what is a good up-bringing, how relevant religion is in today's world, ethics, how do we define who we are, is honesty always the best policy or are some things better left unsaid; beauty; who can decide about one's right to live; slut walk; is selfishness the new core / guiding value in our society.
You will find a complete list of the topics discussed clicking on the link below:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HqfTTYR3ScsjH7gRVDGIfoF_Qb1VWgTBwWR4Na2SOH0/edit?usp=sharing

You're welcome to post the subjects that you wish to be discussed at the Café Philo in the forum. I have posted a thread called "Café Philo topics":
http://www.glocals.com/forums/general/Caf---Philo-Topics-145267.htm

SUGGESTIONS:
Please feel free to send any suggestion to the following email address or to AllegraB on Glocals.com: [email protected]
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