Philosophy and business. The two might sound like worlds apart, though were united in a workshop at Nyenrode. Monday night was dedicated to studying what philosophy is and how to use this to make profit without forgetting people and planet. The founder Rudolf Kampers and member of the board Jan Ewout Ruiter from ‘Stichting Leren Filosoferen’ presented the ‘Socratic method’, a conversation technique used to solve questions.
The group, consisting of forty Summer School, MSc and IMBA students, came up with the question ‘should there be a limit to profits in the health care field?’. Solutions to this question were formed by having a dialogue instead of a debate. The problem was approached in steps: from examples to the critical moment and the norms and values. At the end of the night, all participants knew a bit more about combining business and philosophy, a great example of the proverb ‘cogito ergo sum’!
Photos Workshop ‘Philosophy in Business’
