I read a question on this site: What are the questions philosophers usually ask? My question is: What are the questions we (non-academic people/people not trained in philosophy) should put to philosophers? Elaboration: Are there areas in philosophy from the exploring of which laypeople would benefit? If yes, any list of priorities? With a list of questions (from various philosophers), I'll start my next innings on this site. :) But, seriously, I would really like to know what questions philosophers would "advise" people to ask, and not necessarily the ones they'd love to answer.

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The questions that should be asked are those for which you'd like answers, I'd say. (How's that for a " right back atcha" response?)

You might ask what makes an answer to a given question a good one. You might ask what it is about philosophy that makes questioning philosophers worth your while. When I teach undergraduates with no background in or plans to pursue philosophy, I start with rudimentary logic, because this is the area that sets the ground rules for the philosophical "game." But seriously, the best philosophical questions to ask really are the ones whose answers you want to know.

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