2022 John Locke 论文竞赛题目

申请经济与人文社科专业，斩获哈佛、斯坦福、牛剑Offer必打卡的国际竞赛是什么？2022 John Locke 论文竞赛题目必当首选！其广泛的话题领域和超高含金量使得每年的投稿量都在大幅增加。

1 John Locke Essay Competition写作竞赛是由位于英国牛津的独立教育组织John Locke Institute与牛津、普林斯顿、布朗、白金汉大学等名校教授合作组织的学术项目。 ＊注意：该竞赛评委是英美两国大学学者，非单英国学者

2 该竞赛意在考察学生在不同学科领域内的基本知识结构、议论文的基本写作格式与技巧，独立思考能力以及清晰的逻辑辩证分析能力。学生需围绕这10个要点进行研究规划:(1)激发能力 (2)选择性 (3)多样性 (4)具有挑战性的想法 (5)有争议的概念 (6)学习关系 (7)团体性 (8)表达认知偏见 (9)创新的学习技巧 (10)头脑冷静但并非言辞犀利。

竞赛背景

John Locke Institute 以十七世纪牛津哲学家约翰·洛克（John Locke）的名字命名。洛克被尊称为古典自由主义之父，他是文艺复兴时期的哲学家、政治学家、经济学家和医学家。洛克既有思想又付诸于行动。John Locke Institute 鼓励年轻人培养把优秀学生变成伟大作家的特质：独立思考、知识渊博、推理清晰、批判性分析和说服风格。*注意：了解竞赛主办方的主旨有助于了解竞赛评分的偏好。

参赛要求

1.各个国家及学校的学生都可以参与。

高年级组：15岁~18岁（参赛题目涉及政治、哲学等7个人文社科领域）

低年级组：14岁及以下

2.可以在不同领域中提交多篇文章，但不得超过2000字（不包括图表、数据表、脚注、参考书目或作者声明）。3.论文将根据知识水平和对相关材料的理解、证据的有效使用、论证的质量、结构、写作风格和说服力来进行评判。建议考生尽可能准确、直接地回答问题。所有的论文奖都由牛津大学的资深学者评审。

引用要求

官方推荐：谷歌Scholar, JSTOR, OurWorldinData.org, PubMed, Government Documents, Think Tank Reports（尽量选择官方所发布的学术文章或者事件报导）可以混合使用脚注，APA(美国心理协会)，或MLA(现代语言协会)格式。但任何文本引用格式将包括在一篇文章的字数计算，我们不做推荐。

竞赛时间线（格林威治时间）

2022年6月 30日：提交截止2022年7月14日：入围选手通知

2022年赛题

Philosophy

Q1. How likely is the multiverse? Would it change anything if (somehow) we came to know the theory was true?

Q2. If our actions are a consequence of our capacities and preferences, and if those things are, in turn, a result of our genetic inheritance and the external world in which we happen to find ourselves, are we ultimately responsible for our choices?

Q3. Is it moral to take money from people through the force of law in order to pay philosophers to philosophize?

Q4. When, if ever, can acts involving only consenting adults be morally wrong?

Politics

Q1. Should we allow political donations?

Q2. What, if anything, do rich nations owe poor nations?

Q3. Is there such a thing as a common good?

Q4. Is the good citizen always a good person? Is the good person always a good citizen?

Economics

Q1. Is Bitcoin a blessing or a curse?

Q2. What’s wrong with the housing market? How can we fix it?

Q3. Should Amazon pay people more? What would happen if they immediately increased every worker’s salary by twenty percent?

Q4.  Is Henry George’s land value tax fair, efficient, both, or neither?

History

Q1. Was there anything good about the British empire?

Q2. Is China an imperial power?

Q3. Is Western civilization in decline?

Q4. Do leaders make events or do events make leaders?

Psychology

Q1. Are we getting nastier?

Q2. Are men and women psychologically different? Does it matter?

Q3. Is there any mental illness that isn’t ultimately physical?

Q4. Does it even make sense to hate someone for his or her opinions?

Theology

Q1. Why would God be so coy?

Q2. “The God of the Bible and the Koran is a primitive human’s idea of a great being… But that is not what an actual supreme being would be like.” Is there a holy book that manifests divine authorship?

Q3. “And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.” Can one be a Christian without believing in the miraculous resurrection of Jesus?

Q4. Is faith anything other than uncertain belief on incomplete evidence?

Law

Q1. Does prison work?

Q2. “People who serve on juries are ill-informed, prejudiced, and not clever enough to avoid jury service.” Should we abolish Trial by Jury?

Q3. Should “hate crimes” be punished more severely than the same crime with different motives?

Q4. What is the relationship between justice and law?

Junior

Q1. Which existential threat are humans underestimating?

Q2. What should the age of consent be for irreversible sex reassignment surgery?

Q3. Were the lockdowns worth it?

Q4. What does it mean for people to be equal?

Q5. What would happen if there was a 100% inheritance tax?

Q6. If you could travel by time machine for your next holiday which time and place would you visit? What preparations would you make for your journey? What challenges would you face in the first twenty-four hours, and how would you handle them?

Q7. Should some things be legal to give away but illegal to sell?

***For Question

 7 we recommend you read Markets Without Limits: Moral Virtues and Commercial Interests by Jason Brennan and Peter Jaworski and Why Some Things Should Not Be for Sale by Debra Satz.

竞赛奖项

评委们将从每个学科类别中选出他们最喜欢的文章，并从哲学、政治、经济、历史、心理学、神学和法律七个学科中选出整体“最佳文章”。奖项类型:每个类别都有一个最佳作文奖。每个学科类别和初级类别的获奖者将获得价值2000美元的奖学金，作为约翰·洛克学院任何项目的费用，论文将在学院的网站上发表。提交最佳论文的候选人将获得约翰·洛克学院初级奖学金(John Locke Institute Junior Fellowship)荣誉奖学金，并获得10,000美元的奖学金，用于参加我们的一个或多个暑期学校和/或间隔年课程。由于疫情影响，活动受限，2021年线上提交量大幅上涨。尽管如此，达文仍是取得了大比例的获奖率！

备赛方针

Writing Master带赛经验丰富的导师团队通过一对一定制化辅导，充分的给予学生在研究和写作上专业的、独特的、建设性的指导，引导学生对阅读材料的正确理解和输出，带领学生一起完成备赛挑战。

备赛形式：线上一对一

备赛流程：（导师可根据学生水平进行定制）

1.发放资料：

Writing Master提供竞赛介绍与详细规则说明，并补充相关学习资源，包括比赛官方资料库、范文、参赛经验等。

2.开题课：

制定参赛策略/梳理可行论题/构建框架/Research计划及支持

3.学生完成段落式初稿及research

4.初稿课程

5.学生完整稿提交

6.第一轮修改

7.第二轮修改

8.提交文章（学生截止日期前完成终稿，由Writing Master通过官方渠道提交）

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