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John Locke竞赛在人文社科领域的地位举足轻重,其获奖经历深受哈佛、牛津、普林斯顿等顶尖学府的高度认可。近五年John Locke投稿率再破新高,涨幅逼近100%,入围率破新低,跌至16%(如下图所示)
2020年-2024年投稿数据涨幅
目前申请形势越来越卷,高中生更应该提前规划准备竞赛!不做好完全的准备就是去当“炮灰”!所以老师整理了评委内幕以及 John Locke 25年写作竞赛题目,咱们提前准备起来有备无患。
01、John Locke评委内幕
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02、John Locke写作竞赛选题
竞赛分别设有:哲学、政治、经济、历史、心理、神学和法律7个学科类别,每个学科设置3 - 4个不同问题;
针对15岁及以下的学生设有低年级组(Junior Prize),提供6-7个题目。参赛者选取一个问题,写作一篇不超过2000字的议论文。
Part.1
哲学 Philosophy
Q1. What moral obligations do we owe to living persons that we do not owe to future persons? What are the implications of your answer for policy-making?
Q2. Should we treat non-human animals well because they have rights, interests, neither, or both?
Q3. "When civilians are the main target, there's no need to consider the cause. That's terrorism; it's evil." Is this correct?
Part.2
政治 Politics
Q1. Should politicians ever be punished for lying?
Q2. David Hume celebrated the wisdom of "unlettered men". In a democracy, do the votes of the unlettered tend to protect a country against the bad ideas of the lettered or do the votes of the lettered tend to protect a country against the bad ideas of the unlettered?
Q3. Diversity is fashionable, but is it valuable?
Part.3
经济 Economics
Q1. What kinds of behaviour are engendered by the hope of profit? Is such behaviour better or worse, on balance, than the behaviour we should expect if all enterprises were owned by charities or governments?
Q2. What will be the effect on socio-economic mobility of the UK government's plan to impose value added tax on school fees?
Q3. Should Oxford lower its admissions standards for the sons and daughters of generous benefactors?
Part.4
历史 History
Q1. According to Bertrand Russell, "Hitler is an outcome of Rousseau; Roosevelt and Churchill of Locke." To what extent was he correct?
Q2. Should anyone be ashamed of their nation's history? Should anyone be proud of it?
Q3. Which figure in history did most to enlarge human freedom?
Part.5
法学 Law
Q1. What injury should one person be permitted to inflict on another in the defence of private property?
Q2. “Use every man after his desert, and who should ’scape whipping?” Should the law treat offenders better than they deserve?
Q3. Is Vladimir Putin a war criminal?
Part.6
心理学 Psychology
Q1. Is objectivity all in the mind?
Q2. Eleanor Roosevelt declared, "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Is she right?
Q3. What is self-deceit?
Part.7
神学 Theology
Q1. Is atheism implausible?
Q2. Why would the creator of a trillion galaxies become angry if you have sex with your boyfriend or eat bacon for breakfast?
Q3. Why pray?
Part.8
少年奖 JUNIOR PRIZE(共6个)
Q1. Your citizenship at birth was chosen for you. Which citizenship would you have chosen?
Q2. Do you benefit more from your own freedom of speech or from other people’s?
Q3. Who is more powerful - Donald Trump or Elon Musk?
Q4. What is your fair share of what someone else has earned?
Q5. Why do you continue to use your smartphone more than is good for you?
Q6. Why do people become more boring as they grow up and grow older?
可以看到,这些题目既关注现实问题,又充满哲学思辨,无论你对哪个领域感兴趣,都能找到发挥的空间。有紧跟时事的(川普和马斯克都有提到),也有讨论已久都包出浆了的,比如人权问题、经济不平等、法律公正等。鼓励学生从不同角度深入思考问题,展现自己独特的见解和批判性思维。
03、John Locke写作竞赛
John Locke竞赛由John Locke Institute主办,和牛津大学、普林斯顿大学等顶尖学府合作,评委都是来自这些名校的资深学者 ,权威性拉满!
01、赛事时间线
官网开题:2025年3月
注册开始:2025年4月1日
注册截止:2025年5月31日
提交截止:2025年6月30日
逾期参赛截止时间:2025年7月7日或7月21日
逾期提交机制“分级收费”,若学生错过 6 月 30 日的提交截止日期,可申请延迟提交:
7天延期(7月7日前):25英镑(≈230元)
21天延期(7月21日前):75英镑(≈690元)
入围公布:2025年7月31日
学术会议:2025年10月3日至5日
颁奖晚宴:2025年10月4日
02、奖金池加码
一等奖:奖金由原来的2000美元增加至5000美元,涨幅达 150%
二等奖:新增2000美元奖金
三等奖:新增1000美元奖金
03、参赛价值
学术能力提升
准备过程中,你需要大量阅读、深度思考、严谨论证,这能全方位锻炼你的学术素养,让你在未来的学习中更得心应手。
大学申请加分
获奖或入围能大大提升你的大学申请竞争力,让招生官眼前一亮,尤其对申请人文社科专业的同学来说,作用更加明显。
全球交流机会
和来自世界各地的优秀学生同场竞技,交流思想,拓展国际视野,这是多么难得的成长机遇 。
如果你一直热爱写作,对人文社科领域充满探索欲,那就别犹豫!抓住这次机会,勇敢地挑战自己,在John Locke的舞台上绽放属于你的光彩 。