John Locke官方今年提前宣布了2026年的论文竞赛试题。作为由牛津大学和普林斯顿大学等各大名校教授参与评估的顶级论文写作赛事,John Locke历届获奖者都深受牛剑招生官青睐,是文商社科同学展现实力的重要平台。
2026赛季John Locke时间节点

https://www.johnlockeinstitute.com/essay-competition
- 报名开放:2026年2月2日
- 报名截止:2026年3月31日
- 论文提交开放:2026年4月1日
- 论文提交截止:2026年5月31日
- 延期提交截止:2026年6月7日(第一轮);2026年6月21日(第二轮)
2026赛季John Locke全部题目
Economics (经济)

Q1.Should we fear a cashless society?
我们应该恐惧“无现金社会”吗?
Q2.Technology now allows personalised pricing. If this came to be widely used, what effects should we expect?
技术现已支持“个性化定价”,如果这一手段被广泛使用,我们应该预期会产生什么影响?
Q3.Did Jeff Bezos get rich at the expense of his customers, his employees, neither or both?
杰夫·贝佐斯的致富,是以牺牲他的客户、他的员工为代价,还是两者皆非,亦或两者皆是?
History (历史)

Q1.The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." Is it? Does it?
道德宇宙的弧线很长,但它弯向正义。” 是这样吗?确实如此吗?
Q2.What might the world look like if the Library of Alexandria didn’t burn down?
如果亚历山大图书馆没有被烧毁,世界可能会是什么样子?
Q3.Does Che deserve his iconic T-shirt?
切·格瓦拉配得上他那标志性的T恤形象吗?
International Relations (国际关系)

Q1.Does foreign aid help or hurt poor people?
外国援助是帮助还是伤害了穷人?
Q2.Is the US economy harmed by cheap imports from China?
美国经济是否受到来自中国的廉价进口商品的损害?
Q3.Should a coalition of countries (or of billionaires) run an experiment with a libertarian microstate?
一个国家(或亿万富翁)联盟是否应该开展一项关于自由意志主义微型国家的实验?
Law (法律)

Q1.If legislators and judges all accepted the philosophical theory of determinism, what would be the effect on criminal sentencing?
如果立法者和法官都接受了哲学上的决定论,会对刑事量刑产生什么影响?
Q2.To what extent should criminal sentencing take into account the effect on the perpetrator’s family?
刑事量刑应在多大程度上考虑对犯罪者家庭的影响?
Q3.Is trial by jury obsolete?
陪审团审判是否已经过时?
Philosophy (哲学)

Q1.Is it ever wrong to do the right thing for the wrong reasons?
因为“错误的动机”去做“正确的事情”,是否在某些情况下也是错误的?
Q2.What consolations does philosophy offer?
哲学能够为人类提供哪些“慰藉”?
Q3.Why is incest wrong?
为什么乱伦是错误的?
Politics (政治)

Q1.Is the right to self-determination absolute?
自决权是否是绝对的?
Q2.Did the pandemic normalise authoritarianism?
疫情是否让威权主义变得“常态化”?
Q3.Is democracy in crisis?
民主制度是否正处于危机之中
Psychology (心理)

Q1.Why do we care what happens to our body after death?
我们为何会在意自己死后身体会发生什么?
Q2.Is mental illness over-diagnosed now, or just better recognised?
当今社会对精神疾病是“过度诊断”,还是只是“识别能力提高了”?
Q3.Surveys show a widening gender ideological gap in recent years. Why?
调查显示,近年来性别之间的意识形态分歧正在扩大,这是为什么?
新增:Public Policy (公共政策)

Q1.What discount rate should be applied to long-run environmental policies? Why?
长期环境政策应适用何种贴现率?原因何在?
Q2.Which unintended consequence was most devastating and why did we fail to predict it?
历史上最具破坏性的“意外后果”是哪一个?我们当初为什么没能预测到它?
Q3.Should vaccination be mandatory in a public health emergency?
在公共卫生紧急状态下,疫苗接种是否应当强制实施?
Science&Technology (科学与科技)

Q1.Is free speech the enemy of science?
言论自由是否正在成为科学的“敌人”?
Q2.Is space exploration a necessity or an indulgence?
太空探索是人类的必需品,还是一种奢侈行为?
Q3.Should we be polite to ChatGPT?
我们是否应该对ChatGPT保持礼貌?
Theology (神学)

Q1.Is religious experience better explained by neuroscience or by theology?
宗教体验更应该由神经科学来解释,还是由神学来解释?
Q2.Research shows a strong inverse correlation between religiosity and per-capita spending on education. Does one cause the other?
研究显示,宗教虔诚度与人均教育支出呈显著负相关关系。这两者之间是否存在因果关系?
Q3.If you achieve enlightenment, how will you know?
如果你真的达到了“觉悟 / 开悟”的状态,你将如何确认这一点?

