2024-02-20
John Locke论文竞赛是由英国牛津的独立教育组织John Locke Institute与牛津、普林斯顿、布朗等大学的教授合作举办的学术写作比赛。每年都有成千上万来自世界各地的国际高中生参与竞赛。
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2024年度John Locke论文竞赛题目
2024年的John Locke依旧分为哲学、政治、经济、历史、法律、心理学、神学7大学科主题,对于高年级组,每个主题设置了3个题目;低年级组则不细分学科,共提供了6个题目。
PHILOSOPHY哲学
Q1. Do we have any good reasons to trust our moral intuition?
译:有什么好理由让我们去信任道德直觉吗?
Q2. Do girls have a right to compete in sporting contests that exclude boys?
译:女孩有权参加排除男孩的体育比赛吗?
Q3. Should I be held responsible for what I believe?
译:我应该对我所相信的东西负责吗?
POLITICS政治
Q1. Is there such a thing as too much democracy?
译:存在所谓过度民主吗?
Q2. Is peace in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip possible?
译:西岸和加沙地带的和平可能实现吗?
Q3. When is compliance complicity?
译:什么时候才是合规共谋?
ECONMICS经济
Q1. What is the optimal global population?
译:最优的全球人口是多少?
Q2. Accurate news reporting is a public good. Does it follow that news agencies should be funded from taxation?
译:准确的新闻报道是一种公共利益。这是否意味着新闻机构应该通过税收得到资助?
Q3. Do successful business people benefit others when making their money, when spending it, both, or neither?
译:成功的商人在赚钱、花钱时,是对他人有益,还是无益?
HISTORY历史
Q1. Why was sustained economic growth so rare before the later 18th century and why did this change?
译:为什么在18世纪后期之前持续的经济增长如此罕见,这种情况为何会改变?
Q2. Has music ever significantly changed the course of history?
译:音乐是否曾显著改变历史进程?
Q3. Why do civilisations collapse? Is our civilisation in danger?
译:文明为何会崩溃?我们的文明是否处于危险之中?
LAW法律
Q1. When, if ever, should a company be permitted to refuse to do business with a person because of that person’s public statements?
译:如果一家公司因为某人的公开声明就拒绝与其做生意,那这种情况何时应该被允许?
Q2. In the last five years British police have arrested several thousand people for things they posted on social media. Is the UK becoming a police state?
译:在过去五年中,英国警方因为在社交媒体上发布的内容逮捕了几千人。英国是否正在变成一个警察国家?
Q3. Your parents say that 11pm is your bedtime. But they don’t punish you if you don’t go to bed by 11pm. Is 11pm really your bedtime?
译:你的父母说你的就寝时间是晚上11点。但如果你不在11点前上床,他们也不会惩罚你。那11点真的是你的就寝时间吗?
PSYCHOLOGY心理学
Q1. According to a study by four British universities, for each 16-point increase in IQ, the likelihood of getting married increases by 35% for a man but decreases by 40% for a woman. Why?
译:根据四所英国大学的研究,对于男性而言,智商每增加16点,结婚的可能性增加35%,但对于女性而言,这一比例却减少了40%。为什么?
Q2. There is an unprecedented epidemic of depression and anxiety among young people. Can we fix this? How?
译:当今年轻人中存在前所未有的抑郁和焦虑。我们能解决这个问题吗?如何解决?
Q3. What is the difference between a psychiatric illness and a character flaw?
译:精神疾病和性格缺陷之间有什么区别?
THEOLOGY神学
Q1. “I am not religious, but I am spiritual.” What could the speaker mean by “spiritual”?
译:“我不是宗教信徒,但我是个灵性的人。”这句话中的“灵性”是什么意思?
Q2. Is it reasonable to thank God for protection from some natural harm if He is responsible for causing the harm?
译:如果神负责造成某种自然灾害,那么感谢神提供保护是否合理?
Q3. Does God reward those who believe in him? If so, why?
译:神是否奖赏那些相信他的人?如果是,为什么?
SPE.JUNIOR PRIZE低年级组
Q1 Does winning a free and fair election automatically confer a mandate for governing?
译:赢得一场自由公正的选举是否意味着自动赋予执政的授权?
Q2 Has the anti-racism movement reduced racism?
译:反种族主义运动是否减少了种族歧视?
Q3 Is there life after death?
译:死后有生命吗?
Q4:How did it happen that governments came to own and run most high schools, while leaving food production to private enterprise?
译:为什么政府拥有和运营大多数高中,却将食品生产留给私营企业?
Q5 When will advancing technology make most of us unemployable? What should we do about this?
译:科技进步何时会让大多数人失业?我们应该怎么应对?
Q6:Should we trust fourteen-year-olds to make decisions about their own bodies?
译 我们应该相信14岁的青少年对自己身体作出的决定吗?
2024年度John Locke论文竞赛安排
时间安排
注册开始时间:2024年4月1日
注册截止时间:2024年5月31日
提交截止时间:2024年6月30日
逾期参赛截止时间:2024年7月10日(需在7月1日前支付20美元延迟费用)
针对人群:Senior组提交前19岁以下,Junior组提交前15岁以下
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