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John Locke Essay Competition 写作竞赛
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。
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。
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组织背景
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。
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适合学生
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:15岁及以下
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竞赛时间
● 提交截止日期:2021年6月30日(GMT)
*** 同学们,当下为最佳备赛时间!参赛完全免费!
● 通知入围候选人:2021年7月14日
● 获奖者将在牛津的颁奖典礼上宣布(日期待定)
2021年 John Locke写作题目
每篇文章只能在所选主题类别中回答一个问题,可以提交多篇文章,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)。
ref:www.johnlockeinstitute.com/essay-competition
哲学类
Q1. Are there some subjects about which we should not even ask questions?
有什么我们甚至不应该问的问题吗?
Q2. What is slavery? Is jury duty? Is conscription? Is income tax?
什么是奴隶制?委员会有职责吗?奴隶制就是要征兵吗?所得税是多少?
Q3. Are you more moral than most people you know? How do you know? Should you strive to be more moral? Why or why not?
你比认识的大多数人都更道德吗?你如何知道的?你应该努力变得更有道德吗?
政治类
Q1. Discrimination on the basis of race is widely condemned, but on the basis of nationality it is widely accepted. Is it not odd that you may not discriminate against me for where my great-great-grandparents were born, but you may discriminate against me for where my parents were born?
基于种族的歧视受到广泛谴责,但基于国籍的歧视得到广泛接受。你不可以因为我的曾祖父母的出生地而歧视我,但是可以因为我的父母的出生地而歧视我,这难道不奇怪吗?
Q2. Should the John Locke Institute change its name?
约翰洛克学院应该改名吗?
Q3. Do we need Greta?
我们需要Greta吗?
经济类
Q1. How would the education sector change if governments were no longer involved?
如果政府不再参与,教育部门将如何改变?
Q2. There is considerable excess demand for undergraduate places at Oxford. The admissions process rations supply by favouring cleverer students at the expense of others. Is this fair? Does it exacerbate inequality? What is the University’s optimal response to this scarcity?
牛津大学的本科生名额有相当大的过剩需求。招生中可能“牺牲”其他人,而偏袒更聪明的学生。这样公平吗?它会加剧不平等吗?大学对这种稀缺性的最佳反应是什么?
Q3. Should we abolish the minimum wage?
我们应该废除最低工资吗?
历史类
Q1. Should we judge those from the past by the standards of today? How will historians in the future judge us?
我们是否应该以今天的标准来评判过去的人?未来的历史学家将如何评价我们?
Q2. Has the ‘construct of gender’ been more beneficial or more harmful to humanity throughout history?
在历史上,“性别建构”对人类是有利还是有害?
Q3. ‘More history has happened in Oxford, per square foot, than any other place in the world.’ Discuss.
讨论:“牛津每平方英尺发生的历史比世界上任何其他地方都要多。”
心理学类
Q1. Do we do everything we do to maximise our own utility?
我们是否尽一切努力使自己的效用最大化?
Q2. ‘The function of religions and cults, including the political or ideological ones, is to short-circuit the normal ‘common sense’ process of doubt, investigation, further doubt, further investigation… a belief system only requires a rule book (sacred scripture, Das Kapital, or whatever) and a good memory.’ Is this true? Does it matter?
宗教和邪教,包括政治或意识形态的宗教和邪教,其功能是缩短正常的“常识”过程,即怀疑、调查、进一步怀疑、进一步调查……一个信仰体系只需要一本圣书(圣经、《资本论》或其他)和良好的记忆力。这是真的吗?它有什么关系吗?
Q3. Who is responsible for my mental health?
谁对我的心理健康负责?
宗教类
Q1. Is Christianity a religion of peace?
基督教是和平的宗教吗?
Q2. Why did Jesus of Nazareth reserve his strongest condemnation for the self-righteous?
为什么拿撒勒人耶稣为自以为是的人保留他最强烈的谴责?
Q3. Did God create coronavirus?
上帝创造了冠状病毒吗?
法律类
Q1. Should ‘innocent until proven guilty’ apply not only to courts of law, but also to public censure?
“在证明有罪之前无罪”不仅适用于法庭,也适用于公众谴责吗?
Q2. To what extent does a codified constitution help or hinder liberty?
法典化的宪法在多大程度上帮助或阻碍自由?
Q3. When should force of law prevent a transaction, entered into freely between two competent, consenting adults?
什么时候法律的效力应该阻止两个有能力、同意的成年人之间自由达成的交易?
初中组题目
Q1. Should we raise the voting age to 25?
我们应该把投票年龄提高到25岁吗?
Q2. Should the John Locke Institute change its name?
约翰洛克学院应该改名吗?
Q3. Is Oxford overrated?
牛津大学被高估了吗?
Q4. Just because you’re a millionaire doesn’t mean you should get better healthcare than the rest of us, does it?
仅仅因为你是百万富翁,这并不意味着你应该比其他人得到更好的医疗保健,不是吗?
Q5. What should we do to improve the lives of poor people?
我们应该做些什么来改善穷人的生活?
Q6. Have things improved?
周围的情况有改善吗?
Q7. Before a certain time almost everybody would have held some belief which we now find repugnant. Does this mean we cannot admire or commemorate the people who helped to shape the modern world?
在某个特定的时间之前,几乎每个人都会持有某种我们现在感到厌恶的信仰。这是否意味着我们不能钦佩或纪念那些帮助塑造现代世界的人?
Q8. Should the law ever prevent people from freely making self-harming decisions? If so, what should and shouldn’t be forbidden - and according to which principles?
法律是否应该阻止人们自由做出自我伤害的决定?如果是这样的话,什么应该被禁止,什么不应该被禁止?根据哪些原则?
John Locke 写作竞赛难度较高,需要学生投入较多精力,如果想要参赛的学生需要具备较强的英文写作能力!