來啦來啦它來啦！備受矚目的John Locke論文比賽終於(yu) 放題啦！
就在剛剛，John Locke約翰洛克論文競賽官網發布了2025年最新比賽論文題目。
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2025題目公布
哲學 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?
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?
經濟 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?
曆史 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?
法學 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?
心理學 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?
神學 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?
JUNIOR PRIZE
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 smartphones more than is good for you?
Q6. Why do people become more boring as they grow up and grow older?
整體(ti) 看下來題目大多是當前社會(hui) 的熱點和深層次矛盾，出題風格與(yu) 往年大致相同。有緊跟時事的（川普和馬斯克都有提到），也有討論已久都包出漿了的，比如人權問題、經濟不平等、法律公正等。
同時這些問題多數具有爭(zheng) 議性，沒有絕對答案，能激發不同觀點的碰撞。所以大家在答題時，也要注意問題的局限性和潛在的偏見，鼓勵全麵和多角度的探討。
John Locke論文競賽簡介
John Locke論文寫(xie) 作比賽因其學科範圍廣泛，選題深刻有趣，成為(wei) 全世界最受歡迎和認可的中學生英文論文寫(xie) 作比賽之一。
競賽共有七大學科主題，分別為(wei) 哲學、政治、經濟、曆史、心理、神學和法律，每個(ge) 主題設3道提問，針對14歲以下的學生還設有低齡組。參賽者需要在這些問題中任選其一，完成一篇不超過2000詞的論文。
比賽首先在提交的作品中公布Shortlist入圍名單，之後再從(cong) 入圍作品中依次評出Grand Prize、一二三等獎及High Commendation獲得者。
值得一提的是，今年一等獎獎金由2000元加碼至5000美元，二等獎和三等獎（原來僅(jin) 有榮譽證書(shu) ）也獲得了相應的獎金，分別是2000美元和1000美元。同時，今年還增加了一次逾期機會(hui) ，逾期提交機製為(wei) 7天和21天期限。
以下是今年比賽的關(guan) 鍵時間節點：
官網開題：2025年3月
注冊(ce) 開始：2025年4月1日
注冊(ce) 截止：2025年5月31日
提交截止：2025年6月30日
逾期參賽截止時間：2025年7月7日或7月21日（逾期費用分別為(wei) 25英鎊和75英鎊）
入圍公布：2025年7月31日
學術會(hui) 議：2025年10月3日至5日
頒獎晚宴：2025年10月4日
機構論文輔導課程
題目一出，老師就收到了多條詢問JL論文輔導課程的相關(guan) 私信。
眾(zhong) 所周知在過去的幾個(ge) 賽季，機構在比賽前特別開設了為(wei) 期近兩(liang) 個(ge) 月的寫(xie) 作輔導課程，針對7個(ge) 方向的寫(xie) 作主題配備了導師團隊。
機構學員在比賽中的表現也卓越非凡，累計超百位學員獲得Shortlist入圍名額，2021年更有學員獲得比賽最高獎項Grand Prize。
獲得Commendation獎項的機構學員，在往屆申請中還拿下了包括哈耶普斯芝加哥西北等在內(nei) Top名校錄取，獎項的含金量再次得以驗證。
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