John Locke寫作比賽

John Locke Essay Competition

John Locke寫作比賽

熱烈祝賀翰林學(xué)員(上海德威)入圍2019John Locke競賽Short List

項目介紹

John Locke Essay Competition寫作比賽是由位于英國牛津的獨立教育組織John Locke Institute與英國牛津大學(xué)和美國普林斯頓大學(xué)等名校教授合作組織學(xué)術(shù)項目，意在考察學(xué)生在不同學(xué)科領(lǐng)域內(nèi)的基本知識結(jié)構(gòu)，議論文的基本寫作格式與技巧，獨立思考能力以及清晰的邏輯和辯證分析能力。其評審全部來自英國牛津大學(xué)，參賽對象均為全世界范圍內(nèi)思考能力最強的中學(xué)生。在比賽中獲得榮譽可以大幅提升美國和英國大學(xué)本科申請競爭力。往年參與學(xué)生錄取成績包括普林斯頓、哈佛、耶魯、斯坦福、芝加哥、伯克利、牛津、劍橋等世界名校。

我們每天都在使用語言和文字，但很少有人知道，與其他生物的大腦不同，人的大腦天生具備學(xué)習(xí)語言的天賦，而人類語言體系的復(fù)雜程度也非任何其他生物的交流體系可比。語言和文字是人類最珍貴的能力之一。

很多時候我們發(fā)現(xiàn)自己有獲得信息的渠道，卻不會篩選有效信息；有零星的論點，卻沒有完整的論證邏輯；會借鑒別人的觀點，卻無法形成新的想法。提升寫作能力的本質(zhì)是提升思考能力，無論將來學(xué)習(xí)什么專業(yè)，從事什么行業(yè)，強大的寫作能力都能使一個人受益終身。

競賽內(nèi)容

2019年競賽Essay問題

2019年的可選題目涉及7個領(lǐng)域的21個題目，具體為：

Philosophy哲學(xué)類：

Q1. Do our intuitions provide a reason to believe one moral claim over another? Can we prove this? Does it matter?

Q2. What is meaning? How much would it matter if we had none?

Q3. Aristotelian virtue ethics achieved something of a resurgence in the twentieth century. Was this progress or retrogression?

Politics政治類

Q1. How much should we care about social cohesion?

Q2. How much of a problem is political ignorance? What should we do about it?

Q3. How dangerous is Big Data for democracy?

Economics經(jīng)濟類

Q1. Should we abolish the Fed?

Q2. What does economics tell us about the benefits and costs of immigration? What policy should we adopt?

Q3. You have fifteen minutes of Donald Trump’s undivided attention. How will you persuade him to reform US trade policy?

History歷史類

Q1. Which was worst: Nazism, Fascism or Communism?

Q2. When did we begin taking progress for granted, and why?

Q3. According to Henry Kissinger, ‘those ages which in retrospect seem most peaceful were least in search of peace. Those whose quest for it seems unending appear least able to achieve tranquility'. Comment on this claim in light of events since 1945.

Psychology心理學(xué)類

Q1. Why is it so hard for one reasonable person to persuade another reasonable person to change her mind? What should we do about this?

Q2. What are the most important recently-acquired insights from neuroscience which have yet to be widely applied to education?

Q3. Should we try to become more rational? How?

Theology神學(xué)類

Q1. Should I be held responsible for what I believe?

Q2. I believe in God. Which God should I believe in?

Q3. What kind of God would create trillions of animals and permit a great many of them to die painful deaths? Should we worship such a God?

Law法律類

Q1. Some things are illegal because they are bad. Are some things bad because they are illegal?

Q2. Should computer generated child pornography be permitted?

Q3. Could we have private law?

Junior Category初中組（參賽邀請將發(fā)給針對2019年7月31日后15周歲的候選學(xué)生）

Q1. Should candidates for high office be judged unfit on the basis of something they said or did when they were very young?

Q2. Is inequality increasing? Does it matter? What, if anything, should we do about it?

Q3. According to Nobel Laureate, Milton Friedman, 'there is one and only one social responsibility of business...to increase its profits...' Do you agree?

Q4. When, if ever, have there been ‘good’ revolutions?

 競賽獎項

Grand Prize：終*極大獎

剩下每個分類將分別評選

· Winner

· Second Prize

· Third Prize

競賽時間

2020年參賽Essay提交截止時間Submission deadline：2020年7月15日

Short-listed candidates notified候選人名單公布時間：2020年7月31日

申請要求

1. 無國籍、學(xué)校限制，在參賽作品提交截止日前大于或小于18周歲（不過在參賽作品提交截止日2019年7月31日前不滿19周歲的學(xué)生可以角逐獎項或獎狀推薦），但是對角逐Junior Prize的參賽者要求在參賽作品提交截止日前不超過14周歲

2. 僅可選擇一個分類的一個問題完成一篇不超過2000字的Essay（字數(shù)不包含diagrams圖標(biāo)，tables of data數(shù)據(jù)表，footnotes注釋，bibliography背景介紹或authorship declaration作者申明）

參賽作品必須是PDF格式線上提交，且文件命名規(guī)則是SURNAME姓, First Name名（比如POPHAM, Alexander）