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2026年John Locke论文竞赛题目已全部公开!
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今年Senior组别的主题数量将从原有的7个调整为10个(新增公共政策、科学与技术、国际关系三个主题),每个主题下设3道题目,题目总数将达到30道。Junior组别则保持不变,仍采用不分科目的形式。
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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,但它终将趋向正义。”事实真是如此吗?它真的在“趋向正义”吗?
Q2:What might the world look like if the Library of Alexandria didn’t burn down?
?整个古代思想的分支消失可能不是因为破译错误,而是因为遗失:如果亚历山大图书馆当年没有被烧毁,世界可能会是什么样?
Q3:Does Che deserve his iconic T-shirt?
?切·格瓦拉是否“配得上”他那件标志性的文化符号式T恤?
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Q1:Is the right to self-determination absolute?
?民族/群体的自决权是否是绝对的?
Q2:Did the pandemic normalise authoritarianism?
?大流行病(疫情)是否让威权主义变得“常态化”?
?民主制度是否正陷入危机?
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Q1:Is it ever wrong to do the right thing for the wrong reasons?
?出于错误的理由去做正确的事,这是否在任何情况下都是错误的?
Q2:What consolations does philosophy offer?
?哲学能提供哪些安慰或慰藉?
?为何乱伦是错误的?
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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“决定论”(认为人的行为由因果链决定)这种哲学理论,这将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?
?刑事量刑在多大程度上应当考虑对犯罪者家庭造成的影响?
?陪审团审判制度是否过时了?
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Q1:Does foreign aid help or hurt poor people?
?对外援助是在帮助穷人,还是在伤害穷人?
Q2:Is the US economy harmed by cheap imports from China?
?来自中国的平价进口商品是否损害了美国经济?
Q3:Should a coalition of countries (or of billionaires) run an experiment with a libertarian microstate?
?是否应该由一些国家(或一些亿万富翁)联合起来,做一个“自由意志主义微型国家”的实验?
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Q1:What discount rate should be applied to long-run environmental policies? Why?
?在长期环境政策中应当应用多大的“贴现率”?为什么?
Q2:Which unintended consequence was most devastating and why did we fail to predict it?
?历史上哪一个“非预期后果”最具破坏性?为什么我们没能预见到它?
Q3:Should vaccination be mandatory in a public health emergency?
?在公共卫生紧急状态下,是否应当强制接种疫苗?
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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哪些影响?
Q3:Did Jeff Bezos get rich at the expense of his customers, his employees, neither or both?
?杰夫·贝佐斯(Jeff Bezos)的财富积累是损害了客户的利益、员工的利益、两者皆无,还是两者兼有?
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Q1:Why do we care what happens to our body after death?
?为什么我们会关心死后遗体会被如何处理?
Q2:Is mental illness over-diagnosed now, or just better recognised?
?心理疾病在当下是被过度诊断了,还是仅仅得到了更好的识别?
Q3:Surveys show a widening gender ideological gap in recent years. Why?
?调查显示近年来性别意识形态差距正在扩大。这是为什么?
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Q1:Is religious experience better explained by neuroscience or by theology?
?宗教体验用神经科学还是用神学来解释更为合理?
Q2:Research shows a strong inverse correlation between religiosity and per-capita spending on education. Does one cause the other?
?研究显示,宗教信仰程度与人均教育支出之间存在负相关关系。两者之间是否存在因果关系?
Q3:If you achieve enlightenment, how will you know?
?如果你获得了“觉悟”(enlightenment),你将如何知晓?
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Q1:Is free speech the enemy of science?
?言论自由是科学的敌人吗?
Q2:Is space exploration a necessity or an indulgence?
?太空探索是必需品,还是一种奢侈行为?
Q3:Should we be polite to ChatGPT?
?我们应该对ChatGPT保持礼貌吗?
注册报名:2026年4月
提交截止:2026年6月30日
延迟提交:2026年7月10日
入围公布:2026年7月底
颁奖晚宴:2026年10月初


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