John Locke 2025放題！今年題目到底有多炸裂？

全球含金量最高的高中生社科論文競賽之一——John Locke Essay Competition，終於(yu) ！放！題！了！

每年，這場硬核的論文大賽都會(hui) 吸引全球數千名頂尖高中生參與(yu) ，被稱為(wei) “高中文社圈的小諾貝爾獎”。但！競賽的入圍率卻逐年降低，去年的入圍率已經掉到16.9%，能在J賽獲獎，簡直就像拿到一塊“藤校敲門磚”。

那麽(me) 今年的題目難度如何？會(hui) 不會(hui) 比去年更“變態”？快來看看這屆選手要麵對的終極挑戰！

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Junior Prize 題目

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Q1. Your citizenship at birth was chosen for you. Which citizenship would you have chosen?你的出生公民身份是被決(jue) 定的。如果可以選擇，你會(hui) 選擇哪國國籍？

Q2. Do you benefit more from your own freedom of speech or from other people’s?你從(cong) 自己的言論自由中獲益更多，還是從(cong) 他人的言論自由中獲益更多？

Q3. Who is more powerful - Donald Trump or Elon Musk?誰更有權力——特朗普還是埃隆·馬斯克？

Q4. Since 1920, twenty-one presidents and prime ministers from nine countries have been graduates of Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE) at Oxford. Would it have been better if they had studied history?

自1920年以來，來自9個(ge) 國家的21位總統和首相都是牛津大學哲學、政治與(yu) 經濟學（PPE）專(zhuan) 業(ye) 的畢業(ye) 生。如果他們(men) 學的是曆史，會(hui) 不會(hui) 更好？

Q5. What is your fair share of what someone else has earned?你應該在他人所得中分得多少才算“公平”？

Q6. Why do you continue to use your smartphones more than is good for you?為(wei) 什麽(me) 你總是忍不住使用手機，哪怕你知道這對自己不好？

Q7. Why do people become more boring as they grow up and grow older?為(wei) 什麽(me) 人們(men) 隨著年齡增長，變得越來越無聊？

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哲學題目 Philosophy

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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?我們(men) 對在世之人的道德義(yi) 務與(yu) 對未來之人的道德義(yi) 務有何不同？你的答案對政策製定有哪些影響？

Q2. Should we treat non-human animals well because they have rights, interests, neither, or both?我們(men) 應該善待非人類動物，是因為(wei) 它們(men) 擁有權利、利益，抑或兩(liang) 者皆無或兼有？

Q3. "When civilians are the main target, there's no need to consider the cause. That's terrorism; it's evil." Is this correct?“當平民成為(wei) 主要攻擊目標時，動機已不重要。這就是恐怖主義(yi) ，它是邪惡的。” 這句話正確嗎？

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政治題目 Politics

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Q1. Should politicians ever be punished for lying?政客是否應因撒謊而受到懲罰？

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?大衛·休謨推崇“未受教育者的智慧”。在民主製度下，是未受教育者的選票能保護國家免受受教育者的錯誤思想影響，還是受教育者的選票能保護國家免受未受教育者的錯誤思想影響？

Q3. Diversity is fashionable, but is it valuable?多元化是一種流行趨勢，但它是否真正有價(jia) 值？

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經濟題目 Economics

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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?對利潤的追求會(hui) 催生何種行為(wei) ？綜合來看，這種行為(wei) 相比於(yu) 所有企業(ye) 都由慈善機構或政府擁有時的行為(wei) ，是更好還是更糟？

Q2. What will be the effect on socio-economic mobility of the UK government's plan to impose value added tax on school fees?英國政府計劃對私立學校學費征收增值稅，這將對社會(hui) 經濟流動性產(chan) 生怎樣的影響？

Q3. Should Oxford lower its admissions standards for the sons and daughters of generous benefactors?牛津大學是否應該降低對慷慨捐贈者子女的錄取標準？

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曆史題目 History

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Q1. According to Bertrand Russell, "Hitler is an outcome of Rousseau; Roosevelt and Churchill of Locke." To what extent was he correct?伯特蘭(lan) ·羅素曾說：“希特勒是盧梭的產(chan) 物，而羅斯福和丘吉爾是洛克的產(chan) 物。” 這一觀點在多大程度上是正確的？

Q2. Should anyone be ashamed of their nation's history? Should anyone be proud of it?一個(ge) 人應該為(wei) 自己的國家曆史感到羞恥嗎？一個(ge) 人應該為(wei) 自己的國家曆史感到自豪嗎？

Q3. Which figure in history did most to enlarge human freedom?曆史上哪位人物對擴大人類自由的貢獻最大？

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法學題目 Law

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Q1. What injury should one person be permitted to inflict on another in the defence of private property?在保護私人財產(chan) 時，一個(ge) 人應被允許對他人造成何種程度的傷(shang) 害？

Q2. “Use every man after his desert, and who should ’scape whipping?” Should the law treat offenders better than they deserve?“如果人人都按其罪行受罰，還有誰能逃脫鞭笞？” 法律是否應當對犯罪者比他們(men) 應得的待遇更寬容？

Q3. Is Vladimir Putin a war criminal?弗拉基米爾·普京是戰犯嗎？

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心理學題目Psychology

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Q1. Is objectivity all in the mind?客觀性是否完全是主觀意識的產(chan) 物？

Q2. Eleanor Roosevelt declared, "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Is she right?埃莉諾·羅斯福曾說：“未經你的同意，沒人能讓你自覺低人一等。” 她的觀點正確嗎？

Q3. What is self-deceit?什麽(me) 是自欺？

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神學題目Theology

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Q1. Is atheism implausible?無神論站不住腳嗎？

Q2. Why would the creator of a trillion galaxies become angry if you have sex with your boyfriend or eat bacon for breakfast?如果宇宙的創造者掌管著上萬(wan) 億(yi) 個(ge) 星係，為(wei) 什麽(me) 他會(hui) 因為(wei) 你和男友發生關(guan) 係或早餐吃培根而憤怒？

Q3. Why pray?為(wei) 什麽(me) 要禱告？

John Locke 2025放題！今年題目到底有多炸裂？