2024年John Locke寫作競賽題目公布，附John Locke往屆獲獎(jiǎng)文章

Q1. Do we have any good reasons to trust our moral intuition?

Q2. Do girls have a right to compete in sporting contests that exclude boys?

Q3. Should I be held responsible for what I believe?

中文參考

Q1. 我們有什么好的理由相信自己的道德直覺嗎？

Q2.  女孩有權(quán)利參加排斥男孩的體育比賽嗎？

Q3. 我應(yīng)該為我的信仰負(fù)責(zé)嗎？

Q1. Is there such a thing as too much democracy?

Q2. Is peace in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip possible?

Q3. When is compliance complicity?

中文參考

Q1. 是否存在過于民主的情況？
Q2. 約旦河西岸和加沙地帶可能實(shí)現(xiàn)和平嗎？
Q3. 服從在什么情況下是共謀？

Q1. What is the optimal global population?  

Q2. Accurate news reporting is a public good. Does it follow that news agencies should be funded from taxation? 

Q3. Do successful business people benefit others when making their money, when spending it, both, or neither?

中文參考

Q1. 全球最佳人口是多少？
Q2. 準(zhǔn)確的新聞報(bào)道是一種公共物品。那么，這是否意味著新聞機(jī)構(gòu)應(yīng)該通過稅收來獲得資助呢？
Q3. 成功的商人在賺錢時(shí)、花錢時(shí)會(huì)給他人帶來好處嗎？是都會(huì)，還是都不會(huì)？

Q1. Why was sustained economic growth so rare before the later 18th century and why did this change?

Q2. Has music ever significantly changed the course of history?

Q3. Why do civilisations collapse? Is our civilisation in danger?

中文參考

Q1. 在 18 世紀(jì)晚期之前，為什么持續(xù)的經(jīng)濟(jì)增長如此罕見？
Q2. 音樂是否曾極大地改變過歷史進(jìn)程？
Q3. 為什么文明會(huì)崩潰？我們的文明是否處于危險(xiǎn)之中？

Q1. When, if ever, should a company be permitted to refuse to do business with a person because of that person’s public statements?

Q2. In the last five years British police have arrested several thousand people for things they posted on social media. Is the UK becoming a police state?

Q3. Your parents say that 11pm is your bedtime. But they don’t punish you if you don’t go to bed by 11pm. Is 11pm really your bedtime?

中文參考

Q1. 何時(shí)（如果有的話）應(yīng)允許公司因某人的公開言論而拒絕與該人做生意？
Q2. 在過去五年中，英國警方已經(jīng)逮捕了數(shù)千人，逮捕的依據(jù)是（這些人）在社交媒體上發(fā)布的內(nèi)容。英國是否正在成為一個(gè)警察國家？
Q3. 你的父母說晚上 11 點(diǎn)是你睡覺的時(shí)間。但如果你到 11 點(diǎn)還不上床睡覺，他們也不會(huì)懲罰你。晚上 11 點(diǎn)真的是你的就寢時(shí)間嗎？

Q1. According to a study by four British universities, for each 16-point increase in IQ, the likelihood of getting married increases by 35% for a man but decreases by 40% for a woman. Why? 

Q2. There is an unprecedented epidemic of depression and anxiety among young people. Can we fix this? How?

Q3. What is the difference between a psychiatric illness and a character flaw?

中文參考

Q1. 根據(jù)英國四所大學(xué)的一項(xiàng)研究，智商每提高 16 分，男性結(jié)婚的可能性就會(huì)增加 35%，而女性結(jié)婚的可能性則會(huì)降低 40% 。為什么？

Q2. 抑郁癥和焦慮癥在年輕人中空前流行。我們能解決這個(gè)問題嗎？如何解決？

Q3. 精神病和性格缺陷有什么區(qū)別

Q1. “I am not religious, but I am spiritual.” What could the speaker mean by “spiritual”?

Q2. Is it reasonable to thank God for protection from some natural harm if He is responsible for causing the harm?

Q3. Does God reward those who believe in him? If so, why?

中文參考

Q1. "我不信教，但我有靈性。發(fā)言者所說的"靈性"是什么意思？

Q2. 如果上帝是造成（某些自然）傷害的“罪魁禍?zhǔn)?rdquo;，那么感謝上帝保護(hù)我們免受某些自然傷害是否合理？

Q3. 上帝會(huì)獎(jiǎng)賞那些相信他的人嗎？如果是，為什么？

Q1. Does winning a free and fair election automatically confer a mandate for governing?

Q2. Has the anti-racism movement reduced racism?

Q3. Is there life after death?

Q4. How did it happen that governments came to own and run most high schools, while leaving food production to private enterprise? 

Q5. When will advancing technology make most of us unemployable? What should we do about this?

Q6. Should we trust fourteen-year-olds to make decisions about their own bodies? 

中文參考

Q1. 贏得自由公正的選舉是否就（意味著）自動(dòng)獲得了執(zhí)政授權(quán)？

Q2. 反種族主義運(yùn)動(dòng)是否減輕了種族主義？

Q3. 死后還有生命嗎？

Q4. 政府擁有并管理大多數(shù)高中，但卻把食品生產(chǎn)留給私營企業(yè)？怎么會(huì)是這樣的？

Q5. 科技的進(jìn)步何時(shí)會(huì)讓我們中的大多數(shù)人失業(yè)？我們該怎么辦？

Q6. 我們應(yīng)該信任十四歲的青少年自己決定關(guān)于自己身體的事嗎？