2025JOHNLOCKE論文題目揭曉，隱藏著哪些驚人的選題？

John Locke論文競賽是近幾年文科／社科類含金量最高的競賽之一，受到英美各大頂級院校的認可，堪稱衝刺全球頂尖名校的“利器”。

該比賽涉及的內容知識面廣且深，並具有一定自主調研能力以及較強的學術寫作能力，每年參與獲獎的學生基本都被普林斯頓，哈佛，耶魯等各大名校錄取。

目前，2025年JOHN LOCKE論文寫作大賽的題目已經正式公佈！

來自牛津大學和普林斯頓大學等頂尖大學的資深學者組成的評審團將從7個學科類別（哲學、政治、經濟、歷史、心理學、神學和法律）以及1個JUNIOR類別中選出“最佳論文”。

以下為2025 JOHN LOCKE論文寫作大賽的題目，跟著查查小編一起來看看吧。

論文題目

注：中文翻譯僅供參考,中英文若有不符之處以英文為準。

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?

我們對現在的人有哪些道德義務是我們對未來的人沒有的？你的答案對政策制定有何影響？

Q2. Should we treat non-human animals well because they have rights, interests, neither, or both?

我們應該善待非人類動物，因為它們有權利、有利益，還是兩者都有？

Q3.When civilians are the main target, there's no need to consider the cause. That's terrorism; it's evil." Is this correct?

“當平民成為主要目標時，就無需考慮原因。那就是恐怖主義；這是邪惡的。”這是正確的嗎？

政治 Politics

Q1.Should politicians ever be punished for lying?

政客們應該因為撒謊而受到懲罰嗎？

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?

David Hume曾讚頌“未受教育者”的智慧。在民主制度中，是未受教育者的投票更傾向於保護國家免受受教育者的不良觀念影響，還是受教育者的投票更傾向於保護國家免受未受教育者的不良觀念影響？

Q3.Diversity is fashionable, but is it valuable?

多樣性很流行，但它有價值嗎？

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?

對利潤的追求會引發哪些行為？總的來說，如果所有企業都歸慈善機構或政府所有，這種行為是更好還是更壞？

Q2. What will be the effect on socio-economic mobility of the UK government's plan to impose value added tax on school fees?

英國政府對學費徵收增值稅的計劃將對社會經濟流動性產生什麼影響？

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慷慨捐贈者子女的入學標準？

歷史 History

Q1. According to Bertrand Russell, "Hitler is an outcome of Rousseau; Roosevelt and Churchill of Locke." To what extent was he correct?

根據伯特蘭·羅素的說法，“希特勒是盧梭的產物；羅斯福和丘吉爾是洛克的產物。” 他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?

有人應該為自己國家的歷史感到羞恥嗎？有人應該為此感到驕傲嗎？

Q3. Which figure in history did most to enlarge human freedom?

歷史上哪位人物對擴大人類自由貢獻最大？

心理學 Psychology

Q1. Is objectivity all in the mind?

客觀性是否完全存在於人的思維之中？

Q2. Eleanor Roosevelt declared, "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Is she right?

Eleanor Roosevelt宣稱：“未經你的同意，沒有人能讓你感到自卑。”她說的對嗎？

Q3. What is self-deceit?

什麼是自欺欺人？

神學 Theology

Q1. Is atheism implausible?

無神論難以置信嗎？

Q2. Why would the creator of a trillion galaxies become angry if you have sex with your boyfriend or eat bacon for breakfast?

為什麼如果你和男朋友發生關係或者吃培根當早餐，創造了萬億星系的造物主會生氣？

Q3. Why pray?

為什麼祈禱?

法律 Law

Q1. What injury should one person be permitted to inflict on another in the defence of private property?

為了保護私有財產，一個人可以對另一個人造成什麼傷害？

Q2. “Use every man after his desert, and who should ’scape whipping?” Should the law treat offenders better than they deserve?

“若按每個人的應得來對待他，誰又能逃脫懲罰呢？”法律是否應該更寬容地對待違法者？

Q3. Is Vladimir Putin a war criminal?

普京應不應該被定義為戰犯?

JUNIOR prize

Q1. Your citizenship at birth was chosen for you. Which citizenship would you have chosen?

如果你可以選擇你出生時的國籍，你會選擇哪個國籍？

Q2. Do you benefit more from your own freedom of speech or from other people’s?

你從自己的言論自由中獲益更多，還是從別人的言論自由中獲益更多？

Q3. Who is more powerful – Donald Trump or Elon Musk?

唐納德·特朗普和埃隆·馬斯克誰更強大？

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，共有來自9個國家的21位總統和首相畢業於牛津大學哲學、政治與經濟學院。如果他們學過歷史會不會更好呢？

Q5. What is your fair share of what someone else has earned?

你應得別人賺取的多少份額才算公平？

Q6. Why do you continue to use your smartphone more than is good for you?

為什麼你繼續過度使用智慧手機？

Q7. Why do people become more boring as they grow up and grow older?

為什麼人會隨著年齡的增長而變得越來越無趣？

專案日期

注：以下截止時間為英國夏令時間（BST）

註冊開放日

2025年4月1日

註冊截止日