John Locke写作竞赛是由位于牛津的独立教育组织John Locke Institute与英国牛津大学、美国普林斯顿大学等优质院校教授合作组织的学术项目。约翰洛克学院致力于挖掘学生成为优秀作家的潜质,并希望学生拥有独立思考、知识深度、清晰的推理、批判性分析和说服风格的优良特质。
竞赛亮点
特点优势:
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少有的文社科竞赛:覆盖政治、经济、历史、哲学、心理学、神学、法律等学科
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辅助提升申请文书和面试准备:积累解题经验、部分题目和牛剑面试样题相似
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评判标准和Oxbridge的written work要求类似
竞赛科目
经济、历史、政治、哲学、神学、法律、心理学科(共计21个问题)
参赛要求
奖项设置
Best Essay;各分类一二三等奖;入围奖
竞赛时间
2022年6月30日:提交截止日期
2022年7月14日:通知入围候选人
2022年9月:获奖者在牛津举行的颁奖典礼上公布
21年获奖情况:Politics好拿奖
中国学生占到入围学生的35%。
2022竞赛新题大公开!!!
Philosophy
哲学
Q1. How likely is the multiverse? Would it change anything if (somehow) we came to know the theory was true?
Q2. If our actions are a consequence of our capacities and preferences, and if those things are, in turn, a result of our genetic inheritance and the external world in which we happen to find ourselves, are we ultimately responsible for our choices?
Q3. Is it moral to take money from people through the force of law in order to pay philosophers to philosophize?
Q4. When, if ever, can acts involving only consenting adults be morally wrong?
Politics
政治
Q1. Should we allow political donations?
Q2. What, if anything, do rich nations owe poor nations?
Q3. Is there such a thing as a common good?
Q4. Is the good citizen always a good person? Is the good person always a good citizen?
Economics
经济学
Q1. Is Bitcoin a blessing or a curse?
Q2. What’s wrong with the housing market? How can we fix it?
Q3. Should Amazon pay people more? What would happen if they immediately increased every worker’s salary by twenty percent?
Q4. Is Henry George’s land value tax fair, efficient, both, or neither?
History
历史
Q1. Was there anything good about the British empire?
Q2. Is China an imperial power?
Q3. Is Western civilization in decline?
Q4. Do leaders make events or do events make leaders?
Psychology
心理学
Q1. Are we getting nastier?
Q2. Are men and women psychologically different? Does it matter?
Q3. Is there any mental illness that isn’t ultimately physical?
Q4. Does it even make sense to hate someone for his or her opinions?
Theology
神学
Q1. Why would God be so coy?
Q2. “The God of the Bible and the Koran is a primitive human’s idea of a great being… But that is not what an actual supreme being would be like.” Is there a holy book that manifests divine authorship?
Q3. “And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.” Can one be a Christian without believing in the miraculous resurrection of Jesus?
Q4. Is faith anything other than uncertain belief on incomplete evidence?
Law
法律
Q1. Does prison work?
Q2. “People who serve on juries are ill-informed, prejudiced, and not clever enough to avoid jury service.” Should we abolish Trial by Jury?
Q3. Should “hate crimes” be punished more severely than the same crime with different motives?
Q4. What is the relationship between justice and law?
项目介绍
项目旨在帮助学生梳理在不同学科领域内的基本知识结构,掌握议论文的基本写作格式与技巧,培养独立思考能力以及清晰的辩证分析能力,鼓励学生在学校课程范围之外探索一系列具有挑战性且有趣的问题。

导师背景
美国藤校、英G5等世界名校,经济、国际关系、历史、哲学等领域导师
招生对象
作品提交日期截止之日,18周岁以下的学生
项目产出
一篇具有竞争力的参赛essay;英文写作能力、辩证思维、跨学科能力提升
时间安排
2022年4月9日-5月29日(今年最后一期),2课时/周,共26课时(45分钟/课时),每班10-15人。
