John Locke写作竞赛（约翰·洛克），是由普林斯顿、牛津大学联合举办，文社科类全能型国际赛事，藤校G5的申请“加分项”、名校录取的“制胜宝典”。
此竞赛19周岁一下均可参加，参加比赛可以积累知识并提高论证技巧。它还让学生有机会接受专家评估他们的作品。我们所有的论文奖均由来自牛津大学和普林斯顿大学等优秀大学的资深学者组成的评审团进行评审，评审团主席为剑桥大学前哲学家杰米·怀特博士。
评委将从七个学科类别（哲学、政治、经济学、历史、心理学、神学和法律）中选出他们喜欢的论文，然后选出各学科优秀参赛作品的大奖获得者。还有一个单独的奖项颁发给 14 岁或以下的青少年类别的BEST论文。
下面是24年John Locke写作竞赛的题目
Philosophy 哲学
Q1. Do we have any good reasons to trust our moral intuition?
Q1. 我们有充分的理由相信我们的道德直觉吗？
Q2. Do girls have a right to compete in sporting contests that exclude boys?
Q2.女孩是否有权参加排除男孩的体育比赛？
Q3. Should I be held responsible for what I believe?
Q3.我应该为我的信仰负责吗？
Politics 政治
Q1. Is there such a thing as too much democracy?
Q1. 是不是民主太多了？
Q2. Is peace in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip possible?
Q2.约旦河西岸和加沙地带的和平可能实现吗？
Q3. When is compliance complicity?
Q3.什么时候合规共谋？
Economics 经济学
Q1. What is the optimal global population?
Q1. optimal全球人口是多少？
Q2. Accurate news reporting is a public good. Does it follow that news agencies should be funded from taxation?
Q2.准确的新闻报道是一项公共利益。这是否意味着新闻机构应该由税收提供资金？
Q3. Do successful business people benefit others when making their money, when spending it, both, or neither?
Q3.成功的商界人士在赚钱和花钱时是否都对他人有利，是两者兼而有之，还是两者都没有？
History 历史
Q1. Why was sustained economic growth so rare before the later 18th century and why did this change?
Q1. 为什么持续的经济增长在 18 世纪后期之前如此罕见？为什么这种情况发生了变化？
Q2. Has music ever significantly changed the course of history?
Q2.音乐曾显着改变历史进程吗？
Q3. Why do civilisations collapse? Is our civilisation in danger?
Q3.文明为何会崩溃？我们的文明正处于危险之中吗？
Law 法学
Q1. When, if ever, should a company be permitted to refuse to do business with a person because of that person’s public statements?
Q1.如果有的话，何时应允许公司因某人的公开言论而拒绝与该人开展业务？
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?
Q2.过去五年里，英国警方因在社交媒体上发布的内容而逮捕了数千人。英国正在成为警察国家吗？
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?
Q3.你的父母说晚上 11 点是你的睡觉时间。但如果你晚上 11 点之前不睡觉，他们不会惩罚你。晚上 11 点真的是你的就寝时间吗？
Psychology 心理学
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?
Q1. 英国四所大学的一项研究表明，智商每提高16点，男性结婚的可能性就会增加35%，而女性结婚的可能性就会降低40%。为什么？
Q2. There is an unprecedented epidemic of depression and anxiety among young people. Can we fix this? How?
Q2.抑郁症和焦虑症在年轻人中前所未有地流行。我们可以解决这个问题吗？如何？
Q3. What is the difference between a psychiatric illness and a character flaw?
Q3.精神疾病和性格缺陷有什么区别？
Theology 神学
Q1. “I am not religious, but I am spiritual.” What could the speaker mean by “spiritual”?
Q1. “我不信教，但我有精神。” 说话者所说的“精神”是什么意思？
Q2. Is it reasonable to thank God for protection from some natural harm if He is responsible for causing the harm?
Q2.如果上帝对造成伤害负有责任，那么感谢上帝保护我们免受自然伤害是否合理？
Q3. Does God reward those who believe in him? If so, why?
Q3.神会奖赏那些相信他的人吗？如果是这样，为什么？
JUNIOR prize 少年奖
Q1. Does winning a free and fair election automatically confer a mandate for governing?
Q1. 赢得自由公正的选举是否会自动赋予执政权力？
Q2. Has the anti-racism movement reduced racism?
Q2.反种族主义运动减少了种族主义吗？
Q3. Is there life after death?
Q3.死后还有生命吗？
Q4. How did it happen that governments came to own and run most high schools, while leaving food production to private enterprise?
Q4.政府如何拥有并经营大多数高中，而将粮食生产留给私营企业？
Q5. When will advancing technology make most of us unemployable? What should we do about this?
Q5. 先进的技术什么时候会让我们大多数人失业？对此我们该怎么办？
Q6. Should we trust fourteen-year-olds to make decisions about their own bodies?
Q6. 我们应该相信十四岁的孩子能为自己的身体做出决定吗？
其中，哲学赛道入围率高达78%，神学赛道入围率高达71%！而John Locke2022年的官方入围率仅为20%左右。
