John Locke 全球論文競賽

比賽單位介紹
John Locke Insitute 是一所獨立的教育機構，總部位於英國牛津，致力於提升學生的批判性思維、分析能力和學術表達能力，為未來的學術和職業生涯作好準備。
學院以英國哲學家 John Locke (1632-1704)命名，他是啟蒙時代的重要思想家，被譽為自由主義之父，對政治、哲學和教育領域影響深遠。

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比賽資格與注意事項

• 不限國籍，全球中學生皆可免費報名參賽
  ▴ 一般組：於截稿日（6/30）前，未滿 18歲之中學生
  ▴ 初級組：於截稿日（6/30）前，未滿 14歲之中學生
• 參賽者需於 2025 年 5 月 31 日前完成註冊
• 註冊完成後才可提交文章（截止日：2025 年 6 月 30 日 英國時間11:59PM）
• 提交文章需依照規定格式以及規定檔名（內文不可出現參賽者姓名）
• 每位參賽者須提供一位學術推薦人（學校老師、非親屬學術人士）的Email，做為身份驗證
• 錯過原截稿日，可付費遞交：
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適合人群

• 計畫申請頂尖大學申請的中學生
• 目標透過學術活動提升背景競爭力的同學
• 鍛鍊嚴謹的學術寫作能力、邏輯分析、與論證能力
• 期望建立來自全球的學術人脈，以拓展國際視野

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比賽亮點

• 享譽全球的國際賽事：獲獎不僅將獲得證書，更能獲得證書，對大學申請大大加分
• 多元化學科選擇：鼓勵跨學科思維與批判能力
• 提升批判性思維與寫作能力：訓練論證技巧、邏輯思維、學術寫作；且將獲得專業評審回饋，提升學術寫作水平
• 學術交流：入圍者將可參加倫敦的學術議會與頒獎晚宴，可與著名學者、評審團、全球優秀學生交流

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比賽獎項

• 各主題類別冠軍（包含 初級賽）：可獲 證書及價值 $5,000美元獎學金，用於參加學院課程
• 各主題類別第二名：可獲 證書及價值 $2,000美元獎學金
• 各主題類別第三名：可獲 證書及價值 $1,000美元獎學金
• 全場最佳論文：將獲頒 榮譽初級研究員獎及 $10,000美元獎學金，可用於參加學院夏令營 or 訪問學者計畫
• 各競賽主題 最佳論文獎：獲頒 嘉獎與證書，並入圍最終項評選名單

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注意事項

• 比賽有 專用評分系統進行評審
• 多種方法檢測學術不端行為，包括：
  • ​​​​​​抄襲 (Plagiarism)、代寫 (Contract Cheating)、AI 生成內容 (AI-Generated Content)等
• 評判標準：
  • 對相關材料的知識與理解
  • 證據的運用能力
  • 論點的質量與原創性
  • 結構、寫作風格與說服力
• 優秀論文特點：
  • 具備改變讀者觀點的能力
  • 能夠有效回應最強而有力的反方意見與觀點
  • 精準且直接回答問題，避免模糊或偏題的論述​

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競賽主題

• 哲學
  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?
  Q2: Should we treat non-human animals well because they have rights, interests, neither, or both?Q3: "When civilians are the main target, there's no need to consider the cause. That's terrorism; it's evil." Is this correct?
• 政治學
  Q1: Should politicians ever be punished for lying?
  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?
  ​Q3: Diversity is fashionable, but is it valuable?
• 經濟學
  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?  
  Q2: What will be the effect on socio-economic mobility of the UK government's plan to impose value added tax on school fees?
  ​Q3: Should Oxford lower its admissions standards for the sons and daughters of generous benefactors?
• 歷史
  Q1: According to Bertrand Russell, "Hitler is an outcome of Rousseau; Roosevelt and Churchill of Locke." To what extent was he correct?
  Q2: Should anyone be ashamed of their nation's history? Should anyone be proud of it?
  Q3: Which figure in history did most to enlarge human freedom?
• 法學

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

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

  ​​Q3: Is Vladimir Putin a war criminal?

• 心理學

  Q1:  Is objectivity all in the mind?​

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

  ​Q3: What is self-deceit?

• 神學

  Q1: Is atheism implausible?

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

  ​Q3: Why pray?

• 初級賽

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

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

  ​Q3: Who is more powerful - Donald Trump or Elon Musk?

  ​​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?

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

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

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