【Johnlocke写作竞赛】2026赛季介绍、题目速览

Q1. Should we fear a cashless society?

我们应该畏惧“无现金社会”吗？

Q2. Technology now allows personalised pricing. If this came to be widely used, what effects should we expect?

技术现已支持“个性化定价”，如果这一手段被广泛使用，我们应该预期会产生哪些影响？

Q3. Did Jeff Bezos get rich at the expense of his customers, his employees, neither or both?

杰夫·贝佐斯（Jeff Bezos）的财富积累是以其顾客、员工为代价，还是两者皆非，抑或两者皆是？

Q1. "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." Is it? Does it?

“道德宇宙的弧线虽长，但它终究向正义弯曲。”事实果真如此吗？（这种弯曲）真的发生了吗？

Q2. What might the world look like if the Library of Alexandria didn’t burn down?

如果亚历山大图书馆没有被焚毁，世界可能会是什么样子？

Q3. Does Che deserve his iconic T-shirt?

切·格瓦拉（Che）配得上印有他肖像的那些标志性T恤吗？

Q1. Does foreign aid help or hurt poor people?

对外援助对贫困人口是有利还是有害？

Q2. Is the US economy harmed by cheap imports from China? 

美国经济是否受到了来自中国廉价进口商品的损害？

Q3. Should a coalition of countries (or of billionaires) run an experiment with a libertarian microstate?

是否应由一个由多国（或亿万富翁）组成的联盟，联合进行一项“自由意志主义微型国家”（libertarian microstate）的实验？

Q1. If legislators and judges all accepted the philosophical theory of determinism, what would be the effect on criminal sentencing?

如果立法者和法官都接受了哲学上的“决定论”理论，会对刑事判决产生什么影响？

Q2. To what extent should criminal sentencing take into account the effect on the perpetrator’s family?

刑事判决在多大程度上应该考虑对犯罪者家属的影响？

Q3. Is trial by jury obsolete?

陪审团审判制度是否已过时？

Q1. Is it ever wrong to do the right thing for the wrong reasons?

出于错误的动机去做正确的事，这是否在任何情况下都是错误的？

Q2. What consolations does philosophy offer?

哲学能提供哪些慰藉？

Q3. Why is incest wrong?

为何乱伦是错误的？

Q1. Is the right to self-determination absolute? 

民族自决权是绝对的吗？

Q2. Did the pandemic normalise authoritarianism?

这场大流行病（新冠疫情）是否使威权主义常态化了？

Q3. Is democracy in crisis?

民主制度正处于危机之中吗？

Q1. Why do we care what happens to our body after death? 

为什么我们会关心死后遗体会被如何处理？

Q2. Is mental illness over-diagnosed now, or just better recognised?

心理疾病在当下是被过度诊断了，还是仅仅得到了更好的识别？

Q3. Surveys show a widening gender ideological gap in recent years. Why? 

调查显示近年来性别意识形态差距正在扩大。这是为什么？

Q1. What discount rate should be applied to long-run environmental policies? Why?

在长期环境政策中应当应用多大的“折现率”？为什么？

Q2. Which unintended consequence was most devastating and why did we fail to predict it?

历史上哪一个“非预期后果”最具破坏性？为什么我们没能预见到它？

Q3. Should vaccination be mandatory in a public health emergency? 

在突发公共卫生事件中，是否应当强制接种疫苗？

Q1. What discount rate should be applied to long-run environmental policies? Why?

在长期环境政策中应当应用多大的“折现率”？为什么？

Q2. Which unintended consequence was most devastating and why did we fail to predict it?

历史上哪一个“非预期后果”最具破坏性？为什么我们没能预见到它？

Q3. Should vaccination be mandatory in a public health emergency? 

在突发公共卫生事件中，是否应当强制接种疫苗？

Q1. Is religious experience better explained by neuroscience or by theology? 

宗教体验用神经科学还是用神学来解释更为合理？

Q2. Research shows a strong inverse correlation between religiosity and per-capita spending on education. Does one cause the other? 

研究显示，宗教信仰程度与人均教育支出之间存在强烈的负相关。两者之间是否存在因果关系？

Q3. If you achieve enlightenment, how will you know?

如果你获得了“觉悟”（enlightenment），你将如何知晓？