John Locke 10大学科题目

Economics 经济

Q1. Should we fear a cashless society?

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

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

History（历史）

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

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

Q3. Does Che deserve his iconic T-shirt?

International Relations（国际关系）

Q1. Does foreign aid help or hurt poor people?

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

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

Law（法律）

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

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

Q3. Is trial by jury obsolete?

Philosophy（哲学）

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

Q2. What consolations does philosophy offer?

Q3. Why is incest wrong?

Politics（政治）

Q1. Is the right to self-determination absolute? 

Q2. Did the pandemic normalise authoritarianism?

Q3. Is democracy in crisis?

Psychology（心理学）

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

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

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

Public Policy（公共政策）

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

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

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

Science  Technology（科学技术）

Q1. Is free speech the enemy of science?

Q2. Is space exploration a necessity or an indulgence?

Q3. Should we be polite to ChatGPT?

Theology（神学）

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

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

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

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