About this competition
The John Locke Institute encourages young people to develop the traits that make outstanding students a great writerIndependent thinking, knowledge, clear arguments, critical analysis, persuasive style Our essay competition encourages students to explore a wide range of challenging and interesting questions that go beyond the limits of the school's curriculumenter the essay in our competition can build knowledge and refine discussion skills They may also evaluate work from professionals All prices for our essays will be assessed by ju apprentices by senior scholars drawn by major universities such as Oxford and Princeton under the direction of the review chairperson Professor Terrence KellyThe judges select their favorite attachments from each of the seven expert categories, including philosophy, politics, economics, history, psychology, theology, and law, and select the winners of the main prize for the best entry for each subject Also, the best essays in the Junior under 15 category come with a different price
Theme of competition
1. Philosophy
- What ethical commitments do we owe to living people that we don't owe to future people? What are the suggestions of your reply for policy-making?
- Ought to we treat non-human creatures well since they have rights, interface, not one or the other, or both?
- When civilians are the most target, there's no got to consider the cause. That's fear mongering; it's fiendish." Is this correct?
2. Politics
- Ought to lawmakers ever be rebuffed for lying?
- David Hume celebrated the shrewdness of "unlettered men". In a vote based system, do the votes of the unlettered tend to secure a nation against the terrible thoughts of the lettered or do the votes of the lettered tend to ensure a nation against the awful thoughts of the unlettered?
- Differences is in vogue, but is it valuable?
- What sorts of conduct are incited by the trust of benefit? Is such conduct way better or more regrettable, on adjust, than the conduct we ought to anticipate in the event that all endeavors were possessed by charities or governments?
- What will be the impact on socio-economic versatility of the UK government's arrange to force esteem included assess on school expenses?
- Ought to Oxford lower its confirmations measures for the children and girls of liberal benefactors?
- Entries open on Sunday, 1 June 2025. All passages must be submitted by 11.59 pm BST on the accommodation due date:
- Monday, 30 June 2025. Candidates must be eighteen a long time ancient, or more youthful, on that date. (Candidates for the Junior Prize must be fourteen a long time ancient, or more youthful, on that date.)
- Passage is free.
- Each paper must address as it were one of the questions in your chosen subject category, and must not surpass 2000 words (not tallying graphs, tables of information, endnotes, book index or creation announcement).
- The filename of your pdf must be in this arrange:
- FirstName-LastName-Category-QuestionNumber.pdf; so, for occasion, Alexander Popham would yield his reply to address 2 within the Brain research category with the taking after record title:
- Alexander-Popham-Psychology-2.pdf
- Papers with filenames which are not in this arrange will be rejected.
- The candidate's title ought to NOT show up inside the record itself.
- Candidates ought to NOT include commentaries. They may, in any case, include endnotes and/or a Reference index that's clearly titled as such.
- Each candidate will be required to supply the e-mail address of an scholastic arbitrator who is commonplace with the candidate's composed scholarly work. This ought to be a school instructor, on the off chance that conceivable, or another capable grown-up who isn't a connection of the candidate. The John Locke Organized will e-mail officials to confirm that the papers submitted are undoubtedly the first work of the candidates.
- Entries may be made as soon as registration opens in April. We prescribe that you simply yield your paper well in progress of the due date to dodge any last-minute complications.
- Acknowledgment of your paper depends on your allowing us permission to utilize your information for the purposes of accepting and handling your passage as well as communicating with you approximately the Grants Ceremony Supper, the scholastic conference, and other occasions and programs of the John Locke Organized and its related substances.
