2024年John Locke题目有哪些？如何写好论文呢？

Q1. Is there such a thing as too much democracy?

是否存在过于民主的问题？

Q2. Is peace in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip possible?

约旦河西岸和加沙地带可能实现和平吗？

Q3. When is compliance complicity? 

什么情况下遵从是共谋？

Q1. What is the optimal global population?  

全球最佳人口是多少？ 

Q2. Accurate news reporting is a public good. Does it follow that news agencies should be funded from taxation?

准确的新闻报道是一种公共产品。这是否意味着新闻机构应从税收中获得资金？

Q3. Do successful business people benefit others when making their money, when spending it, both, or neither?

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？

Q1. Do we have any good reasons to trust our moral intuition?

 我们有充分的理由相信自己的道德直觉吗？

Q2. Do girls have a right to compete in sporting contests that exclude boys? 

女孩有权参加排斥男孩的体育比赛吗？

Q3. Should I be held responsible for what I believe?

 我应该为自己的信仰负责吗？

Q1. When, if ever, should a company be permitted to refuse to do business with a person because of that person’s public statements?

何时（如果有的话）应允许公司因某人的公开言论而拒绝与此人做生意？

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?

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?

你的父母说晚上11点是你的睡觉时间。但如果你到11点还不上床睡觉，他们也不会惩罚你。晚上11点真的是你的就寝时间吗？

Q1. Why was sustained economic growth so rare before the later 18th century and why did this change?

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?

音乐是否曾极大地改变过历史进程？

Q3. Why do civilisations collapse? Is our civilisation in danger? 

为什么文明会崩溃？我们的文明是否处于危险之中？

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?

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?

抑郁症和焦虑症在年轻人中前所未有地流行。我们能解决这个问题吗？如何解决？

Q3. What is the difference between a psychiatric illness and a character flaw?

精神疾病和性格缺陷有什么区别？

Q1. “I am not religious, but I am spiritual.” What could the speaker mean by “spiritual”?

“我不信教，但我有精神层面的灵性。” 发言者所说的“精神层面的灵性”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?

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? 

上帝会奖赏那些相信他的人吗？如果是这样，为什么？

Q1. Does winning a free and fair election automatically confer a mandate for governing?

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? 

反种族歧视运动减少了种族歧视吗？

Q3. Is there life after death? 

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?  

政府为什么会拥有并管理大多数中学，而把食品生产留给私营企业？

Q5. When will advancing technology make most of us unemployable? What should we do about this?

科技的进步何时会让我们中的大多数人失业？我们该怎么办？

Q6. Should we trust fourteen-year-olds to make decisions about their own bodies?

我们应该相信十四岁的孩子能为自己的身体做出决定吗？

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