Q1. How likely is the multiverse? Would it change anything if (somehow) we came to know the theory was true?
Q2. If our actions are a consequence of our capacities and preferences, and if those things are, in turn, a result of our genetic inheritance and the external world in which we happen to find ourselves, are we ultimately responsible for our choices?
Q3. Is it moral to take money from people through the force of law in order to pay philosophers to philosophize?
Q4. When, if ever, can acts involving only consenting adults be morally wrong?
政治 Politics
Q1. Should we allow political donations?
政治獻金是否應(yīng)被允許
Q2. What, if anything, do rich nations owe poor nations?
如果有的話,富有的國家是否對貧窮的國家有虧欠?
Q3. Is there such a thing as a common good?
共同利益是存在的嗎?
Q4. Is the good citizen always a good person? Is the good person always a good citizen?
一位好公民是否會一直是一位好人?一位好人是否一直會是一位好公民?
經(jīng)濟 Economics
Q1. Is Bitcoin a blessing or a curse?
比特幣的誕生是一件幸事還是詛咒?
Q2. What’s wrong with the housing market? How can we fix it?
住房市場出了什么問題?我們該如何解決?
Q3. Should Amazon pay people more? What would happen if they immediately increased every worker’s salary by twenty percent?
Q4. Is Henry George’s land value tax fair, efficient, both, or neither?
Henry George提出的地價稅是合理且有效的嗎?還是既不合理也不有效?
歷史 History
Q1. Was there anything good about the British empire?
大英帝國的存在有什么好處嗎?
Q2. Is China an imperial power?
中國是帝國強權(quán)嗎?
Q3. Is Western civilization in decline?
西方文明是否正在衰落?
Q4. Do leaders make events or do events make leaders?
是領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人創(chuàng)造事件?還是事件造就領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人?
心理學(xué) Psychology
Q1. Are we getting nastier?
我們是否正在變得更令人討厭?
Q2. Are men and women psychologically different? Does it matter?
男性和女性是否在心理上有所差異?這些差異會帶來什么影響?
Q3. Is there any mental illness that isn’t ultimately physical?
有沒有哪一種精神疾病是與生理問題完全無關(guān)的?
Q4. Does it make sense to hate someone for his or her opinions?
因為某人的觀點而討厭他/她是合理的嗎?
神學(xué) Theology
Q1. Why would God be so coy?
為什么上帝如此神秘?
Q2. “The God of the Bible and the Koran is a primitive human’s idea of a great being… But that is not what an actual supreme being would be like.” Is there a holy book that manifests divine authorship?
Q3. “And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.” Can one be a Christian without believing in the miraculous resurrection of Jesus?
Q4. What is the relationship between justice and law?
正義與法律之間的關(guān)系是什么?
JUNIOR PRIZE 初級賽
Q1. Which existential threat are humans underestimating?
人類低估了哪些潛在的威脅?
Q2. What should the age of consent be for irreversible sex reassignment surgery?
不可逆的變性手術(shù)的年齡應(yīng)該是多少歲?
Q3. Were the lockdowns worth it?
封鎖隔離是值得的嗎?
Q4. What does it mean for people to be equal?
人與人平等意味著什么?
Q5. What would happen if there were a one hundred percent inheritance tax?
如果有百分之百的遺產(chǎn)稅會發(fā)生什么?
Q6. If you could travel by time machine for your next holiday, which time and place would you visit? What preparations would you make for your journey? What challenges would you face in the first twenty-four hours, and how would you handle them?
如果你可以在下一個假期乘坐時光機旅行,那么你將訪問哪個時間和地點?
你會為你的旅程做些什么準(zhǔn)備?
在前二十四小時內(nèi),你會遇到什么挑戰(zhàn),你會如何處理這些挑戰(zhàn)?
Q7. Should some things be legal to give away but illegal to sell?