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Student Paper Writing

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PAST ESSAYS

A government funds its own expenditure by taxing its population. Suppose, instead, it relied solely on money newly created by the central bank? What would be the advantages and/or disadvantages?

Should we judge those from the past by the standards of today? How will historians in the future judge us?

Kit Young Tham
First Prize, 2023

Are beliefs voluntary?

Hannah Kim
Third Prize, 2023

If you cannot persuade your intelligent, sympathetic friends to embrace your religious belief system, do you have enough reason to believe what you believe?

Should ‘innocent until proven guilty’ apply not only to courts of law, but also to public censure?

Should the law ever prevent people from freely making self-harming decisions? If so, what should and shouldn’t be forbidden – and according to which principles?

Major Shokar
First Prize, 2021

Shivrav Sharma
Second Prize, 2023

Economics ESSAY

HISTORY ESSAY

LAW ESSAY

PSYCHOLOGY ESSAY

THEOLOGY ESSAY

Huaming Li
Second Prize, 2021

Joonyoung Heo
First Prize, 2021

JUNIOR ESSAY

Philosophy ESSAY

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Is tax theft?

Hosai Kishida, Shanghai American School
Grand Prize, 2023

HISTORY ESSAY

Which characteristics distinguish successful movements for social change from unsuccessful ones?

Eujiny Cho
First Prize, 2023

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