Subject Guide
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The John Locke Politics Essay: How to Argue About Power Without Writing Current-Affairs Commentary
Politics is the John Locke category most often written as news commentary. What markers reward instead: a contested concept, a claim someone could deny, and cases used as tests.
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The John Locke Public Policy Essay: How to Argue for an Instrument, Not an Opinion
A Public Policy essay is not an opinion column with citations. It names a goal, picks a measure, compares instruments and survives the evidence — here is the craft, step by step.
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The John Locke Theology Essay: How to Argue About Religious Claims Without Preaching — or Needing Faith
Theology is a John Locke category many students skip. It asks for argument about religious claims, not religious commitment — here is what a strong entry actually has to do.
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The John Locke Psychology Essay: How to Argue About the Mind Without Running a Study
The psychology category rewards one defended claim about mind and behaviour, not a survey of famous studies. How to pick a claim your evidence can actually reach.
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The John Locke Science & Technology Essay: A Humanities Argument for STEM Students
The John Locke category most often chosen by strong STEM students and least often written the way it is marked. What it asks, and how to budget 2,000 words.
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One Essay or Three? How to Choose Your John Locke Category and Question
Ten categories, three questions each, one essay per category and no limit on how many categories you enter. Here is how to triage thirty questions down to the one you should write.