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John Locke Essay Competition 2023

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Original post by Manuel_

That's a really interesting way to look at it, how did you manage to make your answer congruent with beliefs about free will?

Pretty much my argument was that God was doing nothing. I looked at it from one perspective where man has created God so it's the cosmos that precedes Him and also mentioned how the question assumes that God is a person who does something, but its more likely that God exists in a way in which he doesn't necessarily do anything and his very existence is what brings the cosmos into being. I rounded off with that one thought experiment about Mary the scientist in a colorless room and that we can't really get a proper answer to the question but we don't really need one so as far as we're concerned he wasn't doing anything.

Oh that's such a cool argument!! Really interesting take challenging the nature of God.
RE free will: I didn't touch on it much (word limit sucks) but essentially argued that just because future events can be seen from a certain perspective or slice of space-time, does not mean they were not freely chosen. God having a wider view of past, present, and future, because he exists atemporarily, does not necessitate him influencing our actions. It simply means that he has a greater understanding of time and the workings of the Cosmos. Our perception of the past, present and future is relative not fixed. So a different perspective on what the 'present' it which enables one person (or god) to see actions which would only exist in another's 'future' or 'past' does not impact free will.
Sorry my answer is not very concise :[

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Original post by EmmaAmber123456

Hey, did anyone submit an essay to the John Locke Institute Essay Comp this year? I did a law question.

I did a Psychology essay.

On reddit theres a post saying that last year they came out 7-8 pm

Original post by rsne

On reddit theres a post saying that last year they came out 7-8 pm

Ugh thank you for giving me some closure!!

Original post by Anyazz

Ugh thank you for giving me some closure!!

I believe this is BST, so you might still be in the running in EST

Original post by GonnectPro

I believe this is BST, so you might still be in the running in EST

Yeah I’m in the Uk???

i thought all my chances were gone, it's past the working day

Original post by Anyazz

Ugh thank you for giving me some closure!!

Will the shortlist also be posted on the JLI website?

Original post by Anyazz

Yeah I’m in the Uk???

yeah me too mannnn idk if i'm making the shortlist i'm gearing myself up to get over it if i likely don't

Original post by hanstudies

yeah me too mannnn idk if i'm making the shortlist i'm gearing myself up to get over it if i likely don't

This😭😭 good luck though!

Original post by cqhz

Will the shortlist also be posted on the JLI website?

Last year they didn't so possibly not I guess

Original post by Anyazz

Anyone know what time the results come out?

By 11:59pm today

Original post by rsne

how do u know?

All the info is on the website

will they notify us through email

Original post by ekeita

will they notify us through email

Yep

if nobody here got an email then does that mean they are a bit late in releasing?

Original post by vg12133

if nobody here got an email then does that mean they are a bit late in releasing?

probably? I hope so. At least one of us must have got it

i've still heard nothing pretty much given up

OurResearcher#1

Legit nothing. Radio silence on all fronts. Nothing on the website. No email. Nothing on socials. Nothing here. It's almost 1 AM in India. Geez.

I guess I wouldn’t have made it . Would have heard something by now

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