Alida Receives High Commendation in Prestigious Global Essay Prize

Tonbridge student Alida has been awarded a high commendation in the 2024 Global Essay Prize in Philosophy, a prestigious competition hosted by the John Locke Institute.

The competition, which invites students from across the globe to engage in philosophical inquiry, encourages intellectual ambition and the exploration of complex questions beyond traditional school curricula.

Named after seventeenth-century Oxford philosopher John Locke, the Institute is an independent educational organisation that encourages the “best and brightest students to become more academically ambitious and intellectually adventurous.”

The 2024 Global Essay Prize invites students to explore a range of challenging and interesting questions in one of seven subject categories: Philosophy, Politics, Economics, History, Psychology, Theology and Law.

Alida’s essay stood out among hundreds of submissions from bright young minds worldwide, addressing one of the challenging philosophical prompts posed by the Institute: Do we have any good reasons to trust our moral intuition?

The competition, judged by a panel of senior academics from top universities, including Oxford and Princeton, aims to nurture critical thinking, analytical depth, and independent reasoning in young scholars.

As part of the recognition, Alida received a certificate and was invited to the prize-giving ceremony in London, where they met faculty members and fellow scholars.

Read Alida’s essay here  Alida-Global-Essay-Prize-2024-Philosophy-Submission