Department of Philosophy
The University of Sheffield
Secondary School Philosophy Essay Prize 2014 – HOW TO ENTER
Entrants must be students in years 10, 11 or 12 in the UK.
Write an essay of around 1,000 words (but not more than 1,500 words) on one of the following topics.
Include a bibliography. Essays must be typed, saved as a Word or RTF document and submitted online
through the submission link on the main prize page: phil.dept.shef.ac.uk/essay. Please remember to
keep a copy of your essay as submitted essays cannot be returned. It is unfortunately not possible to
provide feedback on the essays submitted.
For more information contact my colleague Andrew Cheung:
Telephone: +44 (0) 1142 229704
Email: andrew.cheung@sheffield.ac.uk
The deadline for submission is the 18th of July 2014 before midnight.
Philosophy Prize Questions 2014
You can write an essay on any philosophical question you find interesting;
Or choose from one of the following:
1. Should schools just teach facts and skills or should they also educate children to be moral?
2. Could all of your beliefs be false?
3. Why do people like sad films or sad music?
4. Could we ever create a robot that had real thoughts and experiences?
Whatever question you choose to answer, make sure to write it down at the top of your essay.
Good luck!
Yours
Yonatan Shemmer
Department of Philosophy
The University of Sheffield