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Practice paper focus areas

• Exam 1 — Prescribed philosophies: libertarianism and social liberalism; Question: Should a state government cap residential rents in a housing shortage?; Property rights versus housing as a social good
• Exam 2 — Prescribed philosophies: anarchism and socialism; Question: Is a worker-owned cooperative the best model for organising a town's main employer?; Owen's cooperative communities
• Exam 3 — Prescribed philosophies: libertarianism and socialism; Question: Should inherited wealth above a threshold be taxed at a high rate?; Self-ownership and just transfer
• Exam 4 — Prescribed philosophies: anarchism and libertarianism; Question: Is a government monopoly on policing legitimate?; Rothbard on private protection agencies
• Exam 5 — Prescribed philosophies: social liberalism and socialism; Question: Should public universities be free to every citizen?; Positive freedom and education (TH Green)
• Exam 6 — Prescribed philosophies: anarchism and social liberalism; Question: Is compulsory voting a justified use of state authority?; Consent and political obligation
• Exam 7 — Prescribed philosophies: libertarianism and social liberalism; Question: Should a sugar-sweetened drinks levy fund public health?; Mill's harm principle and paternalism
• Exam 8 — Prescribed philosophies: anarchism and socialism; Question: Should a community be allowed to secede from the state and govern itself?; Voluntary association
• Exam 9 — Prescribed philosophies: libertarianism and socialism; Question: Should essential water supplies be privately owned?; Locke's labour theory and the proviso
• Exam 10 — Prescribed philosophies: social liberalism and socialism; Question: Is a guaranteed job scheme a fairer response to automation than a cash payment?; Alienation and meaningful work
• Exam 11 — Prescribed philosophies: anarchism and libertarianism; Question: Should the state regulate a peer-to-peer digital currency?; Spontaneous order and voluntary exchange
• Exam 12 — Prescribed philosophies: libertarianism and social liberalism; Question: Should the state fund childcare for every family?; Taxation as forced labour
• Exam 13 — Prescribed philosophies: social liberalism and socialism; Question: Should essential industries be returned to public ownership?; Means of production
• Exam 14 — Prescribed philosophies: anarchism and social liberalism; Question: Should citizens be obliged to obey a law they believe is unjust?; Civil disobedience
• Exam 15 — Prescribed philosophies: anarchism and socialism; Question: Should a city replace its welfare office with neighbourhood mutual-aid networks?; Kropotkin-style mutual aid within social anarchism
• Exam 16 — Prescribed philosophies: libertarianism and socialism; Question: Is a large gap between the richest and poorest citizens unjust in itself?; Pattern versus historical theories of justice
• Exam 17 — Prescribed philosophies: libertarianism and social liberalism; Question: Should the government restrict political advertising spending during elections?; Free speech as a negative right
• Exam 18 — Prescribed philosophies: social liberalism and socialism; Question: Should a mining region's resource royalties be shared with all citizens?; Ownership of natural resources
• Exam 19 — Prescribed philosophies: anarchism and libertarianism; Question: Should toll roads and bridges be built and run privately?; Public goods and free-riding
• Exam 20 — Prescribed philosophies: social liberalism and socialism; Question: Is a society organised around equal opportunity sufficiently fair?; Equality of opportunity versus equality of outcome