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the wrongness of cheating

Last time, I dis­cussed some prob­lems with the the­ory that, when you cheat, “you’re only cheat­ing your­self.” Today, I have a few things to say on the wrong­ness of cheat­ing. These are by no means com­pre­hen­sive or ground break­ing, just some food for thought. First, I’ll back­track just a lit­tle and say that there is …

May 17, 2010 – 2:42 pm | By pamela j. stubbart | Posted in applied ethics, education, ethics, teaching | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (6)

"you're only cheating yourself"

As a grad­u­ate teach­ing assis­tant and course instruc­tor, I’ve encoun­tered cheat­ing and pla­gia­rism a num­ber of times. I know that many of my friends encounter sim­i­lar issues as well. So, to mark the end of this semes­ter, I thought I’d start a mini-series of posts on the sub­ject. First up: the “you’re only cheat­ing your­self” …

May 10, 2010 – 9:07 am | By pamela j. stubbart | Posted in applied ethics, education, ethics, quotable, teaching | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (6)