Why is cheating wrong?

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2008-03-11

arxiv.org/abs/0803.1530v2

Physics

Physics Education

8 pages; new (completely rewritten) version; in Studies in Philosophy and Education (2009)

Scientific paper

10.1007/s11217-009-9148-0

Since cheating is obviously wrong, arguments against it (it provides an unfair advantage, it hinders learning) need only be mentioned in passing. But the argument of unfair advantage absurdly takes education to be essentially a race of all against all; moreover, it ignores that many cases of unfair (dis)advantages are widely accepted. That cheating can hamper learning does not mean that punishing cheating will necessarily favor learning, so that this argument does not obviously justify sanctioning cheaters. -- Keywords: academic dishonesty, academic integrity, academic misconduct, education, ethics, homework, plagiarism

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