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Moral Moments

Rightness and Rewards

by Joel Marks

As a teacher, I encounter cheating as a matter of course, or courses. (As long as I’m punning, I might as well point out that ‘cheating’ is the inversion [perversion, subversion – choose your version] of ‘teaching’.) I have attempted to tackle the problem head-on in my classes, which makes sense, since most of them are about ethics. What is the point of talking about issues like abortion and euthanasia and capital punishment if, in the meantime, students and teacher ignore the dishonesty that is going on right under their noses?

And make no mistake about it: Academic cheating is rampant. Indeed, it is the norm, according to my experience, the testimony of my students, and national surveys.

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