Why is Cheating Wrong?

Abstract

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. On the other hand, the fact that cheating can hamper learning does not mean that punishing cheating will necessarily favour learning, so that this argument does not obviously justify sanctioning cheaters.

The use frequency of 10 different methods for preventing and detecting academic dishonesty and the factors influencing their use

“…Keith-Spiegel et al 1998, Whitley 1998Sattler, Graeff, and Willen 2013;Patrzek et al 2015). For example, it interferes with the internalization of norms of good scientific practice, general learning progression, and thus the acquisition of human capital (Bouville 2010;Dee and Jacob 2010;Bretag 2013). It thus results in unreliable grading (Magnus et al 2002) and also distorts the feedback faculty members receive about the efficacy of their teaching (Bouville 2010).…”

“…For example, it interferes with the internalization of norms of good scientific practice, general learning progression, and thus the acquisition of human capital (Bouville 2010;Dee and Jacob 2010;Bretag 2013). It thus results in unreliable grading (Magnus et al 2002) and also distorts the feedback faculty members receive about the efficacy of their teaching (Bouville 2010). Moreover, failure in learning increases the likelihood of failure in later professional life (Teixeira and Rocha 2010).…”

“…As a result not controlling for or even passively allowing AD could be seen as a violation of ethical standards in teaching and procedures that endorse academic integrity, as manifested in institutional policies and the guidelines of scholarly associations (Coalter, Lim, and Wanorie 2007;Bouville 2010;Peled, Barczyk, and Sarid 2012). Thus, faculty is morally responsible for the prevention and detection of AD and are required to emphasize ethical behavior by following and enforcing the policies (cf .…”

Pitfalls of E-education: from multimedia to digital dementia?

“…Their review can be found in [32]. The answer on the important philosophical question why cheating is so wrong is given in [33]. More information about this subject can also be found in [34].…”

Plagiarism: Words and Ideas

“…Neither is satisfactory of course, but there may not be a third choice. Such deadlock situations are common and it is also common to blame people for not making the right decision, even when no outcome seems acceptable[15,16]. One should also note that it is possible to know a work without reading the book-that I never read Newton's Principia Mathematica does not mean that I do not know Newtonian mechanics 2.…”