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You're right. I am curious though what the frame of reference is for someone who cheats on the assignment where they promise not to cheat. Perhaps there are p
by sounds 4y ago
You're right.
I am curious though what the frame of reference is for someone who cheats on the assignment where they promise not to cheat.
Perhaps there are people who make it through life with a sense of learned helplessness or even possibly a cultural mandate - basically, something that represents a higher authority to that person than the Western standard of justice, ethics and fairness.
I'm fully in favor of true justice, shared ethics and fair and compassionate treatment - that's a conversation for another time.
If that's not reality for that person, then to have a teacher attempt to engage with them seems more likely to have an impact on their success in a Western society. I'd guess that failing them and possibly expelling them would not.
I'm curious what you think?
- xpe 4y ago> I am curious though what the frame of reference is for someone who cheats on the assignment where they promise not to cheat. It seems likely their notion of a promise is non-binding. P.S. W.R.T. promises and ethics, Kant has an interesting point of view. For example: https://open.library.okstate.edu/introphilosophy/chapter/the-categorical-imperative/ https://open.library.okstate.edu/introphilosophy/chapter/the...
- smiley1437 4y ago>It seems likely their notion of a promise is non-binding. They pledged it
- karpierz 4y agoSure, and people make performative pledges all the time. See EULAs, and any other document which says "sign here to get the thing you actually want".
- xpe 4y ago> If that's not reality for that person, then to have a teacher attempt to engage with them seems more likely to have an impact on their success in a Western society. I'd guess that failing them and possibly expelling them would not. An excellent point.