> It's unethical because it favors the pre-internet status quo Don't agree. You're saying that if I can't catch all the cheaters, then I can never call anyone

> It's unethical because it favors the pre-internet status quo Don't agree. You're saying that if I can't catch all the cheaters, then I can never call anyone out for cheating. That's a licence to cheat. Cheating is bad, for the same reason corruption is bad; once it's accepted that it's allowed, then anyone who doesn't cheat/take and give bribes, then everyone who plays by the rules is at a disadvantage. Corruption is a disease that spreads if you don't stamp it out. Also: cheating on tests is an insult to the intelligence of the examiner. The cheaters are laughing at him. If you don't call out cheaters, then the whole idea of getting a graded result becomes meaningless; you might as well simply give every student that actually paid their fees an 'A', and do without exams. BTW, I think it's irrelevant that it's an ethics exam. You don't study Ethics to become more ethical. You study it to learn about the philosophy of ethics.