Question

Write an essay of no less than 750 words on the following. Be sure to first set out what you believe to be the moral maxims that apply to the case. Second, evaluate whether you agree with one of more of the maxims based upon personal worldview or community worldview tenets. Make your reasons very explicit. Be sure to make it clear whether you are referring to level-one or level-two ethical intuitionism in the construction your essay.

THE CASE:
You are a student attending Major State University (Anywhere, US). You were at the library last night preparing your “challenging case study” to turn in to your Philosophy class today. The trouble is that you observed Fred Football (a student in your class) copying his essay off the Internet in a “cut and paste job.” This amounts to academic dishonesty. At Major State University, this is ground for expulsion. However, you also know that Fred is the first member of his family to seek education past high school. His father died two years ago, and the family is counting on Fred (and his sports scholarship) to be able to get a high-paying job to support the family once their welfare payments stop in three years (five-year lifetime limit). If you tell on Fred, he may be expelled from college. If you don’t tell on Fred, he is undermining the very academic institution you attend. What do you do?

Answer 1

In this situation, I will directly initiate a conversation with Fred and will let him know that what he is doing is not morally and ethically correct.I will convince him that therse are unthecal practices and in the long run will not help. These practices will neither enhance the knowledge base not will be fruitful in the future. I will also tell him the imprortance of reading books and understanding the concepts. Because sound conceptual understanding is the primary requirement to build knowledge base.Lastly I will tell him that these practtices are not beneficial rather detrimental to his professional and educational development.So I will urge him to refrain from doing such practices.