Intellectual dishonesty

From Socrates to W.D. Ross, ethics are, in essence, the system of fundamental principles of decent human behaviour, which has been theorised, criticised and debated about in civil society for centuries. Ethics is the basis for sufficient moral judgement of an individual to pursue righteous actions that maintain the integrity, well-being and happiness of oneself and others. Act utilitarianism promotes universal hedonism, impartiality and judges the utility of deeds through the calculation of…

of Rwanda, “You find that [the government has] already forgotten our people. They say that the genocide came to an end but you find it is still there… Among our leaders there are some who committed crimes during genocide. I think we have enough intellectuals; they should remove those bad people and promote others who were not involved in the killings, the innocent ones.” According to Mathilde Uwanyirigira, another Tutsi survivor of the Rwandan genocide in an interview from the Genocide Archive…

Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ is a 19th century social satire, written and set in 1813 England during the height of the regency period. Austen explores the plight of single women as well as the class structure and social snobbery of her historical context. Being a successful female writer herself and giving voice to the struggles of women in her novels, she undermined many of the societal boundaries of the 19th century and in this sense, was very much a subversive element in society. Fay…

tell the police the family is hiding, sending the family to their death. Nevertheless, in today’s society, especially in medical ethics, telling the truth as a duty is better for the action or decision. It avoids immorality such as lying and intellectual dishonesty, and rather focuses on moral duty and thinking about surroundings of the action such as family, loves ones, etc. Using deontology in medical ethics proves it is better for both the patient and doctor. It is a system of honesty, and…

The comedy of The History Boys centres around the opposition created between Hector and Irwin. What use does Bennett make of this opposition? In Bennett’s The History Boys, a central theme is the debate of education, what purpose it serves and how it should be embodied. We are shown the two opposing sides through two characters: Hector and Irwin. The initial cause for celebration in the play is the character’s outstanding A Level results, which allows romantic interests and possibilities to take…

the Scottish villagers are particularly distressed by their very status of being colonized. In fact, Wallace is one of the only characters to bring up the idea of freedom, and this may be because of his own status and privilege as an educated intellectual and world traveller. For the rest of the village, the primary focus lies on the everyday oppressive patterns of the British officials. For the villagers, the most horrifying of these oppressive practices was the law of Prima…

lecture is a process which has existed in the primal section of the human brain. Much like the Trolley problem, we are presented with a set of “moral dilemmas” which challenge our preprogrammed way of thinking. Through the act of killing, cheating, dishonesty and otherwise similar processes, our minds are pre-programmed to understand the reason to warrant the fact that it is wrong, but the process is unconscious, as we are unaware of truly why we believe this to true. Rationality, as explained…

Infringement of copyright is an uncouth affair. scholastic infringement of copyright is an even more an uncouth problem. Erudite infringement of copyright is an exponentially serious and uncouth problem since people need to be able to not plagiarize. So lecturers teach their students to not plagiarize, after all if the students didn’t know how to not plagiarize their life would be difficult, so it makes sense that schools invest in plagiarism detection software so that they know that their…

accountability for sexual misconduct if the client or former client openly or incidentally experiences mental, physical, or emotional harm. This can result from contact and manipulation between the client or former client and the professional and therapeutic dishonesty. If someone…

let other people clean up the mess they had made” (Fitzgerald 179). Nick makes judgements about Daisy and Tom and how when they were in trouble they packed up and left town. The author wrote, “Nick is prejudiced, latter making comments such as: ‘Dishonesty in a women is a thing you never blame deeply.’ and referring to his household help as ‘My Finn’” (Wolok 1). Nick can be a kind person but is judgmental and rude at times to other people and their lifestyles. To continue, Nick is unreliable as…