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Ethics & Plagerism


            
            
             As I sat here amongst my books, papers, syllabi and assignment, the thought of plagiarism crossed my mind. As much as I hate to admit it, the ease of copying another paper, using their words as my own, seemed quite easy. At first not thinking of the implications. The more I thought about it, the more I came to the realization that there is truth in what Mrs. Bramhall, my third grade teacher, always told us, "The only person you are cheating is yourself." That gave way to my realization that there was a paradox in cheating in Ethics class. The irony of which, I found quite amusing. .
             The whole basis of an education is to learn from doing, not from stealing other peoples work. So, onward I trudged into an abyss of ethics, of thoughts of what Aristotle would have done. Clearly, in his Nicomachean Ethics writings, he touches on the virtue of making the right decisions. "Aristotle says that the virtuous person decides on virtuous action for it's own sake." (Pg. 322) This description is beautiful in that he touches on the fact that there are people that might not be so virtuous, but the decisions they make everyday, can help them to be more virtuous, just by the action of deciding virtuously. He speaks of decisions that some make, in haste, as being their true nature. Aristotle believes that hastily made decisions tell whether you are virtuous or not. They tell your true personality. He is a true realist. He believes that human beings have moral and intellectual virtues, and that your actions make your happiness. In this, I believe that ultimately I would be paying the price of sacrificing my knowledge, for the ease of the moment, ultimately sacrificing my own happiness. Although it might have been easy to cheat, it would not have replaced the fact that in putting this paper together, I learned that Aristotle's virtuous thoughts made him the realist that he was. In the "good" I sought to complete my paper myself, rather than to turn in someone else's work, I found a good for my final cause, in this case, my education.


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