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Originally posted by Penske_Account
2. As long as it is not under oath or in bad faith.
What's interesting is that I was witness to a similar situation but one where the amoral imperative was acted upon.
In LS, first year, after the exam ended and while there was a bum rush on the proctor, a certain ne'er do well asked another student the answers to a couple of the multiple choice questions (there were 10 and they were each 1% of the exam score). Another student saw them and reluctantly but in compliance with the honour code turned them in. That student also noted another witness. The witness was well regarded by the faculty (for reasons unknown, other than he was a prominent liberal activist) and was a friend of the cheater. When that witness was confronted by Faculty, he lied and said nothing happened and that he witnessed the innocent behaviour of the accused.
The result, the cheater ended up near the top of the class. The lying liberal become class president and the kid who reluctantly followed the honour code was a social outkast.
eta: [this is outable, so if you recognize the fact pattern, ix-nay, ix-nay, ee-day el-lay. ee-day el-lay.]
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Been there several times, in various non LS contexts. Only the lowest of the low turns a person in... You never know when you might need to cheat and need the favor repaid. I learned that around fourth grade.
BTW, whats this about an honor code in law school? Isn't that a little like Omerta? I wish I could have cheated in law school, because there's no more appropriate place to do it on earth. Cheating, fucking around with rules and screwing people out of shit they deserve is basically what I've been doing for the last near decade.
