On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:45:58 -0700, Michael Smith wrote: >Actually I disagree, I don't think my thinking is muddled at all.
I think that this might be one of those "we'll have to agree to disagree" issues. >While your ANOVA analogy may be cute I'm glad someone found it cute. >it fails to address my contention that ethics are relative. Okay. Could you please specify the conditions under which you find plagiarism in a student's work acceptable and would not comment on it? From a relativistic perspective, some forms of plagiarism would appear to be acceptable (indeed, on TiPS some have argued that self-plagiarism by a researcher can be justified). Under what conditions would a "recycled" paper, essay, or presentation be acceptable? I assume that either you or your institution has a policy against plagiarism (indeed, many places require that you include it in your syllabus) which might seem to be absolute but, from a relativistic perspective, there are no absolutes. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
