Am I the Unethical One?
Are you trying to teach kids to not cheat? Or are you trying to teach them how to conceptualize, illustrate (if not demonstrate), and structure ethics such that they can make critical and thoughtful deductions or contributions to the field?<p>Because, if it&#x27;s the former: great job, Ranger Rick. You definitely used a method that will root out cheaters and give them some (small&#x2F;limited) incentive not to cheat anymore.<p>But, if it&#x27;s the latter, you&#x27;ve failed your students in every respect. It&#x27;s not even a clean example of the ethics of cheating, because you&#x27;ve tipped the scales in ways that affect multiple variables, instead of just one.<p>Neither of which is ethical or unethical in the vacuums of consideration that any subject remains neutral in. But if the context is that it&#x27;s a philosophy class, I would expect the teacher teach me philosophical ethics and let the chaff fall where it may, rather than try to &quot;prove&quot; some nebulous idea of what it means to &quot;know&quot; something, and why one method of being able to &#x27;prove&#x27; it is inferior to some other method. Put simply: I&#x27;m in this class to learn. If you&#x27;re giving me the information and then I pass the test, that&#x27;s your entire responsibility. Whatever third parties are doing - so long as it&#x27;s not infringing on you - is not relevant. Not to your class and my grades. Sorry you&#x27;re one of THOSE teachers, but learning isn&#x27;t a test. It&#x27;s a lifelong pursuit and you can&#x27;t force people to pursue what they&#x27;re A) not interested in or B) deft enough to use digital memory for.