Mike Palij wrote: > 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?
Funny you should bring up precisely this example. An article on just this came up in Inside Higher Ed just the other day. It specifies exactly the conditions under which our particular, cultural prohibitions might not be appropriate to enforce: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/04/16/cheat Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ "Censorship is the strongest drive in human nature; sex is a weak second." - Phil Kerby, former editor of the /Los Angeles Times/ ========================== --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
