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xpe on May 29, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: My students cheated... a lot

> I am curious though what the frame of reference is for someone who cheats on the assignment where they promise not to cheat.

It seems likely their notion of a promise is non-binding.

P.S. W.R.T. promises and ethics, Kant has an interesting point of view. For example: https://open.library.okstate.edu/introphilosophy/chapter/the...

smiley1437 on May 29, 2022 [–]

>It seems likely their notion of a promise is non-binding.

They pledged it

karpierz on May 29, 2022 | [–]

Sure, and people make performative pledges all the time. See EULAs, and any other document which says "sign here to get the thing you actually want".

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