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> We only think it is a moral issue because it's been drilled into us since we were kids, and that we think it is not fair to those who don't cheat and devalues the value of their degree.

Is it your belief that if we fail to punish academic cheating, people will learn to not cheat in other aspects of life?

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It is my belief that we should have checks and balances against that in other aspects of life where they matter. Where people's money or lives are on the line. Academia is not one of those situations.

Okay, thanks for the clarification.

I disagree with your opinion that Academia doesn't matter.

Ignoring Allen Iverson; not taking practice seriously will have consequences during an actual game. At the very least, Academia is practice for adulthood.

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