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How does this theory inform our understanding of plagiarism (intentional vs. unintentional) and moral development? After one has been fully informed of the different
types of plagiarism, is it REALLY unintentional, and how does that factor into moral developme
There are many distinctions of intentional versus unintentional plagiarism. Based on Smith (2005), plagiarism is hard to be unanimously defined and has a broad range of circumstances based on intention.
What this means is that depending on the situation and the person’s true intentions it is hard to determine if something is plagiarism or not. Intentional plagiarism is when someone knowingly and willingly used or bought someone else’s work and passed it as their own. Unintentional plagiarism is when someone is unaware of using someone else’s work. Such as not citing correctly or using quotations
when needed. Someone may not know how to correctly paraphrase. Kohlberg’s theory of moral development says that our morality develops in stages as we mature in age and in experiences. When we think about plagiarizing something we think about how the pros outweigh the cons and we solely stick to the rewards rather than the punishment. Kohlberg has a theory that people go through stages of moral reasoning. The stages are as follows:
Stage 1: Obedience and punishment orientation: people think about the consequences for certain actions
Stage 2: Reward orientation: people are not altruistic but just looking for a reward or benefit. Stage 3: “Good boy” morality: when people do what they think other’s want them to do.
Stage 4: Authority and social-order-maintaining morality: when people believe that society determines what is right
Stage 5: Morality of contract: when people feel obligated to follow the rules given by society. Stage 6: Morality of individual principles and conscience: when people test the laws against their own conscience and feelings of a situation. In my personal opinion, I do believe that all plagiarism is intentional to some extent. It is our responsibility as students to educate ourselves to understand what the rubrics or syllabuses require of us. I think it is common knowledge that we shouldn’t be accepting other people’s work as our own and that there is a standard to uphold when creating a paper or project. It is also the responsibility of educators to educate their students on what plagiarism is and why its unhealthy for the students. Plagiarism takes away from learning and thinking things for ourselves. Not only is it socially wrong but when someone plagiarizes there is no deep thought on the subject that they are supposed to be learning; so in hind sight they are losing out on their own education and missing out on what is probably vital information.
I think we also have to take into consideration the students that have been students for most of their lives set in a different culture than ourselves. In other countries they may not be as strict with certain policies or APA/MLA may not be a “thing” overseas. References
Smith, W. (2005). Pandora's box: academic perceptions of student plagiarism in writing. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, vol 4(1); 83-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2004.07.007
Ph.D., R. F.
(20160419). Development Across the Life Span,
8th Edition [VitalSource Bookshelf version].
Retrieved from vbk://9780134474632
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