Ethically Appropriate Response To Plagiarism By Loye Young

In Loye Youngs's essay, “Is Humiliation an Ethically Appropriate Response to Plagiarism?” Loye Young claims that the action he took against students who plagiarized is valid. He justifies his claim by listing his moral beliefs and using an example of Senator Joseph Biden plagiarism story. Six students were caught for a common act, they all submitted a plagiarized paper. Loye Young states that even after a well-reviewed and clear syllabus he is "surprised by how common and blatant plagiarism turned out to be" (Young, 191). After contemplating on what he should do with these students. He finnaly decided to just do the very thing that was written in his syllabus. He published the students' names on his public blog. He explains his intention by publishing naming is that from humiliation they will learn not to do that again.

Another reason he states to justify his claim was by explaining Senator Joseph Biden story on how plagiarism ended his presidential trial. He states, " Biden was caught plagiarizing while at Syracuse Law School. But Biden continued to plagiarize for another 20 years. During the 1988 presidential campaign, Senator Biden's career of plagiarizing came to light" (Young, 192). Young explains that if we learn earlier on from our mistakes, it will help us become better prepared for the real world. This is why he believes by publishing names of students who plagiarized correct. This way students of his class will understand that they must change their habits earlier on in their career. It will be clear to them than that plagiarism is not going to help them in the long run and only create much more severe consequences in the real world. These are the main premises of Loye Young's