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In his book the “Cheating Culture” David Callahan presents what he thinks is a moral decline in the behavior of Americans. He suggests a number of ways to mend the social contract and reverse this trend. I will argue that one of the solutions is more important than the others. I believe a society in which citizens are less insecure about the well being of their basic needs will help reduce cheating and corruption.…
As the story progressed and you felt additional pressures to perform and you started using performance enhancing drugs (steroids). Didn’t you worry about getting caught? As a fellow athlete, I don’t see the positives of this decision. In the story you explained your reasoning; you stated that you wanted to get the next level of competition which is college, however, colleges drug test every student athlete. There was no way that you could have kept your body at that shape without steroids so the coaches would spark question about your honesty. Was there ever guilt about cheating and did you ever think about the physical repercussions steroids have on your body? It was easy for you to buy this illegal drug that made you faster and stronger in a short amount of time. In the story you experienced some of the side effects such as: roid rage, emotional atrophy, and your social ability were harshly impacted.…
Unfortunately, cheating in adolescent years is often simply because “everybody does it.” While this is an actual attitude and not justification, this type of thinking brings on complacency and laziness. One problem with this attitude is that it is questionable whether most people do these things. Another problem is that if some or most people do these things, this does not mean people ought to do them (Thiroux, J, Krasemann, K. 2012).…
Through the history of sports there has always been cheating. Cheating in sports has always been a topic for conversations, controversy and debates. It seems that cheating currently is at the highest point, and will not go down anytime soon. With the fast development of technology and medical science it seems that drug use in sports will increase. The line between acceptable and unacceptable will be harder to determine as it takes time to make proper tests. There are various different motives for someone to cheat. Some sportsmen cheated because of the pressure to be the best. Some cheated for money and some of them cheat because they simply want to have fun. Regardless of the reasons, it seems that the cheating has only increased and will continue to increase even more as…
The main reason I play sports are to become better at the game. By cheating you skip the whole journey of self-improvement and by doing that you skip the process of becoming a better player. Cheating is for people who want quick results and don’t want to experience the discomfort of doing the journey of becoming a better athlete. Cheating instead makes you a better player for a while until you get caught, which then you regret ever cheating in the first place. Even if I don’t get caught and nobody knows what I have done, I will always know and I will feel bad for having to resort to dishonesty just to win…
Some people don't think that using steroids is a form of cheating. They argue that using steroids isn't cheating because it doesn't improve an athlete's skill, it only makes them stronger. However, taking steroids is a form of cheating which interferes with fair play. By taking steroids an athlete is able to get stronger and perform at a higher level as opposed to someone who chooses not to take steroids. An athlete who uses steroids will be able to accomplish more because of their added…
"'Tis my opinion every man cheats in his own way, and he is only honest who is not discovered." - Susannah Centlivre…
Not only is this a form of cheating, but an illegal form of cheating. The Anti-Drug Abuse act prohibited the use and distribution of steroids for anything other than medical prescriptions. After this act was enforced, more and more similar acts against drug use were passed. Now in sports, athletes have been watched closer than ever before, but witnessing doesn’t always make a difference in court. A West German study has discovered that smoking three cigarettes in a time period of half an hour, there is about a 15% decline in athletic performance. If this happens in the first half hour, what could happen in a sports season? This leads to not only the death of careers, but the deaths of athletic role models. The same role models younger athletes base themselves upon.…
Cheating can be taken in the academic aspect and in the athletic aspect. Cheating though academic is seen as a deviant act. For…
Though cheating in high school may seem insignificant to most high school students, it is important to make students aware that cheating will not be able to help them get everywhere they want. At some point, students in our school will have to go to college or maybe even a graduate school after that. Though there is little doubt that there will still be ways to cheat, the consequences will be much greater; years of tuition down the drain, the possibility of criminal charges, and blemished record forever. By instituting more concrete disciplinary action for cheating now, students will be deterred from cheating in high school and hopefully later in life. By extending those punishments to not only the students who cheat but those who give answers and aid in cheating, students can be more involved in preventing cheating. Students would most likely not put their grades on the line just to give someone else an advantage over them and by teaching students that cheaters are taking advantage of them, school leaders can create an environment that deters cheaters from engaging in immoral and ultimately disadvantageous behavior, and that promotes thoughtful, moral…
Grades, rather than education have become more important to students. Students are feeling a great deal of pressure to succeed in college; so that they can land that terrific job. With saying all of that, the rate of college students cheating has been increasing every year. There are several forms of cheating that take place; from going old school and writing the answers on your body; to todays’ technology such as cell phones and cameras.…
We all look up to outstanding athletes and admire their extraordinary talents to play sports at an elevated level. But, at the same time there are steroids and performance enhancing drugs that continue to grow and become more elaborate and more undetectable to drug tests. This ultimately creates an unhealthy desire for these athletes to be the best at their sport by taking illegal drugs. This creates cheaters. No one likes a cheater. Learn about the corruption in many of the sports leagues you love to watch on ESPN every day, including the MLB, NFL, NBA and Tour De France.…
Humans are naturally competitive. This instinct has driven some people to look to other sources to give them an edge. Some people look down on this and some people think that if you can access it then you should you it to reach your full potential. Yes, it is debatable whether or not they should be allowed because it can be looked at from so many different points of view. Anabolic steroids are not the only way people have tried to get an edge throughout history. Even in the 1800’s swimmers were using stimulants to make them swim faster. Most of what people use that is considered cheating is any kind of stimulant that would make their body not act as it would normally. The fact that “cheating’ can be traced that far back in time might mean that…
Clearly, cheating has not got anyone anywhere in life. There are always consequences when cheating. Some people may put it in their heads that it's allowable, when in reality, not one significant achievement comes from it. Many will disagree, but I completely agree that cheating is unacceptable. You'll never get away with what you think you will, whether it's cheating on a test, in a relationship, or during a sports…
In sport, it is meant to be performed such that each team, competitor has an equal chance to win. Cheating is considered the most disrespectful act that a player can do to both his opponent and the game itself. Acts of cheating are seen as acts that give a player an advantage over their challenger in some way. An example could be point shaving, where you pay a member of the opposing team so play at a lesser level or perform a deliberate act that will hurt their team and not allow them to score as much. Another example is corking a baseball bat, making the bat much denser so that when the ball is hit it travels further. Teams have even been caught modifying facilities to work to their advantage. Such as wetting a football field down so that the opposing teams speed advantage does not play as large of a factor in the game. The use of steroids is on a different, much more severe level, of cheating than all of these. It has gone to the point where the athlete has mutated his/her body to gain size, speed, strength, and an increase in their athletic…