Is Cheating Ever Passable?

In recent news, the subject of cheating is receiving a rise in attention, causing some to question if cheating is ever passable. One definition of cheating is to act unfairly in order to gain an advantage. Another definition of cheating is to avoid something undesirable by luck or skill. I don’t believe that acting unfairly to gain an advantage is ever tolerable, but developing your abilities to evade something is typically acceptable. To initiate the conversation, I will start with a convenience we use every day, a computer. Personal computers are not just desktops anymore and can come in the form of tablets, laptops and smartphones. They are used to complete a variety of tasks to assist an individual and/or company to stay organized. For this example, I am going to use a gentleman named, Harry. A computer can be used by Harry as an alarm to wake him up in the morning and list the day’s agenda for him. Harry may then use his tablet to check the weather before getting dressed and
There are many athletic competitions that require a great amount of strength, stamina, speed and size in order to win them. There are athletes that naturally have what it takes to excel in a particular sport. Some athletes have to put forth a bit more effort by keep an eye on their nutrition and exercise to build their strength and modify their size. On the other side of this, some choose to take supplements that alter their body’s natural composition. They may alter some portion of the competition to their opponent’s disadvantage. The recently mentioned athlete is behaving dishonestly in order to gain an advantage and this form of cheating is not acceptable. If an athlete wins a gold medal (or the equivalent) in a competition by working out on a regular basis or by simply being good at the sport by nature, they are avoiding an undesirable loss by having increased their skills for that match which is