Cheating Ethics Debate

Discussions center on debating what constitutes cheating, its morality, justifications, and impacts in contexts like competitions, exams, sports, and programming challenges.

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NelsonMinar Mar 22, 2016 View on HN

What's wrong with cheating?

MaupitiBlue Feb 25, 2020 View on HN

Doesn’t this change everything wrt cheating?

adgjlsfhk1 Mar 7, 2024 View on HN

counterpoint: a little bit of cheating here is not a bad thing.

pbreit Sep 30, 2019 View on HN

So not really any "cheating", right?

yokoprime Mar 26, 2023 View on HN

Why is it considered cheating? What is it cheating against?

Buttons840 Dec 1, 2025 View on HN

People have been banned for cheating, so cheats exist.

tapworthtg Sep 4, 2013 View on HN

How is that "cheating"?

peterfirefly Jul 9, 2023 View on HN

There is a lot of cheating going on... This is a way to avoid some of it.

jodrellblank Apr 22, 2022 View on HN

Why is that 'cheating', who is being cheated out of what?

neilv Aug 17, 2025 View on HN

This is another way for cheaters to screw over everyone.