![]() ![]() That is, lacking intent, can one be unfair? Yes, it turns out, by negligence. The unasked question about whether the behavior of the "teacher" is inadvertently unfair is the interesting one. (So, the kids who cram from the last few exams are merely being rational, assuming they didn't have to break-and-enter.) then why shouldn't they pass the current exam? :) If someone can assimilate good solutions to all the exams for the last 20 years. My sincere conclusion, and basis for my own actions for 15+ years, is that everything should be made public. Sounds innocent, but, as this test case shows, there are "victims". I think the real answer is that, especially internet-wise, any policy that presumes secrecy of information is misguided. In that model, other students may suffer "on the curve". That game is primarily (contrived) an adversarial one between "teacher" and "student", and any information obtained "legally" by the students is. But, yes, there are advantages to "good test scores". Perhaps this is a bit of a genuine ethical issue: should one use "game advantages" one might find, that one knows other "players" will not have? Of course, these questions completely ignore issues of the subject itself, learning, scholarship, etc. Obviously if you say no to (a) you say no to (b), but you might feel as though the concept of using past tests isn't wrong, but some students having an unfair advantage is. ![]()
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