To Cheat or Not to Cheat? - A Philosophical Decision Utilizing Kantian Reasoning

Basically, this student's choice, if he copied his roommate's paper, would not be consistent with the Moral Law as understood by Immanuel Kant through his work, "Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals". Kant's concept of the moral law, is basically one philosophers attempt to rationalize and formulate a theory that would explain human actions and their causation when a person is faced with a decision. Kant infers that since we all make decisions, there must …

…gt;Either way, when it comes down to it, the student should not copy his roommate's paper. If he applies Kant's theories on morals and concept of moral law, he should see that his action would theoretically lead to unwanted results, and even in a real world context, would possibly bring about unwanted results. On a philosophical, theoretical, and realistic scale, not matter how you slice it copying would be morally wrong for many reasons.