Blog 7 - Issue Paragraph-Yuhang Yi

There are several perspectives toward plagiarism since it has become a hot topic in the world. Plagiarism could be affect by culture, educational background or some other complex factors. However, Stanley Fish, a college professor claims that plagiarism should only easily be viewed a rule of game. It is partially right that plagiarism is like the rule of a sport game such as the example he gives in his article ” Plagiarism Is Not a Big Moral Deal”. It says golf has a strict rule; nevertheless, no matter how serious it is, it’s still a game. A game is used for playing. Thus, if the requirement is only following the rule, then here comes many ways to play the game. There is a group of people called ghostwriters. They are educated and trained writers who could write a essay under those academic rules. Dave Tomar, a former academic ghostwriter, cited by Dan Berrett in his article “An Academic Ghostwriter, the 'Shadow Scholar,' Comes Clean” acknowledges that he had written for a number of college students including undergraduate, master and even doctor. How could this profession come out? Why those high educated people keep hiring ghostwriters? And why do people view that as inappropriate? The reason is that plagiarism could not be viewed as a simple problem solved by the strict rule; it is an issue having a higher level which is a moral deal.