Suppose that a student is thinking about committing plagiari…
Suppose that a student is thinking about committing plagiarism by turning in a paper written by someone else and falsely claiming that it is their own work. However, after remembering a discussion of Kant’s Groundwork, they think: “I’m tempted to plagiarize because a good grade would help me get a good job or get into grad school. But if everyone did that, then getting good grades would not help someone get a good job or get into grad school, since no one would then take grades as a sign of ability or effort.” The student is most plausibly interpreted as describing _____.