Mike Reddy is quite right to rebuke me for gratuitously describing Frank
Furedi as 'that ex-Marxist turned reactionary', and I withdraw that
description as unworthy of a philosopher. A more objective and relevant
description would be 'that self-publicising sociologist with
ill-informed and reactionary opinions about the state of higher
education.'
Apart from that, our only disagreement seems to be over my analogy with
the amateur treasurer. I think the analogy is a good one, precisely
because ignorance of accountancy is indeed no defence in law.
Plagiarism, like embezzlement, is a punishable offence, whether
deliberate or not. And just as students need to be taught the rules of
academic good practice, so treasurers need to learn how to keep their
accounts properly. Students who fail to keep a proper record of their
sources when making notes are behaving just like the treasurer who
confuses his oranisation's income with his own.
I hope this sheds more light than heat.
George.
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Philosophical and Religious Studies Subject Centre
of the Higher Education Academy
School of Philosophy, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT
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