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| What's The Difference If Others Are Deceived? | | Date Created: 27 Oct, 2005, 08:41 AM |
GHOSTWRITERn : a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else [syn: ghost]
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University |
PLAGIARISMn 1: a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work 2: the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own [syn: plagiarization, plagiarisation, piracy]
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University |
In the first case (ghostwriter), the original author knows and approves of the other writer claiming the work as his own. In the second case (plagiarism), the original author is likely unawares that the other writer is taking the work and claiming it as his own.
What, if anything, is the ethical difference between the two, considering especially that the audience of readers is being deceived in both cases?
Aren't both deceptions unethical? Don't both constitute a false witness to one's neighbors? Or is one practice permissable and the other despicable?
What do you think?
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