Is Cheating OK?

George Washington admitted to chopping down a cherry tree. Retold for over 200 years, this story demonstrates that cheating is wrong even if you won’t get caught.

David Callahan launched his new book, The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead, at a panel discussion held at the National Arts Club, by blaming dishonesty on society’s money culture. Joining Callahan were David Cay Johnston tax reporter for The New York Times and James Surowieki of The New Yorker.

I left this event upset about the speakers’ justifications for lying and cheating. IMHO, everyone does it is not a legitimate excuse.