Dennis PragerFounder, PragerU · Founder of PragerU | NYT best-selling author

Did Dennis Cheat in School?

7 Nov 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief YouTube excerpt, Speaker A explains two personal reasons for never cheating on high‑school tests. The first, and more obvious, is a moral conviction that cheating is immoral. The second, described as equally or nearly as important, is a sense of personal dignity: cheating would compromise the speaker’s self‑worth and how they view themselves. Speaker B asks for a definition of dignity, prompting Speaker A to admit they have never formally defined it. The conversation frames cheating as a matter of both ethical principle and personal integrity, using the name "Dennis" as a reference point for integrity, though Dennis Prager is not directly involved in the dialogue.

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This will blow your mind. There were two— I'm debating whether they were equally important or it was 55-45— reasons that I didn't cheat on tests in high school. One was I just thought it was immoral. I wanted to be a moral human being. That was the obvious one. But there was one that was as important, maybe a drop less, maybe a drop more: dignity. A completely non-moral, non-religious reason that I didn't cheat on tests in high school was it compromised my dignity. I thought of, of Dennis is higher than he will cheat on a test. I would have so compromised my own worth in my own eyes. I couldn't do it.
How would you define dignity?
Yeah, I never thought of defining it.
No, it's really hard to explain what it is and where it comes from.