Self-study
Passage A is adapted from an essay by historian Christopher Ricks; passage B is from the introduction, by historian Paulina Kewes, to a book in which Ricks's essay appears.
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Rosenthal's Purpose ·
To question definition of plagiarism
Rosenthal's answer ·
The required postmodern answer
Postmodern answer = there's no difference between plagiarism and things that people don't think are plagiarism. It's just about power; if people in power don't like certain copying, it's plagiarism.
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Rosenthal's assumption ·
Plagiarism doesn't involve a moral issue; it's about power
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Ricks' perspective ·
Political history should involve moral considerations
Although there's no universal moral standard, that doesn't mean moral standards shouldn't exist. (Not sure what "political history" means, but clearly Rosenthal's book is an example of it.)
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Intro topic ·
Plagiarism
Accusations of plagiarism in history have been very fluid, and are influenced by commercial, artistic, and legal views. Sometimes the same act has been called plagiarism and not plagiarism.
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Ricks' perspective ·
Critical of historical approach to ethical issues
He thinks it leads to moral relativism, which he thinks is bad.
Author's criticism ·
Ricks paints with too broad a brush
Some historical approaches might be good, even if others are bad.
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Concession ·
Ricks is right to criticize some scholarship
Not all moral standards are just about power, and it can be wrong to project modern-day ideologies onto past events. Ricks is right to make these points.
Author's perspective ·
Ricks is too extreme
Some historical scholarship can still be good, even if there's a lot of bad scholarship out there. Recognizing different historical understandings of plagiarism doesn't imply any agreement with one or more of those understandings.
Passage Style
20.
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a
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Unsupported. Author A’s argument does not conform to an approach recommended by author B. In fact, author B criticizes author A’s approach, suggesting that he takes his argument too far and is too extreme in his approach.
b
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Unsupported. The evidence in passage A does not undermine the argument in passage B. If anything, author B undermines the overall argument made by author A, even though she agrees with him on some points.
c
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Unsupported. Actually, author B agrees with author A on some details, but thinks that he errs in his overall argument. Even though she agrees with some of his points, she thinks that he takes his overall argument too far and that he criticizes historical approaches too broadly.
d
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Supported. Author B agrees with author A on certain views. But she also thinks that he criticizes historical approaches too broadly. While there are some problematic historical approaches,
e
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Anti-supported. Author B