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The author concludes that all colleges and universities should adopt the honor code similar as in Groveton College, he predicts that the adoption could decrease cheating among students. To justify this reasoning the arguer cites that the cheating report in Groveton College has decreased significantly, he also points out that a majority of Groveton College students respond they would be less likely to cheat with an honor code than without. Granted that it seems to be somewhat appealing, the argument relies on a series of unsubstantiated assumptions which render it unconvincing as it stands.
In the beginning, the author presumes that the cheating report can fully reflect cheating among students. However, he fails to consider and rule out several other possible explanations. It is equally possible that the students are less likely to detect cheating as high efficient as their teachers. Or consider the students are reluctant to report cheating due to peer pressure. In fact, cheating in Groveton College has not decreased but rather increased. Unless the author can demonstrate these and other possible scenarios are unlikely, the conclusion is open to doubt.
Secondly, the arguer arrives at the conclusion that the respond in the survey represent the reality of the moral status in Groveton College. But he doesn't prove this is the case. It is quite possible that the sample is too small to be sufficient to draw any general conclusion. Or perhaps as the beneficent, the students answer to further the honor code policy. Also experience tells us, people do not always perform as they said. Lacking more specific information about how the students are doing in real, it's impossible to make a reliable evaluation or a solid recommendation.
In addition to these serious problems, even if all the foregoing assumptions are all justified, the presenter just presumes that all the college and university are suitable for carrying out the same policy, and neither any anecdotal evidence nor any explainable scientific evidence is provided to prove this. It is equally possible that the special circumstance in Groveton College makes it a good place to adopt the honor code but the other schools can't replicate. Or there are better approaches to decrease cheating in other schools. Any of these scenarios, if true, will cast considerable doubts on the author's argument.
In sum, the author fails to constitute a reliable argument in favor of the recommendation. To bolster the argument, he should show evidences in (1) the cheating report can signify the cheating reality effectively,(2) the honor code is effective and will be effective in the future, (3) all other schools are suitable for adopting the honor code.
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