<p>Well necro, at least you are sounding a bit more rational. So OK, let’s look at these examples you give.
You draw an illogical conclusion. It is Penn’s responsibility to choose to act or not act on the best information available to it, and decide how much effort they want to put into finding out the truth. Clearly it is absurd beyond any measure to think they can investigate the truthfulness of thousands of applicants. Civil society relies on police to enforce laws, and police rely on citizens to bring things to their attention all the time. One example is neighborhood watch. But even in cases where there is not such a vested interest, they need people to be their eyes and ears to supplement their own work. And as for your investor example, it makes no sense to talk about covering losses. The more pertinent example would be should I report a broker or similar individual that I know is ripping people off, even if I have not invested with him. Of course I should, and there was a guy that did just that with Madoff years before he finally got caught. The fact that the SEC was completely negligent in doing their job is only equivalent to Penn ignoring the OP if he came to them, which they are free to do. The SEC was not free to do it (at least not without withering criticism) because they have a different duty, but the point is the same. The guy was right to report Madoff, even though it did nothing for him at the time.</p>
<p>Your second argument
translates as “everyone else does it so that makes it OK”. I thought we all learned better than that by second grade.</p>
<p>The thing about fit is strange, but to say the OP just finds her actions disagreeable is a slightly off characterization. He finds her actions dishonest and as I have pointed out, illegal under the fraud statutes.</p>
<p>Which gets us to number 4 about using drugs. First of all, schools don’t ask if you use drugs. Most schools ask if you have ever been convicted of a felony. As long as they have not been convicted, there is nothing to report to the schools. That is not a false negative. The schools are not the police. Now if you know about drug use and want to report it to the police, that would be ethically correct, but most people won’t do that. Why not? Because most don’t find that objectionable enough to turn someone in, unlike commiting fraud or assault, for examples. As I always stated, a big part of the OP’s decision would be his own state of mind as to why he is doing it. If he truly finds it morally objectionable enough that it rises to the level of a reportable offense, then he is morally obligated to do it. I think it is, because it is fraud that harms another potential admit. If he doesn’t, then he should let it go.</p>
<p>Your stand about morals being absurd is not going to be refutable on a forum like this, although most people know it is ridiculous on its face. I suspect you will look back on that stance in 10 years or so and cringe.</p>