Does Lethem want students to cheat? When he writes that plagiarism is the soul of all human utterances, does he really mean it? Does he believe that you should foe] free to Je:irn from the ideas of...

Does Lethem want students to cheat? When he writes that plagiarism is the soul of all human utterances, does he really mean it? Does he believe that you should foe] free to Je:irn from the ideas of others, whiJe still respecci11g the pri.nciple of private ownership when it comes to 111ords? Would he approve of your submitting a paper purchased f rom an lntemet company? WouJd he approve of splicing into your next essay sentences or whole paragraphs taken from someone else's work, all without proper atttibution? Does Lerhem do the same chjng himself? rs Lethem's argument n111ora/-that is, is it indifferent to ethical concerns? rs his view actually immoralcalculated to do ham1? Or is Lethem trying to promote a different set of values? What might those values include?