Using someone else's idea doesn't deprive them of their idea.

None of these are problematic - plagiarism just is stealing of ideas.

People don't mind if you use their ideas - but they do mind if you take their property without asking.

Ideas are intangible, so there is no way to profit from their use.

Using an AI tool is like using a pencil: it is just another tool.

AI tools are not good at writing philosophy.

Allowing students to use AI tools will end in teachers using them to mark, and eventually result in the loss of their own jobs.

None of the other answers are correct: Taylor thinks it is permissible for teachers to accept AI written work from students. In fact, he thinks students should be encouraged to make use of AI at university.

Allowing the use of AI tools results in the institution making a false claim about the ability of the student.

When students cheat they end up in the habit of cheating and taking short-cuts, and in the long run this makes their lives worse.

Cheating is like speeding.

If students cheat at subjects that require competent professionals skills, such as medicine and engineering, then we will end up with professionals who cannot execute their professional duties correctly, and that will be bad for society.

I have a strong intuitive feeling that cheating is wrong.

If everyone cheated, it would undermine the very purpose of the activity being performed, so that the activity itself would fail.

The intention of the agent is relevant when assessing the permissibility of some actions, but it is not relevant for plagiarism

The intention of the agent is irrelevant to an act's permissibility

The intention of the agent is relevant when assessing the permissibility of some actions, and plagiarism is one of those

The intention of the agent is always relevant to an act's permissibility

When students cheat they end up in the habit of cheating and taking short-cuts, and in the long run this makes their lives worse.

Cheating is like speeding.

If students cheat at subjects that require competent professionals skills, such as medicine and engineering, then we will end up with professionals who cannot execute their professional duties correctly, and that will be bad for society.

I have a strong intuitive feeling that cheating is wrong.

If everyone cheated, it would undermine the very purpose of the activity being performed, so that the activity itself would fail.

There isn't a good objection to this comparison - plagiarism just is theft of property in the same way as stealing a car is

Cars are real but ideas aren't

You can sell a car and profit from it, but you can't sell an idea - they're not worth anything

Stealing a car deprives the owner of the use of their car, but plagiarism doesn't stop them from continuing to use their idea

AI detection software is improving all the time, and we will shortly have a technical solution to this difficulty.

Taylor doesn't say anything about that objection.

It is no more difficult than detecting other plagiarism, which teachers should also try to detect.

Teachers can set traps for students, such as white text that only AI can read, to uncover AI appropriation.

Teachers can forbid use of AI, and that will solve the problem.