Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 03, 2023

One might be able to pass an ethics exam by turning in a blank paper.

All I got from this was, “Wow! Calvin actually had second thoughts about cheating?!”

Get elected. you’ll never have to worry about ethics ever again.

This seems like a really complex topic when Calvin discusses it, but honestly, I would take well-deserved failure over undeserved success.

Everyone fails at some point, and you can’t succeed without failing first. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are two perfect examples of people who succeeded for doing the wrong thing, like Calvin said.

Situational ethics

It’s a good thing Calvin doesn’t know about ChatGPT yet.

He can simply be the next avant-garde artist. Except he can also do it on a blank canvas, calling it a painting. Or on an untouched block of marble, calling it a sculpture. Or on a blank wall, calling it a mural. And don’t even get me started on lumps of clay. Wait… Lumps of Clay? Yes! Is that gonna be the name of my new Emo band? Yup, distorted guitar and whiny lyrics? Brilliant! Thanks, Calvin!

compact, yet illustrative …..PSA

12 years of public schools, 7 years of college, 2 years of graduate school and I never had an “ethics test”. Maybe because I majored in math … but I also majored in Art History and Art, and minored in Anthropology and Music, with some incursions into English, so that wasn’t it. It was probably because schools don’t teach ethics. The world might be a better place if they did.

Or he could actually study, and pass the test ethically.

“Anymore?” Shouldn’t that be “Anyway?”

I still love the back of Calvin’s head.

I love the artwork, the expressions, and the style of this strip. I especially love the fact that the main punchline is delivered in a little picture-in-picture frame (with the follow-up punchline in the final frame). I don’t remember seeing another comic that did that.

I acknowledge your ethical struggle.

We didn’t have Ethics tests in elementary school. High School either for that matter.

Thankfully while Trump has clearly failed every ethics test going, others in the public sector haven’t.

If I were his ethics teacher, and he explained the blank page this way, I’d say he learned a lot about ethics and give him an A.

The moral is: Don’t work so hard; no one ever appreciates it.

A lot of politicians would fail that test, unless they cheat

Ethics ? In the mind of the beholder. Nice job Waterson !

To cheat or not to cheat, that is the question…

How does one cheat on an Ethics test?

Then years later come Agent Orange, Komrade Don; future be told

First, Ethics must be taught at home, Or they are hardly ever learned, except by a few.

Someone willing to cheat on an Ethics exam, is someone headed for a supreme court position.

Situational ethics? Letting the situation define what is ethical Calvin?

I remember reading about a classic old ethics exam

Professor writes on board WHY?

Students read it and turn to each other in confusion and helplessness. Began scribbling frantically.

Except one.

Student WHY NOT!! Turned in his paper. He left.

Professor smiled. He earned his 4 points.

Cal talks a problem to death, then loses interest in it, leaving us to wonder . . . what’s next?

Once Calvin gets this straight, he’ll have a great career and go far in politics.

So much for those crib notes Calvin wrote on the back of his hand

I’ve never cheated on a test that I could pass. I’ve never failed a test I cheated on. I suppose that means I am a successful test taker. …whopee?

Anymore??

When I was Calvin’s age, we had nuns for teachers. There was no cheating. Their vision made hawks seem sight-impaired.

This is how I know Calvin would never be a politician

Calvin is six. Handing in a blank piece of paper on a written ethics test seems very appropriate. Well-done, Calvin.

If you do decide to cheat, cheat off of a smarter person’s paper. Otherwise, you lose twice.

When I was a kid, I recognized that stealing a candy bar or a dollar was wrong…and stupid! Put your freedom on the line for that? Luckily, I was too lazy to become a criminal mastermind.

Our society wants to punish failure with ruination. We take it as a mortal insult that you didn’t do your absolute best to please, entertain or enrich us. How dare you!

The Democrat playbook… Success at ANY cost !

right?

Sunday’s sermon with great art, amen…

That is one way to solve your problem.

It might have been an “A” on a philosophy test, if he could just have written it down – or would that be cheating.

Unfortunately, I don’t believe there are Ethics tests in schools anymore…. all the way from Administrators down to the Students. Calvin unwittingly did the right thing – he ran out the clock.

He has an ethics class in first grade?

If he lived in FL he would never have to worry about studying ethics in any grade. Our governor is doing away with any class like that.

Do like politicians…lie, cheat, steal, get filthy rich, and blame each other. Some life, huh?

Even if Calvin flunked, he ended up doing the right thing.

Slings and arrows, Calvin!

https://Poets.org/poem/hamlet-Act-iii-scene-i-be-or-not-be

Deep

He’ll never make it as a politician

This is too funny! The irony and truth in here is classic! Calvin’s consience reasons with his mind basically completing the whole ethics test through Calvin’s head while writing nothing down.

Mrs Wormwood did not hear all that deliberations on ethics, otherwise she would have given full marks on blank paper.

Calvin sure had a lot of hands.

I am reminded of a story (unknown if it is real, but it’s fun, at least in my opinion) about a final exam for a college-level philosophy class. The professor placed his chair on top of his desk, and told his students, “For the next three hours, I want you to prove to me that this chair exists.”

The story ends with only one student receiving an “A”. The student’s exam sheet said, “What chair?”

zoomers love chatgpt on exams

6 year olds taking an “ethics” test? I know a lot of adults that couldn’t pass it.

If only he had written all this down. Full marks.

Not cheating on an ethics test leaves out SCOTUS

Excellent!!