Does honesty have no significance at all?

Please do not respond to me with cliché sentences like, “Are you doing good deeds to receive kindness?”

Let me explain what I’ve been through. Due to a specific situation in my country, this semester schools became online. During the exam period, I was in a position where I could easily cheat, but I didn’t do it because I didn’t feel morally comfortable. The result? People who are much less knowledgeable, less study than me achieved high GPD. On the other hand, due to difficult online exams, my GPD actually dropped.

Now let me tell you the reality I will face. When cheaters apply for postgraduate studies, they will have an advantage, but I will have a disadvantage. Their ignorance will not be revealed because no one will pay attention to it in detail. Moreover, if a person doesn’t review the material after the exam, they tend to forget it.

In short, my suggestion is that ethical concepts are hollow. I have witnessed the harm of adhering excessively to them throughout my life. And this exam period has taught me a lesson.