Whereas most latter-day Aristotelian approaches to moral education highlight the early habituation phase of moral development, they rarely have much to say, beyond truisms from the "Nicomachean ethics," about the ultimate Aristotelian goal of cultivating fully fledged "phronesis." The aim of this article is to repair the dearth…

The difficulties of operationalizing race in research and practice for social, behavioral, and genetic researchers and practitioners are neither new nor related to recent genetic knowledge. For geneticists, the bases for understanding groups are clines, observed traits that gradually change in frequency between geographic regions without distinct…

Makes an assessment of some of the most important French contributions to social gerontology, isolating the main characteristics of the works encountered. Shows social gerontology in France as a forum for specialists from various disciplines and as a specialty still in its infancy. (Author/ABL)

Examines present problem of unemployment among educated youth in Nigeria. Claims the problem stems from too great an emphasis on university education at the expense of such areas as technical and vocational education. Further notes secondary school graduates with a strong academic background suffer a high rate of unemployment. Recommends the…

Two hundred journal articles related to fields of taxation, genetic psychology, and Shakespearean drama published from 1970-1980 were analyzed and PRECIS input strings were drawn. Occasions when input string and index entries looked incomplete and unexpressive after losing context of document are provided with solutions. Role operator schema is…

The article traces the history of the social sciences and shows how they developed their modern form in Western universities. It argues that they are undermining rather than supporting democratic order and suggests that universities, with their commitment to truth and freedom of thought, can transform such disciplines into worthwhile entities. (SM)

Introduces a special issue containing a series of articles on the relation of social interaction and morality. The articles analyze actual instances of moral discourse, elucidating the nature and dynamics of the relationship. This introduction discusses morality, discourse, and social science; proto-mortality as a substructure of discourse;…

Scientific realism holds that scientific theories are approximations of universal truths about reality, whereas scientific instrumentalism posits that scientific theories are intellectual structures that provide adequate predictions of what is observed and useful frameworks for answering questions and solving problems in a given domain. These…

Canadian Public Issues (CPI) is a social studies education program which seeks to include the history of groups typically overlooked in traditional instruction. CPI is described and analyzed. A former CPI director responds to the criticisms, and in a final article, the author responds. (JL)

Provides a brief history of social sciences in Canada, dividing it into three periods: from early years up to 1960, from 1960 to 1970, and from 1970 to the present. Includes sections on the relation of social sciences to Canadian society and international cooperation. Provides two appendices which list social science journals and scholarly…

Describes the history, planning, and content of the 1984 Global Studies Institute held at New York University. (JDH)

Sees four implications for counseling as a result of the additions to research and theory building of social, developmental, and general psychology. From social influence theory and from cognitive, behavioral, humanistic, and developmental research, a prototype "systematic eclectic" task-model directed toward implications is offered. (Author)

Using data (N=377) collected at two international meetings of social scientists held shortly after the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas conflict, this article assesses the objectivity of British, Argentine, and North American social scientists' views of the conflict. It concludes that the sample showed national/regional bias and that such bias is…

Discusses implications and ideas presented at the Rhetoric of the Human Sciences Conference (University of Iowa, March 28-31, 1984), a symposium in which distinguished representatives from the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences met to share common dissatisfactions with prevailing scientific orthodoxies and common interests in…

Explores the nature of the new AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) virus and its diseases, avoidance strategies, neurologic disease and AIDS, co-factors involved in progression from asymptomatic infection to disease, AIDS versus civil liberties--barriers to effective communication, the importance of language in communication, and health…