Author has examined and found wanting the Method Thesis, the Content Thesis and the Intention Thesis for accounting for indoctrination. (Editor/RK)

The processes and components of self-esteem derive from the context or value system (culture) in which people live. A shift in the values of American society, especially within the last 50 years, has placed Americans in a no-win situation with respect to self-esteem. The everyday pressures of survival in a highly competitive and complex world that…

The purpose of this study was to determine the manner in which one highly sophisticated sample of moral thinkers personify their moral values through the selection of moral exemplars. Participants, designated "nominators," were 22 distinguished scholars who had devoted much of their professional lives to thinking and writing about…

To date, most of the scholarly research and critical articles about ethics in journalism have dealt with newspapers and television rather than with radio. To help fill this gap, a study surveyed a segment of the radio news community to determine some of the attitudes, values, and beliefs of news directors concerning ethics in their workplace.…

That certain suicides (which can be designated as rational) ought not to be interfered with is closely tied to the notion of the "right to autonomy." Specifically it is because the individual in question has this right that interference is prohibited. A proper understanding of the right to autonomy, while essential to understanding why…

The mechanisms by which nonparticipants come to exert a particular emphasis upon the ethical dimensions of the communication process and why the pressures exerted may be toward a more ideal ethic rather than toward actual practice is the focus of this paper. The paper begins by noting that an analysis of how nonparticipants contribute to the…

Durkheim's theory of anomie is traced and argued to be a major development that followed the publication of "Suicide." Recognition of anomie as a macrosociological problem rendered it insoluble by Durkeheim's practical-humanistic orientation. In this connection his remedial proposals -- occupational, political, education, and…

The author maintains that counselors must design their services around the development and clarification of values in an environment conducive to human growth. (Author)

A discussion of the values and responsibilities of today's universities, professors, and students, with some special advice to students on how to derive the most benefits from their education. (LS)

A Tennessee writer describes how her father-in-law, a Virginia school teacher with 7 children, typifies Appalachian virtues. (Author)

Author used Fowler's models of stages of faith growth as a useful point of departure for the purpose of spiritual education. (Author/RK)

Needs assessment is the most commonly used procedure for assessing the worth of educational objectives. The authors believe this method is a survey of wants, rather than needs, of various groups. It does not establish that such wants ought to be fulfilled. It lacks a principled basis for carrying out its strategy. Four basic assumptions are made…

The authors review technological advances in medicine, such as gene manipulation, amniocentesis, ultra sound, organ transplants, and cloning, and point out ethical and moral dilemmas resulting from such capabilities. Implications of overpopulation are briefly considered. The authors contend that the decision "to play God" has already been made,…

Among the many philosophic insights offered by Richard M. Weaver, rhetorical scholars have perhaps been most intrigued by his establishment of circumstance and definition as morally dichotomous sources of argument. Challenging Weaver's assumption that the identification of a rhetor's fact or genus preferences supplies necessary insights into the…