Explores what the phrase "back to basics" means in terms of the English curriculum. (JL)

If education can be decentralized and parents and children given more choices in education, then efficient instruction and sound moral atmosphere can be restored to our public schools. (Author)

Students (N=118) were classified as pro-choice, anti-abortion, or mixed on the basis of their responses to 10 fictitious case histories of women who requested abortion. Attitudinal differences are discussed in the context of the public controversy over abortion. (Author/CM)

Holds that librarians have given ethical concerns short shrift, and that, if librarianship is to assume professional status in the eyes of the patron, more consideration must be given to matters of conflict of interest, confidentiality, and attitudes toward reference work. (FM)

Responsibility has been neglected in the push to protect and extend rights. Such neglect may have serious consequences for education and society. This article's central focus is an analysis and explanation of collective responsibility as a substitute for the accountability movement, which is more limited and restricted than collective…

With heightened visibility of alcohol on campuses come previously unasked questions raised by an ethical analysis of alcohol use and abuse. These questions deal with how Americans will respond to effects of alcohol on campus and to the subtle ethical issues involved, and how alcohol will be understood and used. (BEF)

Contains a discussion of the common ground between engineering and philosophy, especially ethics. (BB)

Uses the example of public relations to describe important distinctions between monologic and dialogic campaigns. Explains why the dominant monological approach to public relations has long been recognized as "ethically paralyzed." Suggests an ethically more viable dialogic approach. Discusses reasons the business community has been slow to adopt…

Examines concepts of fairness potentially available to children who participate in scholastic competitive sport. Reviews meanings of fair play and fairness, examines how sports involvement may nurture or distort such meanings, and suggests techniques for improving sport's effects on children's developing concepts of fairness. Advocates Starratt's…

Elucidates Montaigne's claim that teachers and students should seek to be well-filled and well-formed, showing how this claim represents his philosophy of education, discussing Montaigne's upbringing and hatred of chaos, considering his views of the paths to personhood, and evaluating his essay, "On the Education of Children,"…

Asserts that despite frequent attempts to barr it from the curriculum, "Huckleberry Finn," a testament to the possibility of interracial respect and friendship, is the most-taught piece of American literature in U.S. high schools. In this reprint of a 1948 introduction to the book, Lionel Trilling points to the novel's power of telling…

Discusses the neo-classical backlash to a therapeutic liberalism in moral education that has attempted to revive the character education system established in the early decades of the 20th century. Notes the importance of generating habits of good moral conduct, then discusses literature and moral understanding, the move from theory to practical…

Assessed one Finnish secondary school teacher's moral reflection, examining the ethic of purpose, ethic of rules and principles, and ethic of probability, together with their philosophical perspectives. Data included a narrative of a moral dilemma the teacher experienced regarding smoking at school. Results uncovered the background beliefs guiding…

Discusses changes in ethics' role in public life: (1) many people who live morally are insisting that institutions do the same; (2) while ethics have been used to humanize power, ethics now are power; and (3) private values that provided moral strength at the dawning of nation states must be transformed into public values for an interdependent…