Two aspects of the study of the function of moral norms in schoolchildren's behavior, eliciting the children's knowledge of moral norms and studying the conditions under which moral norms shape the behavior of children, are reviewed in the Soviet literature on moral development. (Author/KM)

The author explores the ethical question of what is right in creating "new" people by teaching them another culture.

An outline of Lawrence Kohlberg's theory of cognitive moral development prefaces an application of the teaching plan developed by the Social Studies Curriculum Center at Carnegie-Mellon University for leading discussions of moral dilemmas. (JH)

In-depth investigations of individuals or groups, for instance, Harry Truman, Martin Luther King, Jr., or American Indians, provide stimulating teaching material to help youngsters move to higher levels of moral reasoning. (JH)

The vitality of the business sector is an index of the general health of a free society. The importance of capitalism and the free enterprise system is a tenet of the ethos of the United States. Six addresses which promote this theme are presented as well as a list of the members of the honorary sponsoring committee honoring Donald Rumsfeld. The…

Administration is defined as the enactment of moral choices influencing subordinates within an organizational setting. It is distinguished from management, which is considered to involve a lower level of discretion. Educational administration is therefore in the moral domain; it involves discretionary, moral choices in a field that is itself moral…

This paper proposes a method for understanding the relationships among the various value systems that underlie administrative thinking. The system takes into account the psychological faculties affecting ethical decisions, the philosophical orientations involved, and distinctions between the concepts of "right" and "good." The paper opens with…

A pilot study sought to determine whether an ethics course had an impact on the moral maturity of college students in technical communication. Two groups of students from Drexel University (Pennsylvania) and the University of Minnesota (one group of nine with a previous ethics course, and one group of seven with none) were presented with a…

Purposes of this study were to reexamine Piaget's conception of the roles of intention and consequence as bases for moral judgments, and to assess the implications of this effort for Kohlberg's concept of homogeneity of moral reasoning stages. The study examined the effects of manipulation of the severity of consequences in moral dilemmas on the…

The central thesis of this paper is that the philosophical systems survey provided by Morris and Pai (1976) in their text entitled "Philosophy and the American School" misrepresents the school of Thomism on several significant points. Though the authors' treatment of Thomistic metaphysics is judged to be adequate, their presentation of…

In its development and in its central character, the value base of social work has a relationship to feminine values. Women possess strong nurturing impulses, a great capacity for intimacy, an ability to empathize, and a tendency to integrate in their thinking and their actions. Women are considered to exercise a predilection for egalitarian…

A total of 330 parents of preschool children were given Wrightsman's Philosophy of Nature Instrument, a measure developed to assess the expectancies people have about others' behavior. The instrument consists of 14 items for each of six subscales assessing trustworthiness, altruism, independence, strength of will, complexity, and variability.…

The increased movement of psychologists away from academic settings requires the integration of socially relevant activities into psychology graduate programs. It is important for students in practicum programs to get access to applied opportunities and to function ethically in those opportunities. Getting access has been achieved in several ways.…

This study investigated the relationship between a counselor's tendency to judge client behaviors as wrong, and the level of facilitation with those clients. Subjects were 44 Master's degree students enrolled in counseling programs. No significant relationship was found. (Author/HMV)

The purpose of this study is to test the applicability of a cognitive concept elaboration procedure in clarifying value concepts as a means of evaluating a practical method and also of providing some empirical support for the theoretical construct. (Author)